I have know since we've moved in that I have wanted to paint the fence, in a light willow green. See
post from April last year. I had also worked out that Wilkinsons stock a very nice variety of paint at the best price I had seen.
This is the
colour I like the best...
...and you cannot complain at £6.98 per litre.
I have now purchased and assembled a willow weave raised bed from
Robert Dyas (mainly because it is currently on offer at under £15.00 each):
I am so impressed with it, I may well buy multiple ones to go round the pond, but for now this is what has spurred me on with the painting of the fence as the positioning which I have chosen for it is directly in front of one of the fence panels leading from the house to the pond:
Today is the start of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, so it was time to stop faffing and start painting....
Here's how I got on....
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| Paint unpacked |
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| Equipment ready |
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| First fence to be tackled |
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| First glance at the yummy colour |
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| String tied across the paint can for wiping the brush throughout, this saves you lots of dried out paint wasted round the sides of your tin |
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| Each time gave the fence a good brush down first with a hard brush |
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| Wiping string in action |
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| Painting begins.... |
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| Half way... |
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| Panel complete - so much better! |
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| Close up... |
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| Closer up again, was glad to have managed to keep the fastening metal as I think it works as a good contrast |
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| Second second to be tackled |
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| Second section complete! |
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| Different angle |
After the best part of 2 cans of paint and several hours of work I have now painted the most important parts which I wanted to achieve in order to set up our new raised veg bed.I have tasked Mr P with doing the rest ;) - night all.
I LOVE that colour. How gorgeous is that? Mmmm....
ReplyDeleteNow I'm thinking what I can paint in our garden!!
Sarahx
Thank you Sarah, sorry it's taken me so long to reply, I'm supposed to get notifications when people post but I don't know if its working! I'm so happy with this colour and think it really does make a huge difference, still a lot of painting to do, though my lovely neighbour has painted her side of our front picket fence, bless her, which does help a lot. Hopefully the next month will be when the rain finally stops so that I can finish the job - also bought a front gate which needs fixing and some of the front posts need straightening. :) Always so much to do. Did you decide to paint anything in your garden in the end? xx
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