No, my £30 pine shelf unit is not done yet, the painting bit yes, but I now need to finish it all off with three coats of satin varnish.
It’s been undercoated ………..
……. followed by three coats of a deep turquoise paint, left over from my spare room/craft room a little while ago.
I was able to remove three of the shelves, which made things a lot easier having received the same treatment as above.
The lighter coloured paint for the back panel came from my lovely neighbour Kata, this left over from her main bedroom! It was a touch too pale, so I mixed in some of my paint with it and it looks pretty OK.
This is how it looks now, the light isn’t the best. The back panel edges have been masked off and it’s just had one coat of the darker paint on the inner sides, with two more coats to go. Is it going to work? I’m still not sure, but I think if I can’t get used to it being in the lounge, hiding the side of the fridge freezer, after a few weeks, I think it could possibly fit/go in the hall, which is a bit on the bland side at the moment.
The colours give it a sort of Greek holiday feeling. I came back from holiday three years ago with this bracelet, saying that I wanted my bedroom colour to reflect our annual Greek odysseys and my favourite colour.
https://www.facebook.com/GreenshopsPlaka
Thank to Covid our Greek holiday has been put back twice now, hopefully we’ll finally make it next year, 2022, when we have booked a return stay in Elounda in Crete. Lu and I have already planned an long evening in Plaka, just up the road, to visit the Green Shop again, which only sells, as you can see, what I would call turquoise.
……… and goodness ………. am I going to spend with very unfettered, gay abandon!
