How’s the weather?

 

It's beautiful here! I'm not dying of heat exhaustion either!

 

 

I'm glad you finally sold your old house. I know that can be stressful.

 

It was really stressful on the wife. And you know how the transference property of spousal stress works.

 

I finally got around to painting garage doors. Progress pic and finished product.

 

That looks great.
It's a project that's somewhere on my list. We want to re-do all the shutters & garage doors in either a darker brown or possibly black.

 

Honestly it turned out better than I thought I was capable of. It took a long time -- 11 hours altogether. Painted by hand with a brush, 2 coats. Overcast skies were very welcome on the second day.

Used almost one gallon of Sherwin-Williams all-surface exterior acrylic enamel, satin sheen.

Maybe someday graphene paint will be an option.

 

I've probably got about the same area of door space to cover, but 3 single bay doors.
Ours are also stained wood on the outside. So, that'll be something to figure out, whether to strip the stain & paint over, or stain with a darker color.

 

Wood is a tougher surface for sure -- at least with a metal clad door I know what I am painting on.

There's probably some kind of varnish on your door that will make things much more work and limit your paint/stain options considerably.

 

Well done. Your place looks awesome.

 

I had a lady come and faux finish to make my old place look like wood...she let me pick the wood grain size and color etc...
best $500 we spent on that place.
BUT, yours looks fantastic.

 

Looks great.

 

One of the nice things about new houses is they sometimes need less work.

My wife has been working from home, and so we swapped offices and desks -- she took the downstairs office with the window and larger desk, and I have an upstairs space without windows. So I've replaced her entirely inadequate pair of 2' x 4' desks with a nice U-shaped station and drawer unit, along with a coat of paint on the walls and floating shelves. Work surfaces are WilsonArt Studio Teak laminate on particle board, the rest of it is mahogany that I got for a song and still have plenty of left.

The furniture suite isn't done -- still going to build a tall bookcase and a tall credenza.

 

Really like that desk, looks great there.

 

That is one huge desk. That is a great looking wall color and it goes well with the deck.

 

It's a great size for me. 72x36 on the main desk, 21x48 return, and 24x72 on the back. It gives me a lot of space to spread stuff out.

Wall color is Benjamin Moore Aura paint, color "Mysterious" in matte finish.
Right now there is a paint-by-number watercolor in progress under the reading lamp. I got this done and then promptly retired.

 

Now in progress elsewhere in the 2nd floor space are about 30 of these cabinets, 2 runs of 15 each. Right now I have 4 completed, 2 in progress in my shop. Leveling them is going to be fun.

 

That desk is huge! Very nice upgrade!