September 13, 2007

  • Here are the finished shed doors:

    Shed door 04

     

    Shed door 05

     

    We built this shed a couple of years ago and ran out of materials to finish the doors so I slapped together some 2 x 4s and plywood, never a good material to expose to the elements, and swore I'd finish it properly at a later date. Between then and now, I sold my truck and bought the Xterra which is incapable of safely transporting 4X8 sheets. By this time, the plywood had begun to self-destruct and it looked terrible. I was able to complete the doors after a friend and his truck came to my aid.

    Naturally, I painted the new doors so the shed could finally be declared a done deal. However, I was relaxing after painting when my wife appeared and said, "Honey, did you mean to paint the shed doors blue?"

    "No, they're supposed to be green like the rest of the shed; are they blue?"

    "Yes."

    Being extremely color blind, I had no idea what color they were. My wife went and got the correct paint and helped finish the job, which is fitting since we collaborated on every other aspect of the building from digging out the area, building the forms for the cement guys to actually constructing the building.

     

    Next, I'll post the fireplace project.