This weekend was my office Christmas Party. When I think of Christmas Parties I think of going over to someone’s house to awkwardly exchange gifts and drink cider. For our Vertical Advertising Inc. office Christmas party, we all met at a hotel in Laguna, ate four courses in a private dining room on the roof of a hotel, and stayed up until far too late. Alyssa and I were loathe to leave the beach this morning and return to the smog-ridden harsh realities of the Inland Empire.
To ease that pain, I decided to take on an afternoon project. It is true that generally any time I I take on a project, more pain is inflicted than relieved, but I was feeling lucky.
I followed the vague guidelines from Make Magazine, spent far too much time and money at Lowes (the workbench was supposed to be a deal, and the actual materials were only $30 or so, but that was before I bought a square, and drill-bits, and several hundred wood-screws, and a measuring tape, and hooks to hang our bicycles from the celing, etc..), and then spent a happy couple of hours in the driveway putting together the workbench. As you can see, the experience was generally a success.
I feel as though the next step should be to paint it, but I’m undecided as to the colors. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
2 Responses to “The Bench”
Nice looking bench, Andrew, and classy model! I’m impressed.
Somehow it seems like all the workbenches I have been acquainted with are natural-wood-looking. Seems like paint would be easily chipped or scraped off.
ditto to what Deanne says - Au natural (with maybe a coat of lacquer or some sort of oiling) is the only way to go!
That’s my two cents!
Trudy