We had intended to do the final painting and sealing but before that final step realized that the light really caught the flaws around where the pieces of wood meet. If there's one thing we've learned through these 1000+ days it's that if something bothers you during construction then it will bother you after completion. Apparently one thing we haven't learned is to spot potential problems at an early stage. Heavy sigh.
So we power sanded all the crossings (on what will be the front) to make them as smooth as possible. Here's what one side and one of the middle joins looked like after sanding.
And here's the whole thing, with all twelve joins sanded down.
That set us back a week, so this weekend we put our three coats (one white, two green) on the front and a coat of sealer on the whole piece. We also added some blocky feet from Home Depot to match the overall style.
Now all we need to do is figure a way to get this upstairs.
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