Better late than never? Hmmmm.
I finally received my wood structure! I had this built to my designs but unfortunately I’ve been running into some issues with it. Thinking there might be problems, I had put the order in before Christmas. Little did I know that my first obstacle would be not receiving it for 3 months or so.
Second problem: paintings didn’t fit in the doors. The art was about 1/8 too big all around so I had to have the edges trimmed a bit. It still is rather tight so I may have to *gulp* sand down the actual paintings. You can imagine how thrilled I am with this thought. My third head banger is the rain. Originally I was going to cover the entire piece with thin sheet metal then finish it to look aged, like an old warbird but the metal turns out to be more difficult to work with than I thought especially since the outer edge is curved so instead I thought it would be better to paint it metallic THEN add a few metal panels, rivets, etc. and give the whole thing a faux finish. This is the basic idea of what it should look like just a bit more beaten up. I’m fine with this new approached but it WON’T STOP RAINING and I have nowhere to spray paint and sand except my patio!
I AM enjoying the project on the most part as much as I gripe. I just wish I would have hit these walls a little earlier because the last thing I want to feel is rushed which is EXACTLY how I’m feeling now! I’ve only got a few days left!!!!!
