Mirror Mirror

Today you get a break from house updates. This is because JTC let us down. He supposedly not only ordered the deck and drywall materials to be delivered on the wrong day, but also scheduled the next inspection for tomorrow instead of today. We think that is a big fat lie and that he wanted one more day of vacation.

Did you have a good Labor Day? We got in one last trip to the lake, which was great fun.

We got in some boat ridin', brew sippin', wakeboardin'..




And some seriously insane slip 'n slidin':



It was the scariest, but most fun, slip 'n slide I've ever ridden.

Now it's back to reality, but thank goodness for a 4-day work week!

So here's a project that took entirely way too long. Our dining room furniture never went together, but then we got a table/matching chairs (a first for us) from Michael's rents. This motivated me to make the room a bit more cohesive. First project: refinish mirror to match table.


It was much lighter than the table:


First step: attempt to sand:


Second step: buy a higher-grit sand paper that actually works:


Day #3 of sanding - get almost 1/2 way done:


Let me tell you what, sanding is the pits! Weeks later, I finally finished:




Staining is always the rewarding part because it is instant gratification:


A couple of coats and a few layers of polyurethane later:


Ta-da!


Much closer table match than this: