The bench, now painted
The group painted the bench yesterday. It’s undercoated in white emulsion and then over-painted in blue wood. It’s a finish based on the available paint rather than any grasp of decorative technique, but it seems to have worked well.
They also had afternoon tea in the conservatory. It’s not actually a conservatory, it’s just one end of a polytunnel where they have a desk to work round. However, we were looking for a word to describe it, and what do you call a room where you can see through the walls? Garden room, Orangery or Conservatory?
As you can see from the photos, we lack oranges and can’t actually see the garden through the plastic so it became the conservatory. We will have to see if the name sticks.
A not entirely accurate sign
I’m sorry about the lack of people in the pictures, as happy, smiling faces always make a great picture, Unfortunately that’s the way it is in the 21st century.
However, I’ve seen the other photos and can assure you there were plenty of smiles and paint splashes.
Good job on the bench, Quercus! Looks good to me!
It’s very solid. We may try for elegance next. 🙂
Nice job – I think photos without smiley faces are fine. Glad that people were smiling, though!
They seem to like their new garden supervisor. 🙂
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Shabby chic is my thing and so is blue. Good job and pretty table!
Yes, as I said to Julia when I saw the “pretty table” on her Facebook page “Didn’t we have a table cloth like that once?” 🙂
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So you are fans of shabby chic?
No, we’re just shabby.:-)
That used to describe our house before we got the end wall fixed.
You were clearly in advance of modern trends. 🙂