Final Day at Metheny Weir

Sigh, the last day helping out at Metheny Weir. While the beginning of the day was one spent exchanging goodbye gifts (and a request to continuing helping over the summer!) the rest was one of happy work. Mrs. Metheny was off away at a house painting kitchen cabinets "Old Ochre" and Mrs. Weir continue to work on the Nature Center rain barrel. I worked on creating paint samples.

still more to go but getting there

Each Annie Sloan paint color is presented on a slab of molding, then divided in half, one side with dark wax and the other with clear. This gives client an idea of what their finished product will look like depending on the wax they use.

like this

Yes, the work was trivial. I had to get out every single color (which is a lot mind you), clean all the brushes between pieces of wood, let it dry, apply a second coat, let it dry, tap the wood into two sections, apply clear wax on one side, let it dry, reapply, then do the same thing on the opposite side with dark wax. It seemed to take forever! But then I got to remove the tap. Now let me tell you, never has a simple activity given me so much fulfillment. When I removed that yellow tap, revealing a clean cut between two different shades of the same color... so satisfying. It looked good. It looked great, if I do say so myself.

~Laura