I could count on one hand the number of crafts I’ve done at RS. This particular item caught my attention because it’s useful. (Doesn’t hang on a wall or take up counter space.) That Saturday morning the electricity went off so we moved our projects to the glassed in entryway and meticulously painted each crack and cranny. I took a break went home to let it dry and waited for the power to return.
“Do you want to distress it?” Sister Ward, the sister in charge asked.
“What do you mean.”
She demonstrated with a sander.
“Oh you mean sand the edges.”
“Yea, I thought we called it antiquing, when we make new furniture look old. My how terms and styles have changed. So I went about distressing the corners and wood grained swirls. I wondered, why did I paint this so carefully?
Besides painting I had to drill holes for the hooks with a man tool. I did great on that part. But the actual screwing in of the hooks took more strength than I had. It took three ladies, one to hole the pole, one to hold the drill ( that would be me) and one to apply pressure on my arm to get the screw in. Man Tools, not made for fairer sex.
Sister Swainston distressing her hat rack.
Good work. I like it when RS does an project that is useful.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to have a product from a "distress"-ing moment in life! Better than being empty handed at the end of a stressful day!
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