Take staining the deck for example.
I do it every few years, and that time had rolled around again.
So I went to Lowes and had them mix this color.
A nice warm chocolate brown.
Then I duded up in my paint clothes, gathered my brushes and hacked back the boxwood shrubs that were in the way.
All was well…. until I opened my can of stain.
And saw that.
Does that look like a warm chocolate brown to you?
It wasn’t even close.
And looked positively awful when painted on the deck railing. Like liquid peanut butter.
Blech.
Way too light.
Knowing I’d have to return it but not wanting to change clothes and drive 40 minutes to Lowes, I ran up to the local hardware store for a darker stain.
Of course they were almost out of stain and only had one choice…. which I bought, went home and tried.
Nope.
Way too dark.
I was beginning to feel like Goldilocks…
And trudged back to the hardware store to return the second can.
By the time I got back, the husband told me to hold off staining because he wanted to replace all the old rotted railings with something nicer.
Another project?
I’m not sure I have it in me.
And how long will I have to live with a multicolored railing?
Stay tuned for this and other equally as uninteresting answers.
I always try to go with a standard color. – My wife, she wants something more exotic. It must be a woman thing.
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Well, in my defense brown is pretty standard.
😉
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On the plus side, Hershey’s might want to buy your deck…
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With a lifetime supply of chocolate? They can have it!
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This is when I don’t mind being color blind.
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It would come in handy now and then..
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Sounds like Fractured Fairy Tales….
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I liked the dark color as opposed to the Mixed Nuts one, but that’s just me. I think momma squirrel had something to do with this, it sounds like her, mixed bits and all…..🤣
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Our deck is in the baking sun all day. I can’t go that dark….
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Hmmm, a project for the hubs? A nice deck shade maybe? Lol
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Please bite your tongue.
Repeatedly.
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Her: What’s with the color?
Me: Learn to love it.
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That doesn’t work with me.
😈
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Look at the positive side–you will have ANOTHER ITEM to nag hubby with/about!!!
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There’s never a shortage of those!
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I say keep it both colors and call it a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
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That’s a great idea, but I happen to hate peanut butter.
🤢
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Maybe hubby’s idea is a metal railing – less staining!
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He never stained them. Not once in 18 years!
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