Cute Little Bench

I found this cute little bench at an estate sale for $8.00.  I thought it was too cute to pass up and the price was right, so I bought it to use in the small area of gardening we have around the condo. 

I think this picture gives a better idea of the size.

We removed this overgrown evergreen bush in the front and replaced it with a Japanese Maple this past weekend.  So, this is kind of a double reveal post!

I didn’t want to leave the bench natural and I didn’t want to have to deal with peeling paint, so I got some white stain for exterior use, as well as a spray polyurethane that is also for indoor/outdoor use.  Well, the stain idea wasn’t working so well, so I wound up buying some exterior white paint at Ace {only $3.25 a quart because they are phasing out this particular Benjamin Moore brand}.

After two coats of paint dried, I applied the polyurethane.  I let it dry between coats but gave it three coats total.  This is a satin poly.

I think it has much more of a cottage look to it now and I like it sitting under the Japanese Maple, which I am also loving.  I am going to get a couple of mums and a perennial referred to as Palace Purple to encircle it.

They will be coming around to put down some fresh mulch soon, so that dirt will get covered with it and look much neater.  Once I get a real pumpkin, I’ll sit that on the bench for Fall.

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