Paint, glorious paint!

I painted the back door, frame, and outside wooden areas around the door last week. Two coats' worth. I like it! 

A couple of days later, I started masking and prepping the front door for painting, but unfortunately by the time I had finished painting the frame, it turned out to be the hottest day of the week (hovered around 96 degrees all afternoon). The paint in the tray was getting a big scum on the top and the paint on the foam rollers and doors was drying before I could even get it spread properly. The sun was beating down on both me and the door. 

I was rewarded with door panels that feel like coarse sandpaper (photo below)! I think the paint must have been pretty much dry when the roller ran across it and pulled it away from the door. Or something. So I get to repaint the front door again. As soon as I get over the trauma of painting it the first time...

On a somewhat brighter note, but still within the Endless Painting that is associated with this house, this week I decided it was time to paint the picnic set. I sanded down the table and benches a bit to prep them for painting and tried to flatten out some of the uneven top edges. There were a few rough spots and rough ends that I wanted to remedy as well so there was no chance of anyone getting a sliver while sitting there. 

I got the bench undersides and part of the table underside painted before disaster struck.

I bumped my paint container off the table and it went spraying and splashing across more than half of the patio. Oops! I was anxious to get it cleaned up while it was still wet, so didn't stop to take a photo, but it would have been quite impressive I think. Here's a picture of the drop cloth drying in the sun looking like something from the scene of a murder with its brick red hue.

Doug kindly helped me spray and scrub the paint off mostly on our hands and knees and with the use of much elbow grease over about a two-hour period and the result you see below is definitely the cleanest patio on the block!

I finished the rest of the painting today and am delighted at the result! Doug had a 4-inch one-coat paintbrush that worked really great on this project. (Supplemented by a 2 1/2-inch brush and a small sponge brush.)