Project: Refurbishing our Lawn Bench using Oostra Oak
Posted By RichC on July 22, 2025
If you are like me, procrastination of home maintenance items is my modus operandi. There are summer things on my list that I need to do (fence repairs), some large undertaking I want to do (remove, paint and reinstall shutters) … 
and then semi-maintenance things that I interested in doing. Obvious those first two get put on the back burner and the 3rd item takes precedence. 😊
At least I mowed and trimmed the backyard before the storms over the weekend, but the distraction that I’m talking about is the degraded bench that we had in our front yard for years. It has been sitting behind the pool house for years now with the thought 
that with the solid castings, some de-rusting and new paint and wood … that it would be worth refurbishing? I have the lumber (the Oostra Oak just needs to be planed to a little under 3/4”) and some new stainless steel hardware (bolts, washers, nuts and 3/4” screws) that it would be both a nice addition and enjoyable project? Unfortunately it is starting to look like I’ll have more in paint and wood finish, material and hardware that buying a new discounted bench … not to mention my labor!
Isn’t that the way it always is?
Painted castings but still need SS hardware, etc.
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