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Step 5Give it Some Color
The white pine color just doesn't match the yard and is not the color I wanted anyway. So let's grab our stain and start staining the frame. Let's see if I can enlist some help of some young ones, and hope they don't make a mess.
I used Oil-Latex Redwood stain. It was not my first choice in stain, but it was the cheapest. I didn't feel like spending $30 on stain alone, so I got this stuff for $7.98 from Home Depot.
It washes off of your hands pretty easily but I am not sure about concrete so put something down to catch the drips or move it into the grass.
I stained in steps of assembly, I could have stained all of the parts prior, but I wanted to get the frame built first.
You will see in picture 5 some unstained pieces which are new extra parts that I needed to make for stability and structure support. They fit in just fine.
You can see in pics 7 and 8 I enlisted the kids help, Holly lasted about 10 minutes, but Ryan stayed for a while.
In the next step I will install the freshly stained roof slats.
I used Oil-Latex Redwood stain. It was not my first choice in stain, but it was the cheapest. I didn't feel like spending $30 on stain alone, so I got this stuff for $7.98 from Home Depot.
It washes off of your hands pretty easily but I am not sure about concrete so put something down to catch the drips or move it into the grass.
I stained in steps of assembly, I could have stained all of the parts prior, but I wanted to get the frame built first.
You will see in picture 5 some unstained pieces which are new extra parts that I needed to make for stability and structure support. They fit in just fine.
You can see in pics 7 and 8 I enlisted the kids help, Holly lasted about 10 minutes, but Ryan stayed for a while.
In the next step I will install the freshly stained roof slats.
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