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Finally! After perfecting the staining, distressing just in the right spots, and encountering a few problems with the Polyurethane, it’s finally just how we want it.

Before:

After:

I’m completely in love!! See my unique staining steps below.

I used Minwax Jacobean and Minwax Whitewash Pickling.

Apply the Jacobean, WHILE STILL WET go over it with the Whitewash, blending the two colors. Because you have to blend the colors while wet, it’s best to work in smaller, more manageable sections. Blend as much or as little as you like to get the look your going for. If its too light, just add more Jacobean, and vice versa. Go back and forth dipping your brush until its perfect, do not actually mix the two stains
together. I pour a little of each stain into separate cups so I don’t ruin the whole can of stain. We finished with a satin polyurethane (optional), which didn’t dry in our humid weather so we ended up using mineral spirit to thin it out and help the drying process. Hope you love it as much as we do!

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-M

So we made a few more trips by the house this week than normal and surprisingly there has been a lot of progress. Last night, we went to a friends housewarming/welcoming of his wife to the U.S.. Then this morning, we woke up and went to the Chattanooga Market with Molly’s sister and her friend. When we decided to go there I had one thing on my mind, “Rolling J’s” food truck. For the love of truck sauce its good. We went around wasting some time and looking at all the booths. Of course as always Molly thinks more about getting things for Cash than for herself. I spotted a new Under Armor dog harness, then we stopped by “Barley Bones” and got him and Mack a treat.

Before we went to the market we ran by the house and to our surprise there was PAINT ON THE HOUSE!!!! It is turning out to be perfect. Me and Molly are getting more and more excited and ready every day. So without further wait here it is. We chose Sherwin Williams “Greek Villa” for the main color, “Urban Putty” for the Trim, and for the doors, “Urbane Bronze.”