Bench Makeover

This bench was too cute to throw away.  A little thought with regard to the color palette for the safari scene and some freshly-stained ash wood and voila -  it's a bit more inviting!

Made with Ash wood, stained with Minwax Cherrywood & painted with Acrylic paint. Sealed with Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane for outdoor use.

Before picture - not bad - the bench piece wasn't actually missing I took it off to measure and well, didn't put it back...  I wanted new wood, and brighter colors for the safari scene. 

I went to the hardware store and ran into Alec Caspersen from ADC Builders. He offered to cut some scrap ash wood down for $20. They have a new Kitchen Demo room, if you need remodeling, it's worth checking out! This was half the battle - the hardware is actually steel but we spray painted it (we'll see if that stays!) Other trick: the painted animals are outlined in black sharpie to make the colors pop!