{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/lessons-learnt-re-staining-a-desk/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Rope and Tire","author":"Suprada Urval"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"2e196952-3611-51fb-96be-c28bf3d97fce","excerpt":"We needed a new study desk. So I bought a West Elm Jay desk with hutch off Craigslist. It had marks due to regular wear and was a ‘chestnut’ color. So, I re-stained the Jay desk a reddish color – “Cabernet”. Now the whole place smells like wood stain…","html":"<p>We needed a new study desk. So I bought a West Elm Jay desk with hutch off Craigslist. It had marks due to regular wear and was a ‘chestnut’ color. So, I re-stained the Jay desk a reddish color – “Cabernet”. Now the whole place smells like wood stain and the desk looks awesome.</p>\n<p>So, what did I learn from re-staining the desk?</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sanding the table down is a lot easier than I expected it to be</li>\n<li>Staining the table was a lot more messier than I expected it to be</li>\n<li>The first two areas I stained were a lot slower and not as nice as the rest of my table</li>\n<li>Staining by brush and mopping the extra stain by rag was a lot of fun</li>\n<li>Humming to yourself makes work super-enjoyable</li>\n<li>Enjoyable work makes you hum to yourself</li>\n<li>Staining is a dirty work. Is that why it is fun?</li>\n<li>Cleaning myself and the area up took as long as sanding and staining</li>\n</ol>\n<p>What I learnt also was that I absolutely enjoy making things, creating things, beautifying things and don’t mind the learning curve, or the time or how dirty it can get. And I also learnt that the things I fear and dread are not really that bad once I get started.</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"Lessons learnt re-staining a desk","date":"August 05, 2015","url":"/lessons-learnt-re-staining-a-desk/","tags":["Thoughts"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/lessons-learnt-re-staining-a-desk/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/2015-07-23-on-clarity/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"On Clarity","url":"/on-clarity/","tags":["Thoughts"]}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/june-2015-reading-log/2015-09-02-june-2015-reading-log/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"June 2015 Reading Log","url":"/june-2015-reading-log/","tags":["Books","reading-log"]}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["3128451518","426816048"]}