It's a bit of a leap of faith to do all this cutting and painting without first fitting everything together.

If my math is right, we'll end up with two bookcases, each orange on the inside and blue on the outside. To that end, we're painting some boards all the same color, some boards half and half, and are carefully considering each edge.

Assuming we don't need a second color coat, Friday will be the day of reckoning. How's that for a cliffhanger ending?

Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.

Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.