broad side

I'm researching barn door hardware.

The garden shed / barn out back needs an update. It's an awesome little barn that up until a gardening makeover I had been taking for granted. Now that the weed-bed behind it has been turned into a very pretty little garden, I'm all about giving some much needed love to the shed.

It wants a coat or two of red paint and white trim.
It NEEDS a new set of doors.
The current doors are (apart from falling apart) hinged and beat the crap out of the pretty flowers I plant on either side of them.
So I'm investigating sliding doors and hardware. The doors should be pretty easy - we'll make them out of 2-by and strap them together - good old-fashioned barn doors. The hardware, I'm sort of struggling with. I think I have the entire list together, but I'm not sure. And then, whatever we get track wise, I'm thinking I'm going to paint - because galvanized is just ugly. I'm thinking I'm going to paint it black... so that it stands out.

And I want a window... but that's likely a later project.

We're also toying with the notion of building new porch steps (out of trex) for the front porch.

And we need a new roof.
And windows.
and plumbing.
and electrical.
and a new laundry room floor.
and a new bathroom.

sigh.

choose

what's more fun:
virtual school shopping for your daughter's first day of kindergarten
or
a brand new lime green moleskine?


what's more daunting:
cleaning the house for a gathering on Saturday night
or
another baby shower on Sunday afternoon?


what's more rewarding:
doing an awesome job on a project about which you are passionate and hearing nothing from your boss
or
slapping some crap together on a project about which you don't care, and having your boss call it great work?

Some of life's questions make me smile today.