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Wish I'd had thought about painting it. No matter what I do the predecessor's red ceder always makes it's way back into the garden. Plus I think it would actually look quite nice in black in a utilitarian way.
But in fairness I was rushing to knock it up while OH and kids were out.
Usually have a pen knife on me, so went for a beefy flat head A2 screw.
Ultimately the water butt will be covered up, hopefully with jasmine growing on a frame and maybe seasonal annuals ontop. But I'm lobbying for raised beds out of sleepers for the veg patch on the left so it doesn't make sense to do anything too permanent until that's done next spring.
Edit
Couldn't quite bare the state of the red cedar, so quickly scrubbed it with some sandpaper. Hopefully that way if I don't get around to painting it black (highly likely) it'll weather and look less shit.
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