What's In the Box???? (yarn, but you could have guessed that)

Hiya from a.,

In the great move, my yarn box took quite a beating.  It took even more of a beating when r. started using it as his end table and spilled coffee on it.  This is what it was looking like:

You can see the stains on the top.  There are also some dings into the wood, but those don't bother me as much as they are a part of an object that is used everyday, but the dirt on the yellow was really starting to bother me.  So I decided to paint it.
The first step was to sand it down a bit, just to strip it and rough it up (and yes I know that talking about painting can sound a little dirty):

Let me tell you that it is so much easier working on a project where you have the space and tools you need at your disposal.  One of the benefits of the move is a garage to work in and a collection of work tools and supplies that will cause you to drool a little bit. 
At first I thought I would go for another light/pastel shade, but then when I got to the Home Depot I saw the colours labelled 'saturated' and I was sunk. 
Here is me working on the project:

The nice thing with this photo is that you cannot see that I am wearing two different socks.  You have to love garages that can't actually hold cars because they've been turned into a work space.

Here is the finished result.  As always with our camera the paint is a shade or two darker than it looks in the photo.  Right now I am in love with the colour so much that I am not sure that I'll add any other details.  I might eventually want to change out the hardware, to white for a better contrast but that would be about it.  After this photo was taken, the box had to be taken back into the garage as it has been damp for the last for days and the paint is still a little bit tacky.  By the end of the weekend it should be back in place and stuffed with yarn once more.

see you space cowboy...