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I know a lot of people like to say that they do their best work when they’re under pressure.

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Well, we (I) took a break of about a month and a half from the beadboard  painting, but I finally got back into it.And I got it done!And I figured out how to do it without losing my mind..

It looks like it should be pretty quick and easy to paint these thin little strips of nothing, but let me tell you: It can get some kinda tedious!.If you’ve seen my pretty beadboard and you’ve been thinking about attempting this project too, I have some tips for you!.

Tip #1: Set aside a couple of days to get it done.

Make them “painting days”.So about a month ago, we covered half of our garden with black plastic, leaving us just half of it to play with this year.

It’s honestly still too big for any reasonable human beings to actually fill and keep up with, so we’re just fine with it for now.. Getting the plastic was easy.Chris picked up a roll at the hardware store for about $50 and it’s big enough to last us until the end of time.

Actually putting the plastic down in a way that will last and not allow any light in for the long haul was a little more challenging than it looks.We had to lay down the plastic and carefully dig a trench about 4 inches deep all around the edges, then bury the edges of the plastic.