I awoke the next day, went to work as usual, then came back home and started painting the edges of the boards. I chilled for the rest of the day and waited for those to dry... I tried to put two coats on so it wouldn't get messed up... but hey...I was lazy by this point. The next day, I came back to it and started putting the nuts on the poles and lining up the boards to be placed on the poles. Let me just say, this took quite a while. So be prepared to spend some time spinning those nuts. It's a pain. Here are some pics to show you what I went through... sigh: