Along that accomplishment line here is my most recent project.
I have four solid redwood Adirondack chairs I built in the 1990s. I sanded them(4 hours). Reglued and screwed several of the joints. Primed them with BIN Shelac primer(another 3-4 hrs). Then painted them with three coats of Sherwin Williams Urethane gloss White enamel paint($70/gallon). Each coat took another 3-4 hours for the 4 chairs. I did this over the last month or so when we have had all of these rainy weekends here in NH.
It would have been cheaper to just go buy new chairs. Especially when I considered my labor. Now, they should last another 30+ years.
I’m not certain I would sit in those chairs if I did that work.