Ahhh PolyStain
The past few days I’ve been tackling the living room trim, and there is finally some visual progress! Lots of nail hole filling, sanding, etc not to mention the cutting […]
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Recreating
Believe it or not our fireplace mantle use to be even more ornate. You can see on the sides a faint outline of pilasters that were ripped off for whatever […]
Polka Dot Delete
Fireplace, with white dots: Close up. It’s old wood putty that doesn’t match our newly stripped wood, probably filled in just before it was painted. I tried a few tools […]
Paint-Free Mantle
Presenting: the paint-less mantle! … after many hours of chemical stripping, sanding, and picking with random tools at the details. I had already spent a lot of time on this […]
The Renovation Vignette
Even those of us with major renovations occurring in their living room can create a fall vignette on their mantel. Ignore the unpainted walls, plastic on sconce, and the 90% […]
Travertine Pt 3
To complement the credenza and half bath… Obviously some more stripping sanding and refinishing to go: Lovely!
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