Desk and Couch
Nov. 16th, 2008 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sillygoosegirlMy lack of success with stripping the paint off the handles seems to have been a matter of a lack of time. I let the stripper sit there for around an hour before I first checked to see if the paint would come off. The instructions say to strip the paint after about 1 hour. However, unlike with wood, there was little danger of destroying the underlining material of the handles by letting the stripper sit on them for a while, so in my frustration, I didn't clean them up but left them right where they were. 6 hours later when I checked on them again, the paint came right off. However, they are in desperate need of polishing.
I've tried a couple home made polish suggestions, with no luck. And now the kitchen reeks. I think I'm going to head out to Ace and buy myself some nasty store bought brass polish. Anyway, it will get me out of here, and that is an attractive thought now that I've stunk the place up. Except for the part where it involves getting dressed. Bah, how lame.
I'm also looking onward to my next big project, reuphostering our couch (the one that used to be Grandma M's couch). I'm especially thinking about it now that I got my pretty painting hung above the couch... a pretty painting with colors that probably would have nicely complemented the couch when it was new, but now really draw attention to how faided and ratty it has gotten. I'm leaning toward this fabric, though I'm still kind of hoping to find something a bit more like the original fabric, of which I'm a big fan (or rather, assume that I would have been back when it was new... I'm a big fan of what I imagine that fabric used to look like). For those of you who haven't seen our couch or haven't seen it in a while, it's the one on the right in this picture (though some imagination will still be required on the fabric). Of course, I'll have to talk over fabric options with Josh before I get started, but right now he's out getting the car's feet rotated and balanced.
I've tried a couple home made polish suggestions, with no luck. And now the kitchen reeks. I think I'm going to head out to Ace and buy myself some nasty store bought brass polish. Anyway, it will get me out of here, and that is an attractive thought now that I've stunk the place up. Except for the part where it involves getting dressed. Bah, how lame.
I'm also looking onward to my next big project, reuphostering our couch (the one that used to be Grandma M's couch). I'm especially thinking about it now that I got my pretty painting hung above the couch... a pretty painting with colors that probably would have nicely complemented the couch when it was new, but now really draw attention to how faided and ratty it has gotten. I'm leaning toward this fabric, though I'm still kind of hoping to find something a bit more like the original fabric, of which I'm a big fan (or rather, assume that I would have been back when it was new... I'm a big fan of what I imagine that fabric used to look like). For those of you who haven't seen our couch or haven't seen it in a while, it's the one on the right in this picture (though some imagination will still be required on the fabric). Of course, I'll have to talk over fabric options with Josh before I get started, but right now he's out getting the car's feet rotated and balanced.
