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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| . | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| ... material, while not diluting its excellence in any way. Indeed, a greater variety of stone surfaces than ever before, is now available; just check out a Home Depot Expo (if you can stomach the gratuitous excess of it all) to see a literal rainbow of granites, quarried around the world. . . | |||||
| RE: Anything you can do about bleached mahogany finish? | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | Spanky | Repair | |
| Hey- I've stripped a ton of chippy old lacquer finish with just acetone. On flat surfaces I lay a single layer of cheap paper towels down and then saturate them with acetone. The paper towel keeps the acetone from evaporating before it completely dissolves the lacquer---and if you don't get to it before it dries, you can just pour some more acetone on it. It also keeps it from running down the sides so much. Acetone has a very low surface tension--worse than alcohol, I think. Anyway, then just wipe the finish off with the paper towels. Go over it again ... | |||||
| RE: Repair Kai Kristiansen Chairs | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | tktoo2 | Repair | |
| Well, if you insist on having your chairs look more like walnut, then I'd recommend using an aniline dye stain rather than a pigmented stain and to err on the diluted side. You can always go darker with successive applications, but not the other way 'round. And remember that oil on top of the dye stain will darken the wood even further. Experimenting on inconspicuous areas is highly recommended, as always. The chairs in the last photo appear to have had a lot of work done to them. FWIW, I've always considered staining teak (or any other exotic, tropical hard ... | |||||
| I would start by removing all... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| ... all in the same style and colors. Can two or three of these go into other rooms in the home? One makes a big statement but four kind of dilutes it. It is possible to have too much of a good thing. I like the cowhide rug but am not so sure about the coffee table base on it. It has a random look that competes with all the randomness in the rug. I think something like the Barcelona coffee table would work better---straight lines, clean, simple. I kind of agree about the sofa being not quite right, but that's an expensive piece to replace and i think if you ... | |||||
| WoofWoof... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| WoofWoof... You make a fair point. This sort of design could easily be taken too far, if it turned our cities into an amusement park, though our mostly dreary cities in America certainly could migrate a long ways in this direction before it became oppressive IMHO. Why I think this piano stair case is significant is this: a piano stair case can induce people to use their own locomotion, instead of that of an escalator. This is remarkable. Of course, familiarity might make the preference for the piano stair case trend quickly to zero. Still, it is worth testin ... | |||||
| a suggestion | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| a suggestion I recently cleaned all wool upholstery on some dining chairs with just soap suds. I put a little water and a slosh of Woolite in a plastic container and shook it until the thing was full of suds. Then using a barely-damp sponge, I worked the suds only into the fabric. Then I blotted with a big dry towel and sponged clean water onto it and blotted that. I used a lot of the suds on some bad spots and those were hard to rinse but with a lot of blotting I finally got the suds out. This worked really well on the light soiling. It was not quite eno ... | |||||
| RLG, be careful who you call | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | tktoo | Identification | |
| RLG, be careful who you call a nerd. Around here nerds are a dime a dozen. And in your neighborhood one can't fart without wrinkling a nerd's nose. Don't make me come over there, okay? By any other name it's still rosewood. | |||||
| Memphis, Postmodern or just 80's crap? | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | therye | Identification | |
| Got this set for a dime. Very unique, but is it anything special? | |||||
| Just another no-name piece? | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Anthony Brouner | General discussion | |
| I have not so much as a dime into this table, so I won't be heartbroken should I learn it's worth not even that. The person who presented it to me said it was in her childhood home, and she's now well into her 50s, or so I'd guess. | |||||
| Why no love for Willy Guhl? | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| I have not seen Willy Guhl's jardinieres mentioned much and I really like them. These cement planters are virtually indestructible and are a dime-a-dozen outside restaurants and hotels all over Switzerland. Since I have a "free" container going back to the States in three years I think I might stock up and become the go-to girl for Willy Guhn planters in the States. Whachoo think? | |||||
| My thoughts | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| ... up the light, but still N/W is cooler light. The buildings, especially concrete ones, outside your window are going to further reinforce this by reflecting cooler tones. So, you need warm colors in the space. My guess is that the 'stupid yellow' was an attempth at this but it failed as it's not blended well, tonally. Since you use this room mainly at night, I'd say that you should select richer colors rather than pale ones. Caramel, cappucino, espresso, butter-cream, or maybe even orange-y tones, like brick/terracotta. Don't pick anything too dark for wall ... | |||||
| Cleaning | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | cdsilva | General discussion | |
| Cleaning The table was in very good condition when bought, with no wood damage or repairs (there are the usual vintage wear marks and scratches). The finish of the table top did have some issues, with some splotchy worn areas showing lighter teak below. The overall finish was darker, but more grime than patina. Therefore, I chose to go with Murphy's Oil Soap for the first step (for table top only; the rails and legs had a nice "clean patina" to them, if that makes any sense). I used heated Murphy's without dilution, with a 3M green scrubbing pad rinsed frequ ... | |||||
| And speaking of orange . . . | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | SDR | Off topic | |
| And speaking of orange . . . (I know -- there's no stopping me -- or him ! In for a dime, in for a dollar, as they say. Apologies in advance; there's only six months of this left, thanks be . . .) Should we start a political thread, separate from this one ? All in favor, say Aye. | |||||
| HI. | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Mark | Off topic | |
| ... making all of my holiday decisions and yuletide wishes come true. Dear Santa, I've been good! Yes. Please? Oh! With love, Aunt Mark ps the price of the camera isn't hard to swallow, but the nipple and dime extra's are fierce. I need to focus. Don't forget to feed the birds. They're watching you. | |||||
| I would | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| I would refinish it. Lane coffee and end tables are a dime a dozen. | |||||
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