If you ever needed a reminder of the silent but deadly damage the sun can do to your furniture, take a look at this leg of an Arts and Crafts settle I just bought. It endured several hours of daily sunlight which slowly but surely broke down the clear finish. I’ll have to refinish
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
A Quick Finish For a Small Project
I was restoring a few antique hammered copper lamps recently, when I discovered two were missing the wooden bottom that prevented the copper base from scratching a desk or table. Fortunately, I had some thin plywood on hand, and discovered that the Pecan version of Minwax® Express
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Childhood Memories and Hidden Treasures
When I was growing up in my parents’ home in Illinois, rainy days often meant climbing these worn stairs to our third floor attic, where we built things with Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets, played Monopoly and checkers, and traded baseball and football cards. Each time I go back to
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A Holiday Indoor Planter
About this time each year I get out this holiday planter I made from inexpensive 1″ x 6″ wood and stained using Minwax® Water-Based Stains. Some years we use it for holiday cards, while others might find it filled with evergreen bows, red ribbons, or even a string of lights. Its
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