No, not that type of stripping, get your mind out of the gutter! Anyways, so I received these great white shelves as hand-me-downs from mi madre. Of course, I want them to instead look like, in essence the pottery barn shelves that have the dark wood stain that is popular these days. Ok, so I go to ehow.com and look up how to strip paint from wood. 1. Pick up some paint stripper & brush on wood 2. Let sit for 1/2 hour while your paint magically becomes removable 3. Remove with scrapper 4. Wipe down with paint thinner or mineral spirits.
Ok, no where in there did it mention how freakin' ridiculously hard it is to scrap the paint from wood. Perhaps my mother painted 5+ coats of paint on them or something or applied a special seal. Not sure, but I am just going to blame her.
Well, I promise to post pictures soon, I am getting there. I just did not know my 1 week project was going to become a month-er instead. My fingers are developing some very firm muscles.
Pretty Pottery Barn shelf - what I am currently dreaming about:
Oh yeah, and I think the paint stripper is getting me high everytime I use it. That is the only reason I have not given up yet! ; )
Sounds like fun! David's been doing lots of work on the baby's room (me, not so much...). My job is to find cute cheap baby furniture on craigslist. :) Have you looked on the 'free' section for craigslist? You might find some things you could 'fix' for cheap!
ReplyDeleteBrittany, you beat me to commenting...grrr. love both you girls and will enjoy reading :-)
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