I live in downstairs in a house built in the 1920's. As a result, there is little or no closet space either upstairs or downstairs.
There are plenty of windows and wood flooring. This makes it both wonderful ( I love the sunlight because it brightens up the place and the view is terrific) and not so wonderful( the sun makes it hot at times). I live in the South and that makes it difficult at times to put things near windows because of the heat.
Have you got any ideas ?
Tags: closet space, downstairs, sun, sunlight, upstairs, wood flooring
Jun 22
Posted by Susan Walker in DIY | 1 Comment
I've got a bookcase from Ikea that I would like to paint. It is birch veneer. What kind of paint should I use? will I need to sand it first?
Tags: birch veneer, Bookcase, ikea
Jun 20
Posted by Susan Walker in DIY | 1 Comment
What is something good that you can use to clean real hardwoods (they aren’t laminate) besides vinegar, armstrong that wont hurt the original finish?
Also this house is old so some of the bedrooms have limited closet space what are some good easy ways for making storage that are attractive, we dont want rubbermaids stacked everywhere??
Tags: armstrong, bedrooms, closet space, hardwoods, laminate, Storage, vinegar
I have seven-foot, freestanding wooden bookcase in my home that wobbles a bit. It's only a slight wobble, but it makes me nervous and I'd like to reinforce it somehow to make sure the sides stand perfectly straight and it doesn't get worse. I remember once reinforcing the sides of a wooden bed frame using some sort of thin steel connectors, so I was thinking about trying something along those lines. The case has an open back, so it will have either be hidden behind the shelves or aesthetically pleasing. I can't bracket the piece to the wall. I need advice about what to do and where to get the materials. Simply replacing the bookcase is not an option.
Tags: bed frame, Bookcase, shelves, steel connectors, thin steel, using some sort, wobble
We bought a nice unfinished alder bookcase and are painting it white to match a desk that we just bought.
We've been using an Easy Living Latex paint that was color matched and recommended for us by someone at Osh.
On another question, someone suggested that latex paint is not a good choice for furniture and that we should've went with an oil-based paint.
Can latex do a decent job? Should we switch to an oil-based paint? Assuming, we switch to an oil-based paint, do we have to sand off every bit of the latex paint and primer? Or can we just paint a coat of oil-based paint on top of the existing coat of latex?
Is there a book I can buy that will explain things like this to me?
Tags: alder, Bookcase, decent job, desk, Furniture, latex paint, oil based paint, osh
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