If I Strip for You, Will You Strip for Me?

[mrdankelly]

Mike and I hired a contractor to strip and stain the woodwork in our front room, dining room, and kitchen. This has been a long-term project. We started stripping the paint ourselves a few years ago, but it was a slow and laborious process, particularly since we were doing it with a heat gun and no solvents. Lead paint and other foulness flying up

Comments

[gngrmyrsn]

Oh. My. God. The previous owners had to be completely bugf--k nuts to smear paint and gunk over that beautiful wood and those beautiful fixtures. Will you have to remove the metal and have it restored or something?

[little_octagon]

Holy guacamole. That is pretty awesome.

Lovely old woodwork that's been painted over reminds me of those creepy plastic snap-in tile bathrooms. Why not put resources toward restoring what's already there, instead of crap to bury it under?