Almost 1 year anniversary....


November 1st will be one year I've lived in my beautiful 102 year old house. I've done 'zero' house improvements; yup that's me, I'm a slacker.

So I decided to start a project that I've been wanting to do all year, but never got around to.

See this yellow dining room with maroon trim? It's gotta go. I just know there is a beautiful wood underneath all that glossy paint! These two photos are ones I took during my very 1st walk through.

For this challenge, I decided to go with 'Citristrip'. The price is a little hefty @ $21 a bottle, but there is a LOT of trim and a plate rail that goes around the entire room. That means a lot of nooks and crannies.

I slathered on Citristrip from the plate rail to the floor, minus a few of the rectangular pieces on the end. I'm going to see how easy it is to remove the paint with a heat gun, as it uses a LOT of Citristrip per rectangle.
They even painted the china cabinet with glossy paint.... this is going to look sooo nice when it's stripped!
A portion of the maroon painted picture rail goes around the room...

beautiful reddish brown wood underneath!

I would really love to strip the ceiling as well, but that's a whole other project. My ladder isn't even tall enough to reach the ceiling and it's 6' tall!

Comments

  1. Shasha KiddJune 27, 2012 at 4:00 PM

    If you ever get around to stripping your ceiling, it might be worth it to buy one of the DIY scaffolding kits. It would probably be safer.

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  2. DebbieJune 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM

    That's a great idea, I'm sure it would be MUCH safer then a ladder!

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