I’ve never been really big on frills or getting manicures or going to the hairdressers etc. I attract dirt. Plain and simple. White? Never wear it. If I did it would actually be grey before it was over with. I think the main reason for this is I like to do things that, unless you’re really careful, which I’m not, you’re going to end up getting dirty. I also have 8 dogs. Four inside dogs, four outside dogs, and the outside dogs are always jumping on me and even the inside dogs don’t stay inside all the time so they get mud on their paws and in their coats and they like to rub up against me, especially if I’ve just gotten dressed to go somewhere. Sigh. Dirty girl.
Right now though I have several little projects going on that involve paint, and stripper and sandpaper and stain and that definitely leads to dirty. So here’s what I’m working on.
There are actually two of these, the other being quite a bit bigger. They have glass that goes on top and they’re super heavy. I painted them green and gold last year and I decided I don’t like the green so I used up the last of the gold and resprayed the balls and have to tape that off and I’m going to paint the stonework grey. Maybe I’ll like it better. I bought these two tables for 60 bucks from a guy that lived in an RV park my son used to park his trailer at. just because I thought they looked cool. At that time they were white. I Google image searched them and come to find out they’re from the 80’s and sell for around a cool grand each. They’re Magnussen Presidential Tessellated Stone Side Tables. Who knew? It explains why they’re so heavy at least. They’ve been outside ever since I bought them though and they’re DIRTY, So in getting them ready to repaint, I of course am going to get dirty too.
I was taking a load of stuff to the “Green Center” one day, better known to most people as “the dump”, and this chair was sitting in the space for metals and of course I had to go and take a look and see if it was broken anywhere, and it wasn’t, so on the truck it went. Vintage wrought iron is highly collectible don’t ya know? LOL I couldn’t find an exact match for this one with an image search but the ones I did find were pretty pricey They’re called Peacock chairs and sell in the hundreds of dollars. It does need stripped and sanded though and in the process of doing that I know I’m going to get dirty.
Then there’s this. My mother-in-law years ago gave me a Henredon bedroom set of two night stands, dresser with mirror, and a 4 poster canopy bed. It’s really cool, and the headboard is hinged down the center. It looks like this-
Or it will when I’m through refinishing it, because over the years there’s been some wear and tear and I am just NOW getting around to bringing it to the new house. I started on one of the night stands today.
You should be able to see in the picture with the three drawers the one I hadn’t put a coat of stain on yet. I have a couple more coats to go on them all and on the stand itself, but I have yet to sand it down. But you know what? I’m going to get dirty doing it. I don’t even want to think about the headboard and footboard and the crossbars etc. I have a feeling those are going to be a real pain in the ass.
I have this to do also.
My son had me stop and pick it up off the side of the road. I told him if it wasn’t broken and just needed a cushion I’d pick it up and now it’s on the back patio waiting its turn at revival. It’s a glider rocker and in perfect working condition. It just needs to be stripped and sanded and a cushion. We know who’s going to end up doing that don’t we? And we know what’s going to happen to her when she does. She’s going to get dirty.
I’ve got a couple other things that we’ve scavenged that have already been redone so I think I’ll save those for another post. Hopefully with a few of these things here being finished as well to add. I might even be able to stay clean for that post.