Comments on: crotchety http://kdiddy.org/2009/05/31/crotchety/ well-established blogger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Black Monday http://kdiddy.org/2009/05/31/crotchety/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 Black Monday Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:02:16 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=1270#comment-1856 The lady we bought our house from was SO PROUD of all the work she put into "modernizing" the place. She took out all the original 1870s woodwork because she "hates dusting." she put in drop ceilings because the original high ceilings were'nt "cozy." She also hates painting so she did all the walls she could in textured plaster. Bless her heart, I curse her every day. THe only good thing is, without the original fixtures to respect, we can do whatever the hell we want. Pink walls and snowleopard print living room, anyone?... BTW: I covet your stained glass. The lady we bought our house from was SO PROUD of all the work she put into “modernizing” the place. She took out all the original 1870s woodwork because she “hates dusting.” she put in drop ceilings because the original high ceilings were’nt “cozy.” She also hates painting so she did all the walls she could in textured plaster.

Bless her heart, I curse her every day.

THe only good thing is, without the original fixtures to respect, we can do whatever the hell we want. Pink walls and snowleopard print living room, anyone?…

BTW: I covet your stained glass.

]]> By: kent http://kdiddy.org/2009/05/31/crotchety/comment-page-1/#comment-1855 kent Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:06:57 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=1270#comment-1855 Our first house was a 30's vintage stucco joint with plaster lathe walls & oak floors. We went to considerable effort stripping the upstairs woodwork only to discover after talking to people that the woodwork had always been painted. Similarly I spent days taking plaster off the chimney in the kitchen, but again, it had been plastered since the house was built. No idea about your house, but I do have some advice about stripping: Don't mess around trying to strip it in place. Pry it off, and strip it outside. Also, test it for lead if you haven't already. If it's got lead paint on it, either paint over it with a heavy duty enamel, or get it removed altogether and replace it with new wood. Lead paint is nasty and it takes a professional to get rid of without permanently contaminating your entire house with the stuff. Our first house was a 30′s vintage stucco joint with plaster lathe walls & oak floors. We went to considerable effort stripping the upstairs woodwork only to discover after talking to people that the woodwork had always been painted. Similarly I spent days taking plaster off the chimney in the kitchen, but again, it had been plastered since the house was built.

No idea about your house, but I do have some advice about stripping: Don’t mess around trying to strip it in place. Pry it off, and strip it outside. Also, test it for lead if you haven’t already. If it’s got lead paint on it, either paint over it with a heavy duty enamel, or get it removed altogether and replace it with new wood. Lead paint is nasty and it takes a professional to get rid of without permanently contaminating your entire house with the stuff.

]]> By: ozma http://kdiddy.org/2009/05/31/crotchety/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 ozma Sun, 31 May 2009 18:40:46 +0000 http://kdiddy.org/?p=1270#comment-1854 Aaaaaaahhhhhh. Noooooooooooooooo. Oh my God that is disturbing. Oh God watching someone paint original wood in a Craftsman house would be like watching someone squash baby ducks. Aaaaaaahhhhhh. Noooooooooooooooo.

Oh my God that is disturbing.

Oh God watching someone paint original wood in a Craftsman house would be like watching someone squash baby ducks.

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