Thursday, December 6, 2012

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i found this vintage enamel top table circa 1930s-40s at the dump a few days ago.  it was covered in surface rust and i spent a couple hours yesterday cleaning it.  there's still a little left so if you have any tips for me for getting that last bit off let me know.  so far i've used a paste of vinegar and baking soda and some nasty commercial bleach cleaner.  it was crazy warm here yesterday so i was able to do the work outside.  
here's what the table looked like prior:


all the wood nailed to the legs served no structural purpose...so i just pulled it off.  i'm guessing it was the work of a child just messing around.  there was a little drawing in pencil on one of the boards.
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this morning i walked out into the woods behind my place and chopped down a small charlie brown christmas tree:

i'll wait till eli gets home from school to decorate.
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and now i'm gonna get to work.
xo
me



9 comments:

erin said...

that paneling is incredible, to say nothing of your finds. merriest december.

Elissa said...

Maybe a magic eraser or some soft scrub or bon ami? I am assuming that the surface is already pretty scratched so a mild abrasive will be okay. I do like the color you stained the paneling, it looks great!

Jane Aston said...

Lovely table I like speckled enamel. I use car polish on old tins or metal with a bit of corrosion. It's mildly abrasive.

mayaluna said...

Love it and what you always do with your spaces.

Pennyroyal said...

You can use a really, really fine steel wool. The kind they use for wood working. I have used it to get rid of rust on chrome. Works like a charm! With no scratches. Great score at the dump. Good job!

desha peacock said...

Great post. I love finding stuff at the dump. I have a child's school desk I use as a coffee table I got from there. Love the tree too- sweetness.

rebecca said...

beautiful tree and the paneling turned out so great! i hope to find our own charlie brown in the woods this weekend!

Anonymous said...

Blimey love this, no way would you find something as lovely as this table on a dump in my neck of the woods (London) and if you did it would have a £300 price tag on it.
Jane xx

m.e.w. said...

the interior is completely transformed. it feels very 18th-century new england. I love it. / mary ellen