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[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Why don't you just have someone reupholster it? If you love it that much, that's what I would do. I personally hate furniture shopping bc my style is kind of peculiar and I never find anything I like. Plus a lot of furniture store workers are worse than used car salesmen!

What I love about it is the colours of the tapestry fabric. It was the centerpiece around which I decorated. The style is traditional, and easily replicated..but the fabric..I've never seen another like it.

Besides, The frame is shot. I've flipped it over myself a few years ago, removed the bottom cover and reinforced it from underneath. Due to the limited layout of my living room (both at this home and my prior home) it's always been the main seating, so has seen alot of use. I have a chaise and two chairs, just as old but still look and feel new.

The only store i hate is Art Van! Those sales people hound you like a yorkie with chicken in your pocket!

[KazzyK810]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Yes, we did -- we hung a candelabra above our Master tub. I'm contemplating whether I should try to make the candelabra more "rusty" somehow, to more match the pulley...?

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

They make spray paint that has texture. I tried the hammered one. It's not super texturey but more than regular spray paint. I would suggest to spray a primer first, and your base color, sealer, then the top color. Similar to how I did my door knob. If you don't put sealer between the layers, both layers of paint will come off when you sand it. Then seal it again when you are totally done.

I used just such a paint a week before Christmas! It was a copper colored hammered texture Krylon paint. It would go great with your pulley!

I picked up a wrought iron plague thingy at a resale store. It has running horses with four hooks under them. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for my friend's horse barn to hang her halters and leads from. It was plain black. I sanded it and painted it with the paint, then a clear matte sealer. It looked great and goes perfect with all the old rusty tool decor stuff she has in her barn.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Yes, we did -- we hung a candelabra above our Master tub. I'm contemplating whether I should try to make the candelabra more "rusty" somehow, to more match the pulley...?

Love! The pulley was such an awesome gift. I vote for giving the candelabra a different finish to match the pulley.

[Cha Cha]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Yes, we did -- we hung a candelabra above our Master tub. I'm contemplating whether I should try to make the candelabra more "rusty" somehow, to more match the pulley...?

Whoa! That looks fabulous! I absolutely love that! If you're looking to make it look a little more rustic, you could use regular stain to stain your rope to make it look more "used." That's just a thought as it's fresh in my mind because I had to use this technique for a scrapbook page I was doing.

[Cha Cha]

I used lysol toilet bowl cleaner on a new tin tub to give it a patina look (I couldn't find a used one). I used it to set my Christmas tree in to give it a vintage look. I am going to try and use this technique on a light fixture in my bathroom to see what happens. The results can be unpredictable but it sure is fun to play with so if anyone wants to try it proceed with caution. You just apply it to metal and let it set for a few hours or overnight.

Does anyone know anything about hanging pendant lights? I need to know where to place them over my island, like in the middle or towards the back. Also, how high (or low) as to not have them interfere with people setting there. Are there any tutorials for this?

[capt_noonie]

The pendant lights over your island is purely how you like it. We were asked that in the design center when they were still building our house. We decided to have them closer to the sitting edge of the island and not totally centered bc we also had recessed lighting in the kitchen and some of that overlapped onto the island. Just do what you think looks best. We actually never even put in our pendant lights bc we never found any we liked in the price range we were willing to pay. And the recessed lighting is more than enough light in there.

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Cha Cha

I used lysol toilet bowl cleaner on a new tin tub to give it a patina look (I couldn't find a used one). I used it to set my Christmas tree in to give it a vintage look. I am going to try and use this technique on a light fixture in my bathroom to see what happens. The results can be unpredictable but it sure is fun to play with so if anyone wants to try it proceed with caution. You just apply it to metal and let it set for a few hours or overnight.

Does anyone know anything about hanging pendant lights? I need to know where to place them over my island, like in the middle or towards the back. Also, how high (or low) as to not have them interfere with people setting there. Are there any tutorials for this?

Good tip on the Lysol Toilet Bowl cleaner...I may have to try this! It must be slightly corrosive or something on the metal, huh?

I checked my pendant lights - and they are centered. As for height, the bottom of the pendant light rim sits 35" above the top of our island.

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Yes, we did -- we hung a candelabra above our Master tub. I'm contemplating whether I should try to make the candelabra more "rusty" somehow, to more match the pulley...?

So, I did work on the candelabra and made it more rusty looking. I think it's looking much better. I still may add some more brown, but I'm letting it just sit for a while first, bc I may just leave it too.

The before and after:

[MauiGirl]

Good job Ann, it looks much better.

[capt_noonie]

Lovely! Now I am thinking to color the glass. I saw this tutorial on Pinterest how to color major jars. Might work too for the candle holders.

I love that necklace holder! Can I see another shot of it? Is it reclaimed wood and you made it into a holder or was it purchased like that?

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Lovely! Now I am thinking to color the glass. I saw this tutorial on Pinterest how to color major jars. Might work too for the candle holders.

I love that necklace holder! Can I see another shot of it? Is it reclaimed wood and you made it into a holder or was it purchased like that?

When you say color the glass, what are you thinking...like a solid color or more of a transparent color? A sea-glass blue might be kinda interesting w/ the brown tones...hmmmm.

Funny you love that necklace holder bc I freakin' love it too - and it's just a piece of wood I spotted from afar in a trash pile and knew I had to have it! I didn't know what I was going to do w/ it for a long time, and then it hit me, and I can't tell you how convenient it is for jewelry bc you can see what you have. And funnily enough, people always comment on how much they love the piece...funny how the cheapest thing can be the most interesting to people, huh?!

I had to take the full picture on an angle to fit it in the pic, so it doesn't look centered on the wall, but it actually is centered.

[capt_noonie]

How clever! I've been collecting bits of wood and stuff too, since there is a lot of construction going on in my neighborhood. So far I made a corkboard in my work room, and with the leftover I want to make an ironing table but haven't gotten around to it. Probably going to use the threaded pipes for the legs and make matching bookshelves too.

As for coloring the glass, yea I was kinda thinking like sea glass, a little transparent. Here's the pin I was talking about. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/19984792072433132/

And I just pinned this one the other day, similar to your necklace holder. Bc I don't have as many necklaces as you, I though this would work for me. I just got a glass doorknob at the thrift shop that looks like the clear knob on the right the other day for $2.50. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/19984792072542153/

[Maximo]

Ann, your candelabra turned out beautiful with the new finish. Definitely the perfect pairing with the pulley now.

I too love your necklace holder.

[capt_noonie]

Ok, don't kill me Ann, so after all that work you did on the candelabra, I found this stuff called Rub N Buff. Do a search on Pinterest. Apparently it sticks to almost anything and gives a patina finish that looks more like real metal than spray paint. It's a wax type substance, you wipe it on, let it dry a bit, then buff it off the raised areas (or where ever you want) to give a two tone patina look.

Kristin, it says it works for door hinges! I think you said you spray painted all your hinges and it was a b*tch? Now I may buy some to try on my door knobs and hinges bc the spray paint method I was doing took forever with all the layers.

Amazon.com: rub n buff

[URL="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=rub%20n%20buff&term_meta"]http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins...buff&term_meta

I don't know why that link looks weird but it works

[Maximo]

^^ Looks like great stuff! Thank you for sharing. The real test for me will be if it is durable on doorknobs.