Copper/black patina sounds cool.studentper wrote: If it helps you, when I stripped our vents in the old house, I was able to soak the center grills only (the part you painted tan in the finished dining room picture) in a strong stripper (it ate through the gloves) and use a fine steel wool and chopsticks to remove the paint. The grill came out of the stripper with a copper/black patina thing that we were able to leave unpainted. The outside frame was a mess that we painted the same color as the room trim. good luck.
But I must correct you, the dining room is NOT finished! In fact, it hasn't begun.
I'm debating carefully stripping the gunky paint out of the grape trim/crown moulding, as well as the corbells. The plaster frames around the walls that are white are ok to probably just be repainted, but all the detailed plaster is so gunky from layers and layers and layers of paint that it's lost it's definition. I'm also considering stripping the base moulding to see what kind of wood (probably pine, much of the trim work is pine in the house) and staining it dark like it was originally. The dining room was originally an olivey pea green according to the bottom layer underneath an outlet cover, not sure if I'm willing to go that route!Excellent, thanks. I will check them out, I've always looked in windows and thought it was a cool old place.loftguy wrote: Pumpkin Stalker:
You should pick up your dental picks at Harry Epsteins, 8th and Cenral, across from the old Phoenix location. As a renovation driven home owner Epsteins may have some special appeal to you.
