Curtains. She wants me to seek out curtains. The easiest option she thinks is eyelet curtains but I've no experience of them. Any good?
Probably her best bet - they work out cheaper because you don't need the same amount of material as you do for a curtain pole or track. I bought some very cheaply on eBay as a temporary measure when our house was in complete disarray and we had to move out for a few weeks. I think I paid about £10 for a "silk effect", lined pair.
Curtains. She wants me to seek out curtains. The easiest option she thinks is eyelet curtains but I've no experience of them. Any good?
The only eyelet curtains I've ever had were on my shower curtain, which I replaced with a glass shower screen because they never stayed back properly. I do have curtains that are on a curtain pole in the bedrooms, the lounge and the dining room but they have normal curtains hooks that slot onto rings that are on the pole. Those ones are fine although I never pull the ones in my room.
I suppose it's personal choice although I inherited the curtain fittings when I moved in here, but I do prefer the poles to curtain tracks.
I've got poles downstairs here as well as the old style plastic tracks in one bedroom & blinds in others. The poles are noisy, but look better than tracks I think. Seeing as it's her choice & I'm probably the one who will end up hanging them, I'm on the eyelet curtains trail ... Tomorrow.
How do you get gloss paint off the edges of a a natural wood door? 34 decided to paint the front door frame ... And shut the door when she thought it was dry.
As you were - I've just read the Amazon reviews and, apparently, the contents have changed and it is now crap. I haven't used it for about 25 years so didn't know........
I had the same problem, liv, although they'd left white paint on a mahogany varnished door. It came off with sugar soap so that might work? Failing that white spirit? Or even sand it off with a lightweight/fine sandpaper so it doesn't scuff the wood? Liv,
I'm trying to avoid the sanding option. Sugar soap didn't work. I think the gloss was too thick and there's not much varnish left on that old door. Neither did white vinegar. I'll try White Spirit.
Right, I got the gloss off with Diall Paint & varnish remover (£3.80 B&Q). The white gloss maybe off but the wood stained door looks even sorrier now so 34 agrees it needs perking up & has left it to me. I don't want to paint it and as it is now a sort of wishy mahogany colour I thought of staining it ebony/ black. Any recommendations?