Day after thanksgiving sewing room clean up

It's wonderful that you were able to re-home it! Congratulations on a marvelous find.

I was so pleased that she wanted me to have it.

Sounds lovely, Juno. If you want to pretty it up and preserve it, pick up some Howard's Feed and Wax. It's the greatest stuff for real wood furniture. Smells wonderful, too.

Joann, Thanks for the information. I looked it up and also found something I can use on my Kitchen table.I was going to strip the top down and refinish it and saw Howard's has something called restor a finish that will work well on my pine plank table. I've had the table more than 50 years and it h as seen many homework assignments, meals and sewing projects. I love the table, we had it made for us soon after we married and has been a very loved,but sometimes abused piece of furniture.

The Restor-a-finish is also an excellent product, and I think you'll be happy with the results you get. I found out about Howard's from antique dealers. It's amazing the results you can get with their stuff. I love wood furniture, the older the better, but it needs a little help from time to time.

Have you ever tried it on floors, or do you think it would be slippery? My kitchen floor is also pine and is in serious need of help. We can't have it refinished because of the dust and my asthma not mixing.

So nice of your friend to give you the sewing table. Now you will think of her when you go into your sewing room and remember how thoughtful she was. Barbara in Florida

I have a friend who just relocated to assisted living. She has been clearing out here sewing room before The closing on the house. She gave me a beautiful wood sewing table. It's quite old( I believe it may have been her mother's.) DH cleaned it up with some Murphy's Soap and moved it into my sewing room this afternoon. It's large enough to hold my machine and serger. That is also how she used it. It's got that beautiful look of old wood. It's in very good condition and nice and sturdy. A wonderful addition to my sewing room. I'm thrilled to have it. I'm slowly getting the room just the way I want it. Some time early in the new year I want to get a closet unit and get that area straightened out for better storage. Juno

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To follow up here,I went to the hardware store this afternoon to check on bother products. The restor will have to wait until spring. Bill will have to do the work when the weather is warmer and we can put the kitchen table on the deck. It's not recommended for floors. So my floors will have to continue looking sad. I decided to wait on the feed and wax until after I make the throw pillow covers. I would worry about not getting it rubbed in enough and getting something on her bery expensive fabric.

it was a very nice thing for her to do. She was a very proficient sewist. She made several sets of slip covers for me at that table, she also taught me how how to make drapes, bed spreads and helped me out on a lot of other projects I had problems with. We have known each other for 53 years. Her husband has been a friend of my husband since there early teens. I was sorry to see them have to give up their home. Her husband is failing some and home maintenance has become to much for him. We will continue to see them though at our breakfasts we go to together every few months. The move has been hard on our son. He lives around the block from the couple and they have become close friends. He is like a son to them. Juno

No, but we did have floors in our living room, dining room, and one bedroom refinished last summer. When you decide to do it, talk to the people because we found the company we used has some new equipment that reduces the dust down to almost nothing. We were pleased! They still closed off all the doorways with plastic sheeting and tape, though.

The way you use the Feed-n-Wax, your fabric would be safe. You put the gel on, rub it all over the wood, then let it sit for about 30 minutes or so. Then you come back with dry cloths, and you rub. All the gel gets rubbed into the wood or is carried away on the cloth so that when you touch the furniture, it's dry. It reminds me of how we did Johnson's Paste Wax back when I was in high school. We used that on the big tables in the home ec sewing classroom.

Oh that's wonderful!!! I know it will be used and loved for years. ;) Enjoy it!!

Sharon

as it is already!