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| Display Name: | steveheggie |
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| Member Since: | 8/30/07 |
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A good platform should not be solid on the bottom as it does not allow the mattress to breathe. If you build this, consider sawing or routing out slots in the platform under the mattress to promote air flow through the mattress. Our bodies perspire and we exhale moisture into the mattress while sleeping (and during sex!). You don't want your mattress getting funked out, let it breathe. Look at commercially available platform beds and you will see they usually are made of wood slats, not solid sheets of wood. Apartment Therapy San Francisco | How To: Make a Platform Bed on the Cheap |
10/1/08 8:35 PM |
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You could also check these two links at the American Institute of Architects web site: Apartment Therapy San Francisco | 18 Tips for Communicating With Your ArchitectOregon Home |
6/30/08 2:38 PM |
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Oh, one thing I neglected to mention, don't apply the oil until the old sealer is removed, this can be done with steel wool without concern for sanding through the veneer. Although you may have to use a rougher steel wool to get old sealer removed. Apartment Therapy San Francisco | SF Good Questions: Help Restoring a Mid-Century Coffee Table? |
6/16/08 12:29 PM |
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I wouldn't recommend re-veneering as you could ruin what value the table my have. And as recommended prior, do not sand. To deal with the water stains I see in the photos you could remove them by rubbing down with Murphys Oil Soap and a very fine steel wool pad. Don't be afraid to be liberal with the oil soap. This will also remove all the gunk and scum which your eye isn't seeing, but is there. After you clean it up with the oil soap go and seal it with tung oil or the commercial brand oil sealer Watco. This will give it a new life and may conceal any water stains that the oil soap couldn't get out. Try a few coats, it's pretty easy work. If needed buff out the seal with a fine steel wook. The oil seal will give a whole new luster and after the oil has cured you give it a nice once over with a high quality paste wax and buff it out with a cloth. Word of caution, tung or Watco can both self combust if you do not dispose of the rags and brush you use properly. Read the label for safely disposing the rags when you are done. Have fun, this looks like a great table. Apartment Therapy San Francisco | SF Good Questions: Help Restoring a Mid-Century Coffee Table? |
6/16/08 12:24 PM |
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Trixxie, I wish I had a promo code. Us architects get no love. To my knowledge there are no plans for an east coast store. They have been eyeballing Portland for their next location, but nothing confirmed. We just submitted the plans to the Corte Madera building dept today, so hopefully will begin construction on the new store very soon. Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Barnwood Bench in the Sundance Catalog |
4/17/08 6:20 PM |
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I am the architect for the Sundance Catalog. We completed their prototype retail store near Denver last year and are currently designing a Sundance Store at The Village in Corte Madera. Sazzy Bench indeed!!! Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Barnwood Bench in the Sundance Catalog |
4/16/08 3:47 PM |
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Speaking of Eureka, I was just up that way and wandered through a freaky town just south of there. You can read about it in my blog here: http://stevesbasement.blogspot.com/2007/07/scotia-california.html Apartment Therapy - August is Escapes Month! |
8/30/07 4:43 PM |
