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Okay...here's my opinion...please bare with me.

I collect mid century furniture and accessories. I've been doing so even before the Mad Men craze. I thought MC was cool before it was cool. :-) This is definitely NOT the first time someone has asked about painting/refinishing/modifying a beautiful piece of MC furniture or accessory on apartment therapy. Just the other day someone asked a question about painting or refinishing a beautiful piece of Broyhill Saga. They had already removed the finish and obviously knew what they were going to do before they asked AT. When the opinions started rolling in, it was the usual battle of refinish (paint/restain/etc) vs. restore. Since the person that originally asked the question had already made up their mind BEFORE posing it to AT, we detractors were called 'haters'. We are NOT haters!

Being a collector, of course I'm a member of the 'restore' team. Even though MC is not considered antique, it's still valuable to those of us that love it. It pains me to see a lovely piece that is quickly becoming 'one of a kind,' in it's original form, modified or destroyed (in the collector sense). Letting this opinion be known is not 'hating.'

For example sake, let's say that you LOVE soda. For some crazy reason the worlds soda supply is running low. Coke croaks, Sprite sinks, Dr. Pepper dies. There are very few cans or bottles left. Then, someone posts on a site like AT that they water their plants with soda. They don't care that you love soda, that you think it's an abomination to waste it. Instead of selling or giving the soda to someone that would appreciate it and cherish it, they ruin it. I know this may be a stretch, but please, understand that we love what we love. We don't 'hate' because we don't want to see what we love destroyed.

So, my opinion is to keep the piece as is, clean it up a bit and love it or sell it to someone that will do the same. There is so much other furniture out there that I'm sure you could find something that will suit your needs. Heck, do an Ikea hack if you want to paint something.

Thanks for reading!

Fill the pot with water and add a little dish soap. Put it on the stove and let it boil until the bits loosen up. Scrape it with a wooden spoon to help it loosen. Just like deglazing.

Grand Brass has chandelier pendants. They also have 8" clear pendants that look very much like yours. There's a link. I've ordered a few things from them and love them. I'm working on redoing a few lights that I have and will be ordering from them for the projects very soon.

http://www.grandbrass.com/ShowItem.cfm?ItemNumber=CY1818&session.currentcategory=Crystal&session.currentsubcategory=Crystal Pendents

I'm not going to rant. I'm just going to say that you should have just sold them to someone who would appreciate their mid century appeal and bought another pair to match your decor. Now they're ruined!

THAN

What's heartbreaking about starting avocado pits? I'm curious.

I keep my little microwave on top of the fridge in front of the small useless cabinets. It's off the counter so it doesn't take up any valuable space in my small kitchen. I've had a few people comment on it's ease of use, or lack there of, but I'm 6'4" so reaching it is not a problem. I actually had it in the above-fridge cabinet at a previous apartment. I just took the cabinet door off and drilled a hole through the bottom of the cabinet for the plug.

I've never seen this before. Sounds good. If it's thicker than peanutbutter, I'd throw it in a processor with a little oil and whiz it up to a similar consistency. Then, I'd make a batch of peanutbutter cookies with it.

I took a picture of these numbers at the Depot last year and forwarded it to AT. I guess it was ignored.

For those of you that want a 'before' picture, click on the 'See More' link. Geez!