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I love this!! All through HS I had set up an old thin coffee table as my desk with a meditation pillow to sit on, these are so much classier then that. @luxlvn please please share! I sit the same way too (even on air plane thanks to being really short), and chairs are never big enough nor comfortable enough to sit for very long like that.

A tip I learned from several costumers: most fabrics will rip in a perfectly straight line. So if you have a lot of fabric to remove just cut a small line at the length you want the fabric to rip at and then rip quickly. As with everything new test it on a small bit of the fabric to make sure it doesn't make the fabric do something weird like a gathering of the fabric that wont come out.

-I always say sanding is never a bad idea even if you are using a good primer, sanding will give the primer that much more to hold on too.
- I also put toothpicks in the holes that I know I am going to use again for hardware and such so that paint doesn't get into them.
- if you are using a glossy paint I recommend using a high density sponge roller to give a good even coverage without having brush marks or roller marks (yuk).

Beautiful results by the way.

Wow that is absolutely beautiful!! Ive been thinking about doing a sky scene in my bathroom, so this is just even more inspiration.

I love them. They remind me of origami!!!

Don't let any animals drink from the water tray on the tree. Most trees you buy have preservatives in them that are VERY toxic to cats and dogs. The sap from the tree can also make animals sick.

You can go with either the alkyd or the latex . I don't think they have a latex enamel that is a zero-cov paint and frankly I wouldn't use it. Zero-COV paint is great for basic wall painting and some finishes but as soon you start doing specialty finishes the paint wont giving you the same performance. At least that is my experience.

It doesn't surprise me to hear that with the alkyd white that it would yellow faster. Alkyd paints are just a solivent based finish with pigment in it (hence why alkyd paint doesn't come in a zero-cov option) . Think of that finish like a shellac that will darken and yellow with age. I have never seen this happen in person but then again the pieces I've used Alkyd paints on are for the Theatre so they don't stick around for more then a couple of years.

I would love to hear how your project turns out! Good Luck!!

I am a scenic artist for the Theatre and what we do is "prime" the brush with water and shake it out even before we dip it in the paint. This helps soo much when its time to clean out the brush.
I always run my brushes under warm water, pointing down so the bristles don't get bent. I work the bristles to get as much paint out a possible (the water should such run kinda clear) before I use soap. We always use Murphy's oil soap as that helps keep the wood handles happy on the paint brush but dish soap works just as well.
Then gently swirl the bristles in a circle with the soap so that the soap is able to get all the way up into the dam in the brush. the dam gets clogged up with dried paint you might as well trash the brush. Then rinse the brush, gently squeezing at the base of the brush to see if all the paint is out at the top. You may have to repeat soaping your bush a few time. I always tell students it should take 5 mins to wash out a brush not 5 seconds.