tips & quips

Lighter fluid will clean stubborn stains from porcelain sinks and bathtubs. Kerosene can remove rust stains from tile. Remember they’re both flammable (and bad for septic tanks).

“If you rest, you rust.”
-Helen Hayes

Marble, although stone, is porous. Clean it with a damp chamois to avoid streaks and wax it with a clear wax once a year. Use coasters under glasses.

“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.”
-Persian proverb

Teflon pans should not be heated above 450 degrees. At that temperature, it begins to emit the fluorocarbons into the air.

“Teflon brain – nothing sticks.”
-Lily Tomlin

tips & quotes

Store your broom with the bristles up. It’ll keep the bristles from bending and the broom will last longer and work better.

“A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.”

-Irish proverb

If the tips of the broom become bent (and are of natural materials), you can soak the bristles in a bucket of water and straighten them by hand. Use heavy scissors to trim off the errant bristles.

“My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance”

-Author unknown

new Asian pieces

Hi - Got some great Asian pieces this week from a woman who lived for a time in Okinawa: several porcelain elephant plant stands, a tansu, a couple of chaise lounges. Also picked up 7 original oil paintings today, all modern abstract works. It is worth taking a look!

Great Arts Walk & sofas

Many thanks to everyone who came by during Arts Walk....my homemade cookies are all gone. We had a good (if very long) day on Friday and spectacular weather, unfortunately not quite so nice for the Procession of Species parade on Saturday.

I've updated the pictures on the website & just brought in 5 more used sofas, so we're pretty full of good stuff right now.

April 2009 Arts Walk

We're all very much looking forward to Arts Walk this weekend. We've got a woodworker, a painter, a photographer, an art class from Ridgleline Middle School all showing their work. As a special treat, the Planetary People will be playing reggae from 6-8 on Friday night.

And, if that's not enough, we'll have a drawing for a home decor object, some special discounts for Friday and Saturday and I baked home-made cookies (oatmeal/raisin & chocolate chip).

See you there...

Arts Walk

Won't be long now, kids. I got the balloons & the ad to put in the window. April 24th & 25th. We've got a painter, a photographer, a woodworker, a kid's art class and, on Friday night from 6 to 8, the reggae band Planetary People will be playing. Pencil it in...

end of Olympian column

Just heard from Dusti Demarest, editor of the Living (and Home & Garden) section of The Olympian. Due to the loss of a feature writer (and decreased revenue from home ads), the Home & Garden section will be folding (or rolled together with one from the News Tribune). That means an end to the forum for my articles. I've written a farewell article that should appear in the next couple of weeks. All my older articles are available at http://olyfurnitureworks.com/furniturecare.html.

On the furniture front, got a great selection of sofas in right now.