Sand paper (80 grit, and 120 grit comes together in this kit linked).Easy-off Flume Free oven cleaner (I used about 7 cans total).Barkeepers Friend (for cleaning hardware).Wood glue (You might need, depending on how much work your piece needs).I realized then that this is going to be a lot of work! Haha! I needed these items for sure! So after it home, I was able to check it out a little deeper than in the store. Not a piece of vinyl on it! Which is exactly what I wanted, because I knew I could do the oven cleaner method on it since there wasn’t vinyl, except for that piece of vinyl leather. What I do know, is that it’s solid wood, and there are many pieces that don’t match up very well, so I feel like someone made this in their shop at home. There isn’t a stamp or writing anywhere on it to give me a clue about how old it is. So I’m not sure about this desk’s background. It is really old, and needed lots of work! I found this gorgeous solid wood secretary desk at a local antique shop, and I waited a full week before buying it. Ever since I was little, I wanted a secretary desk, I’ve always thought they were so pretty! I love that you can just close the top and tuck everything inside away. Hey, hey y’all! Soo excited to share this big project with y’all! I had been looking for a secretary desk for a while to put in the great room. Thanks for reading and supporting the blog! Subscribe to emails to be sure to get an email notification about the next blog post! I’ll share our floor selection, how we decided on the type of flooring, the direction of the flooring, and how it’s been holding up! Next post, I will be talking about all things flooring. That about sums it all up for exterior details for this building 101 post. You can find the outdoor sconces that are by our front and back doors, here. My foyer light is no longer available, but I did find one that looks almost identical! We haven’t had any problems, and I love the vibe it gives when its on! Sharing images below, then all their links!īelow are links to the lights on Amazon. Our back porch chandelier isn’t actually an “outdoor” light, but since it is under a covered patio and in an area where the rain doesn’t reach, our electrician said it would be fine. The up lights our electrician actually bought, so I’m not sure where he purchased those from. Our flood lights can be also switch to be regular or motion sensor. We bought almost all of our exterior lighting from Amazon, except for the little sconces by the front doors and back doors. ![]() I just told my builder I wanted matte black metal roofing. ![]() Which, next to the white paint, it looks really close to black!įor the metal roofing, I don’t really know what brand it is. So we decided to go with the darkest we could. We looked around and it was all very expensive. I wanted black roofing, but it wasn’t offered in the brand that my contractor purchased. This stain would look completely different if it was on pine or knotty alder wood. The type of wood you use matters how the stain color comes out! So yes, Golden Pecan is very light, but Cedar is a very dark wood. They used Minwax Golden Pecan, which was originally really dark, but once it soaked in, it was really pretty and showed the wood grain perfectly. The painters didn’t ask what stained and assumed the stain color. It soaked up into the wood and faded extremely fast from Texas heat and sun. We originally stained it with a clear coat, because everything we tested out, came out very dark.Īlthough, we liked it at first, we had to re-stain everything after just one year. and there are cedar posts for the front porch, and back porch. It is the best type of wood that holds up in our crazy Texas weather! It I put in cedar trusses in each gable of our home. Exterior Details- Wood AccentsĪll of our exterior wood is Cedar wood. ![]() The white garage door was too white next to the Alabaster. I went with Alabaster, which, in my opinion, is the perfect warm white!! We also painted the garage door too. Most of them said Sherwin Williams Alabaster or Pure White. I never knew there were so many to pick from! I found my top two or three favorite exteriors on Instagram and asked them what their white paint was. Picking out white paint was a LOT harder than I thought it was going to be. This is the only space we have horizontal siding around the house. I wanted also help break up the vertical lines with some horizontal siding on the gables up top! It is also James Hardie siding.
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