KITCHEN FRESH FOR SPRING

For those of you that follow my twitter or instagram feeds will know about my rather insane mission that seemed such a good idea on a perfectly relaxed Sunday evening to remove the formica that had been added to my old pine kitchen table. Not by me I may add but sometime in the distant past around the 1960’s

In the end a butter knife was my saviour strong and flexible it was able to slide under the edge of the formica & snap it off one chip at a time…

Unfortunately there was a residue left by the 40 year old evostick residue….my goodness what on earth did they put in the glue back then it was as solid as rock..so a few sheets of coarse sandpaper later progress was indeed being made…

 

 

A quick wash down and once it was dry a coating of olive oil (I always use olive oil to nourish my kitchen wood so I don’t have to worry about food prep)

 

So there we have it the story of the kitchen table but do not fear other tables of the formica persuasion I shall not be chipping away at your fine tops as you were indeed designed that way…this table was indeed a charlatan and is far happier restored to its former glory…

I also have the tale of the painted floors to tell but as of late there has been no light suitable for pictures and I have in fact been in the most grumpiest of moods which often renders me unable to do anything slightly creative!