Wax for your table

We have a friend who refinishes furniture. He has a refinishing business. We have had some furnniture refinished by his shop. When he returns the furniture to us he waxes it after he brings it into the house. The wax he uses is water based and he gets it from a supplier that sells products to refinishers. He does not use a petroleum based wax. He also mixes the wax with about one part wax and two parts water. If you know a refinisher ask him for what wax he uses and ask if he has a water based wax. If he does you should ask him for a bottls.

Refinishing a damaged table

Have you ever compared the cost of refinishing a damaged table to the cost of a table pad? I made the comparison and find that refinishing a table costs two to three times the cost of a table pad.

You can't not find something handy here...

This is what I'd call the ultimate countdown to Thanksgiving list.

Don't you just love this new age of cyberspace?

Come (to the blog) for the videos, stay for the comments...

Bill Quick, who posts regularly at the fascinating blog Mid Century Modern Interiors, has some surprising thoughts comparing clunky old redbrick Chicago to sleek, ever-new-and-more-sophisticated-than-you San Francisco:

I've lived in both Chicago and San Francisco (SF is where I make my home today). In terms of urban amenities, I think Chicago comes out ahead. Weather is, of course, a problem, but there is also something attractive about putting your feet up in front of a toasty warm fire while the snow swirls outside.

He might have added another advantage to Chicago: it is the home of the best and most friendly maker of table pads in the whole U.S.

Earth to Miss Manners: anything left out collects dust!

Miss Manners once again comments on what's appropriate to leave on your dining room table on a day-to-day basis. (The last time we recall her comments in this area it regarded table pads -- okay to leave them on all the time if you want to, she said -- but we can't find a link to that pre-internet clipping.)

We hate to be too obvious in the matter, but let's just point out it is easier to quicly wipe the dust off a beautiful set of Superior Table Pads than virtually anthing else you might use to cover the table on a day-to-day basis.