So Now I'm a Stripper

Bet that title gotcha! No, I am not removing any articles of clothing for money. ha! I am doing the opposite of painting  that I normally do and am stripping the paint away. I have been on the hunt for some time for an architectural piece to go above a guest room bed. I had seen a large old window frame without the glass and in a raw wood state with sort of an arched shape, but spread out. Not sure what that shape is called, but I loved the look. Then I checked the price tag and at $1200 it was not coming home with me. So I just kept looking. Then one of those aha moments happened and I ran up to the guest room.

I grabbed this mirror off the wall to check out the back of it.

The mirrors were each clipped in so they were very easy to take out. There were three individual mirrors. Now I had just the frame for the look I was trying to get. It isn't a window frame, but it works and it's free.

Back in the day I painted this mirror which you can read about here, but this time I wanted to remove most of the paint to take the wood back to raw. I believe this is solid oak. It is quite heavy.

I used Citristrip and it was very easy to take the paint back off. I brushed it on pretty heavily and let it sit for thirty minutes while I sat out by the pond in the shade. I shared that on IG on Saturday.

Mr. Savvy helped me take the paint off and I told him not to take it completely off. I wanted just a bit left here and there to make it look like it wore off over time. He's such a good helper. 

After scraping the paint off we rinsed it off with the hose and let it dry. I think it turned out perfect.

So the piece I was on the hunt for was in front of me the whole time. 

Funny how that happens.

Did you know this mirror was first hung in the master?

 I forgot until I was researching for this post.

New look in this room will be shared soon.

Have an awesome week!

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