ONLY IN PORTLAND SINCE 1975Everything from potato peelers to sleeper sofas. Ready to make your house a home. We're a bunch of people who love to cook, entertain and make our homes look great. The products you'll find here are the things we use and love ourselves. We think you'll like them, too. In West Virginia, Gat Creek builds classic dining furniture out of solid cherry and maple. Each piece is custom made to order, and signed on the bottom by the person who built it. Up in Massachusetts, the crafts-people at Saloom fashion solid New England maple into custom-built furniture with an eye toward clean, updated design. For a very limited time, you can order Gat Creek or Saloom furniture to your specifications, and take 40% OFF the list price. It's the Kaboodle President's Day Dining Sale, February 16th - 22th. However, there's no need to wait. Come in now to any of our stores and see how much Gat Creek and Saloom have to offer. Or, take a look at the Gat Creek website and the Saloom website.
There you'll see the nearly endless possibillities of style, size, stain, and color. Place your order any time, and we'll make sure it gets placed asap on the 16th. Below are the Gat Creek and Saloom pieces you can see at Kaboodle. They represent just the tip of the iceberg of possibilities that can be created just for you. Yes, you can get crispy bacon in the microwave. And, in just 3 - 4 minutes, too. Made of the finest BPA-free plastic, Lekue's microwave bacon cooker even keeps things clean, with a lid that prevents messy splattering. The deeply-ridged bottom allows fat to drain away from the bacon, and steam vents in the lid let moisture escape, ensuring that bacon cooks up nice and crisp, just the way you like it. The handles stay cool, so the cooker is easy to handle when cooking is finished, and of course both the base and the lid go in the dishwasher for easy clean up. Dining and kitchen chairs Walnut dining room chair Solid oak dining chair ELEONORA / DINING CHAIR ASH
chair with brown seat cover oak dining room chairIn September 2015 we received the chair covers of ten chairs from Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland. Only the covers came to the Studio, as the chair frames were being treated at the property. Room setting before conservation treatment Chairs in situ before conservation treatment The ten sets of covers are from a set of twenty-two Empire period chairs used at the 1814-1815 Congress of Vienna (a conference of European state ambassadors to set a long-term peace plan in Europe following the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars). The covers however are a later addition to the chairs and were stitched by nuns in Nantes in the early 1930s. Each chair has three separate covers: a plain woven outside back and a needlepoint inside back and seat (a total of 30 textile pieces for the 10 chairs). Every inside back is unique, as it represents each ambassador and the seat represents the country they come from.
The seats have recurring designs, as several ambassadors may have been sent by the same country. Clancarty seat, inside back and outside back before conservation The main objective of this project was to clean the covers and infill the losses, to ensure their future stability and to complement the re-gilded chair frames in line with the client brief. The project is part of the £8 million restoration project at Mount Stewart. After an initial assessment of condition and damage, the covers were vacuumed to remove the dust and dirt from the surfaces. Following cleaning tests they were prepared for wet cleaning by protecting the edges and weak areas. Netting the unfinished edges Weak silk areas protected with Reemay® on reverse The wet cleaning was carried out in a made-to-size bath in our wet room. Over the course of one day one set of covers could be washed and laid out to dry overnight. Tests showed that the covers were very acidic and washing in a normal conservation detergent solution did not raise the pH.
A buffered wash solution set at pH5.8 helped raise the pH to a more stable level and also helped reduce colour loss from the silk and wool threads. Set up for wet cleaning The wet cleaning was carried out in different stages: Following tests, it was found that the engrained dirt could be loosened when carefully agitated. A selection of brushes and a sponge were used for this during the wash baths. The tools and equipment used during wet cleaning were: The needlework covers were dried on a suction table to prevent colour run from some of the less stable embroidery threads. Samples of pre-soak, baths and rinses Duc de Noailles before wet cleaning and Duc de Dalberg after wet cleaning In line with the client brief, after wet cleaning the areas of loss were filled in with stitching to bring the covers back to their original appearance. To achieve this the covers were mounted on an embroidery frame. Careful documentation was carried out and photographs taken before and after stitching to identify any new work.
Clancarty seat mounted on an embroidery frame ‘Wessenberg’ before and after infill Following treatment the covers were sent back to Mount Stewart to be reupholstered onto the newly re-gilded chairs. We are now working on the remainder of the chair covers to complete the set. Find out more about the chairs from our National Trust Collections online hereApplying different ideas and options for painting kitchen chairs can be an easy and affordable way to give them a fresh look. Whether your chairs are made of wood, metal, plastic or a mix of materials, they can be painted with the right preparation and supplies. If your chairs are made of wood, you have many options for painting. Consider whether you want your chairs to blend in with the rest of your kitchen's decor or give the room a color pop. You can paint them in a solid color, or paint the legs or base one color and the seat another shade. Use the chair as your canvas and incorporate a unique pattern or design.
You can choose a shabby chic or distressed look, or let the beauty of the wood grain show through a stain or color wash. Whether your chairs already have paint or a stain on them or you're working with bare wood, you'll need to prime the wood first. If the paint is chipped or the wood is damaged, you'll need to repair those areas to provide a smooth surface for the paint. If you want to sparay paint metal chairs, you'll need to prepare them first by giving them a good washing to remove any oily residue that has accumulated. Next, rough up the metal so that the paint will adhere to the surface. If your chairs are assembled with screws, take the pieces apart if possible and remove the cushions so the spray paint will cover all of the nooks and crannies. Spray with a primer first, even if the paint you'll be using has primer. This will keep you from having to use several cans of paint. Expect to apply at least two coats, letting the paint dry completely between treatments. If you want to freshen up plastic chairs, you can paint them, too.
Clean the chairs first, then use a fine-grit sand paper to rough up the glossy surface. After wiping away the grit, use an enamel spray paint that has been formulated for use on plastic. Apply two to three thin coats of the paint, allowing about an hour to dry in between each coat; be sure to follow the instructions on the can. You can also paint vinyl or fabric seats. For vinyl, you can use a kit with the same type of products used by automobile seat restoration professionals, or choose spray paint that is designed to adhere to vinyl. Be sure to clean the seats thoroughly before painting, following the instructions on the products you have purchased. To paint a fabric seat, you can use either a spray paint made for fabric or brush-on paints designed for that purpose. Again, let your creativity guide you to create a unique design. How to Make Kitchen Chair Seat Covers Refinishing Kitchen Chairs and Stools Reupholstering Kitchen Chairs: Ideas and Options Kitchen Bar Stool Painting Ideas