Today the weather was lovely so I spent most of my time outside, sanding down the wooden pillars for my wardrobe archway. Here are pictures of them from a couple of days ago, after being washed. They were filthy, covered in mud and I expect what was soot from the fire:
They appeared to be painted in a sort of black wash, either that or they were seeeriously caked in soot from over many years. Either way, I wanted to bring the wood back to its former glory.
I began by hand-sanding the wood, but this proved to be a lot of effort, and so I eventually resorted to the machine sander, which worked miracles. A couple of hours later and they looked totally different:
The colour of the wood is actually really nice, so in a way it'll be a shame to paint it, but I need the archway to be uniform with the mdf structure of the wardrobe, and hence it'll all have to be painted in cream (clunch!) to match. I plan to sand the paint down in parts though, to retain the character.
I didn't sand inbetween the long grooves in the upright part of the pillar, but left them black, which created a really nice contrast:
The wood grain came out really nicely, I think it must be oak or some other hardwood:
I'm making it my mission to sand down the archway to the same quality tomorrow whilst the weather is still nice - stay tuned for more updates!
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