Comments on: Creative Salvage http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/creative-salvage/ At the Architectural Classics blog, we combine traditionally comprehensive information on caring for your antiques, with the offbeat ‘Art Deco’ style fun and trivia from the world of old homes and door furniture. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lucy http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/creative-salvage/#comment-261 Lucy Thu, 17 May 2007 21:03:34 +0000 http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/creative-salvage/#comment-261 Hi Brenda, We sell scratch plates for our doors - they used to be common back in the times we buy pieces from, because people used to like to save what they had instead of buying new ones when something got wrecked ... ;-) Adding scratch plates, even in a different but complementary style to the actual doors (since I don't think Western bars were posh enough for them!) could work really well. Your other option might be to sew up some 'socks' - I don't know if you've seen the 'car bras', which are like a lycra sleeve to go over your bonnet that proteft the front of your car from stone chips for when you sell it. If you make them out of canvas, fray the edges a bit and make them none too perfect, they should even suit the doors :) Let us know how you get on! Best regards, Lucy Hi Brenda,

We sell scratch plates for our doors - they used to be common back in the times we buy pieces from, because people used to like to save what they had instead of buying new ones when something got wrecked … ;-) Adding scratch plates, even in a different but complementary style to the actual doors (since I don’t think Western bars were posh enough for them!) could work really well.

Your other option might be to sew up some ’socks’ - I don’t know if you’ve seen the ‘car bras’, which are like a lycra sleeve to go over your bonnet that proteft the front of your car from stone chips for when you sell it. If you make them out of canvas, fray the edges a bit and make them none too perfect, they should even suit the doors :)

Let us know how you get on!

Best regards, Lucy

]]> By: Brenda http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/creative-salvage/#comment-232 Brenda Sat, 12 May 2007 05:26:48 +0000 http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/creative-salvage/#comment-232 I've got the shutter doors from like an old Western bar to divide my kitchen and my laundry. There used to be a sliding door there, but I find that the shutter doors look really interesting, and are also practical for carrying huge washing baskets through! Also kicking children who don't want to get into the bath. Does someone know something I could use to protect my shutter doors though? They tend to get a bit scuffed in the middle where we push on them, and I'm afraid we'll have to sand them and repolish them or something to get the scratches out. Anyone got any ideas? I’ve got the shutter doors from like an old Western bar to divide my kitchen and my laundry. There used to be a sliding door there, but I find that the shutter doors look really interesting, and are also practical for carrying huge washing baskets through! Also kicking children who don’t want to get into the bath.

Does someone know something I could use to protect my shutter doors though? They tend to get a bit scuffed in the middle where we push on them, and I’m afraid we’ll have to sand them and repolish them or something to get the scratches out.

Anyone got any ideas?

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