How to Remove Rust From Porcelain

Learn how to clean rust from porcelain using simple household ingredients!  Have you ever overlooked something because it was dirty and rusty?  The other week, I bought a collection of antique porcelain fence insulators for a future holiday project.  They were coated in a fair amount of rust, but since I don't come across porcelain insulators often,  I took the chance of being able to remove the unwanted rust. Thankfully, I was able to remove the majority of the rust with the help of a few common household ingredients and a little elbow grease. SUPPLIES NEEDED TO REMOVE RUST FROM PORCELAIN - Lemon or lime juice (I used lime because that's what I had on hand) - Baking Soda - Stiff bristle toothbrush - Pumice stone  - Warm Water - Bowl  HOW TO REMOVE RUST FROM PORCELAIN Porcelain is a hard material but is still susceptible to scratching.  To avoid causing damage, a pumice stone and hard bristle toothbrush are best to use for cleaning and removing rus......

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Functional Vintage Home Office Changes and an Announcement

TAKE A TOUR OF A STYLISH AND FUNCTIONAL VINTAGE-DECORATED HOME OFFICE! Back in August, I shared my new vintage modern home office .  Earlier in the year, we moved my daughter's bedroom downstairs, which allowed me to turn her old bedroom into my new home office .  I still end up working primarily from my  $70 Facebook Marke tplace leather RH chair , but having a designated office and additional space to display more of my favorite thrift, vintage, and antique finds has been really nice. I had no plans of changing the current furniture and decor in my home office, but in December I decided to make a business change that required a few office tweaks.  After five years of sanding, repairing, painting, staining, hauling, and staging, I decided to take a step back from having a vintage booth.  It wasn't an easy decision and there are many aspects of having a booth that I'll miss.  I met so many wonderful people, made great friends, and accomplished things I ......

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Vintage Modern Home Office "Reveal"

Tour a stylish and sophisticated vintage modern home office!  I had full intentions of finishing my vintage modern office last week, but life had other plans and it's still not complete.   To be honest, I didn't work on it at all.   The closet shelves still need to be built, the vintage schoolhouse light needs to be wired and hung and more plants need to be bought.  I'm so dang excited and love this room so much though, that I'm calling it complete enough to share.   After all, is a room ever really considered finished anyway?  If you're new here, this room used to be my daughter's bedroom before she moved to the basement earlier this year.  The change was an adjustment for me, but having a new room to decorate was super exciting and definitely helped with the transition. After we cleared out most of my daughters old room, I got to work removing the stickers from her door, the records from her wall and put together a vintage moder......

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