#glidden

[stone-cold-groove]

Illustration detail from a Glidden Company advertisement for wood stains and varnishes. When Johnnie came Marching Home - Charleson painting circa 1937.

[unteriors]

2nd Street W, Glidden, Wisconsin.

[detroitlib]

View of a sign on top of the Pere Marquette Canadian Pacific building, reads "Detroit's Leaders" at top, sign depicts a Roman chariot race. Caption on photo back: "The best sign in the world open for tourists." July 10, 1909.

Lazarnick Collection

National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[misforgotten2]

1970 - 1983 mostly. One of hundreds of match books from a hoard found in a newly purchased house.

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1957 Glidden Paint advertising

[messiejessiesblog]

The Goodwill Desk Refurbish!

So, you might remember that I found this desk at Goodwill last week for $19.99!

I decided to keep it and refurbish it for my SheShed.  This means giving it a total makeover!  

The inside of my SheShed has a lot of whites, grays, golds and flashes of pink...so I decided to refinish the desk with those colors in mind. First, I’ll be painting the desk drawer pink...this pink...

Rust-oleum Berry Pink!  (You may remember this from some of my previous projects.)

Next, I plan to paint the desk itself white...but not with spray paint.  I know....wha?...I always use spray paint. But sometimes with spray paint there can be a lot of dripping...especially when painting desk legs.  So I’m going to use this can of white paint and a roller....

And that’s where we’re starting....

I’ll be adding some gold trim later, but for now, I’m going to start by painting over the stripes that the previous owner put on the desk...

Kinda like this...

Before I painted over the stripes, I sanded them down a little (with a hand-held sandpaper block) and then did an initial coat over them...pink on the drawer, white on the desk.  

As you know with these types of projects, a lot of time is spent watching paint dry...literally!  For today, this is all I’m going to do.  I need these base coats to dry smoothly so tomorrow I can start rolling the white paint on.  So be sure to check back tomorrow for more progress!!

[greetingsfromcleveland]

https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/capobject/?refd=EP001.12.013.005.145

[othmeralia]

This brochure from the 1940’s has a very distinct industrial air but you don’t have to be a fan of reds and yellows to appreciate the “world of tomorrow” vibe from these paint colors.  While the color and design of the brochures may be screaming pre-atomic age advertising, to me there’s something about the bright yellow and crisp reds that make me think picnic fun.  Great, now I am craving a hot dog. Images from Cadmolith Colors by the General Color Company, 1947.