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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 3966687, member: 6444&quot;]Don&#039;t get me wrong - I love ORIGINAL painted surfaces, and collect those on antique furniture when I can. But I try to avoid furniture that has been painted when it never should have been in the first place. I like the design of this bookshelf, which looks early 20th century to me. And the wood on this bookshelf is complete, and an easy repair to put back together.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it was repainted twice (white then blue) so I was planning to pass it on to let someone else worry about. Unfortunately I need more shelf space and found a perfect spot for it. So I tried test paint removal on it, hoping I would be lucky and paint would peel off easily. No such luck; good removal will take quite some time. Fumed oak under all the paint, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I kidding myself? Should I just repaint some other color, or would this be worth the effort to strip off the paint? Any opinions about age also welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]323995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]323996[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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