I've just got back from a very rejuvinating weekend in Montpellier...When I have the photos I may share some of that but for now I'm back and feeling in a 'crack on' mood I was torn between painting, or...or ...or. Sometimes deciding the next thing to do is almost impossible...I need six of me...always. So eventually I decided not to paint but to start trying to shine up the iron work on the staircase. The iron work is very intricate and very very dusty it looks like this:
Here's a close up:
I'm not sure what the process should be...but my process was to hoover frantically while brushing with a little paint brush until the metal was dust free. Then I applied a very light coat of olive oil using an old paint brush (not single estate I hasten to add...just bog standard extra virgin) then I polished that off with a rag. This is how it looked afterwards: