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Affordable solid wood coat rack.Similar French market basket.

I started out by giving the walls a fresh coat of paint in Benjamin Moore Classic Grey.I also did the trim and the built-in desk/bookshelf area in Simply White at the same time.I love a clean slate.

We kept the existing bed, which was an affordable IKEA find about 18 years ago with the look of an old Victorian iron bed frame.Fresh plain white bedding linens and a neutral quilt bedspread were accented with just a few pillows in a chestnut tweed and neutral small-scale floral.

I painted the bedside table and dresser in Benjamin Moore Onyx, which is the same black I always use.

Both were secondhand finds from a few years ago that have served us well so far and will continue to do the same for years to come, I suspect..Just like other bakeware, they get a bit of “seasoning” on them from the combination of oils, sugars, and heat that comes along with regular baking practices.

Of course, the seasoning isn’t really a problem and they’re fine to continue to use once they’ve got that staining on them, but I still felt like I’d prefer to get them a little cleaner, if possible.. There’s a good chance that Martha had an endless supply of new Silpats that she used when she was filming her baking segments, and that probably led to me feeling like they didn’t look quite right with the staining, especially when I wanted to share a photo of something that I was making in my stories.So I guess I was influenced to want cleaner Silpats.

Luckily, there’s a way!Here’s how to clean Silpats.. What is a Silpat?.