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I feel like going back to bare wood on a bathroom window would be an error on practicality grounds. It's also quite hard to strip it so it's completely clean.
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Plus you have no idea how much of it is good wood and how much is filler. Risky move that may not pay off.
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This was my concern having sanded many an old sash window just to key it for repainting.... having seen the links Tenderloin shared above I'm far more comfortable with the idea that it can work as is, either refreshed in white or maybe even something more daring.
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Thanks! This is really helpful and great to get another perspective - I was looking at really quite contemporary designs but that would be out of kilter with the rest of the flat anyway, plus my girlfriend was not keen. Good to tone it down from there, make a feature of what we can from the existing bathroom and design around that.
RE taking the window back to bare wood - is that an achievable DIY project or something you'd want someone with experience/correct tools to take on? I'm struggling to find images to picture it, especially with the depth of the frame ours has, there would be a lot of wood on show so finish would need to be really good?