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You might remember the process preview we showed a while back of this chest. We mentioned it had a good story to go along with it...well here it is: This cedar chest was our client's mothers. She passed away when he was born. The children didn’t know this existed. They just discovered it in a dusty barn when cleaning out their father’s belongings. In the cedar chest, they discovered unknown family mementos that were still preserved! This story warms our hearts. It's exactly why we do what we do; fill the damaged veneer, custom color touch up the repair areas and refinish it in a new lacquer finish.
This time of year we start thinking about traditions. It's not uncommon for furniture to be the center of a family tradition, whether it's sitting in the same rocker every Christmas to read a Christmas classic or fixing a piece of furniture up to give as a gift. We're not sure if this rocker was redone as a gift but it would have made a great one! It literally came to us in pieces. We reglued it back together and gave it a new finish. We can now imagine it witnessing many more family traditions next to a cozy fire. If you're curious about the history of face chairs (we were), here is an interesting read: http://antiquesqa.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-many-faces-of-victorian-whimsy.html
It's doubtful many people get as excited about a really run down piece of furniture as we do. It was obvious as we unloaded this chest that it had encountered some water through its life. However, the beauty of the marquetry still shined through. Our customer had been telling his wife for ages that he'd fix up her grandfather's chest of drawers. Realizing he would never find the time to do it himself. he brought it to us to make good on his promise and surprise her. We refinished this chest of drawers, replaced the veneer on the horizontal surfaces, repaired some of the drawers and found new complimentary legs to go on the base.
Damage to a home can be devastating. Not only does it usually upend a person's life, it often destroys precious family mementos. This gorgeous Eastlake bedroom set went through a basement flood. We very happy to be able to restore these pieces and have them looking better than when they came from the grandparents (or so our customer said).
Some families seem to gravitate towards certain furniture. This family has a pretty amazing assortment of tables. We just refinished these two and then they brought us ANOTHER great library table.
Another beautiful tufted leather piece. This little rocker now looks very inviting with its new buttery soft hide leather. We also did a full refinish and repaired the loose joints and seat structure.
We often do insurance and moving damage projects. This particular chest is a great example of why: it was one of the few items to survive a fire. It was given to the client's mother on her 18th birthday. Knowing she may have few momentos, we're happy to be able to restore this for her.
Our final example in secretaries, this two-piece hutch believed to be from the 1840s made a huge transformation. This is a great example of the difference a fresh finish and polished hardware can make. If you'd like to continue your education on secretaries here are some more wonderful examples: https://houseappeal.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/towering-timeless-form-of-decorative-style-the-secretary-hutch/. We'd love to work on one of these someday (downloads informational .pdf): http://s.si.edu/2zE1ART
This secretary hutch is another great example of the versatility of the secretary. Beautiful display combined with functional storage, what could be better? We installed new hardware, reassembled some loose pieces, installed a mirror and refinished this hutch to bring it back to its original beauty.
This secretary desk presented a challenge to our finishing department. It came in with some unknown damage to its top and wide color variation throughout the piece. Through hard work and a little magic, they were able to produce one uniform color. Stay tuned for more example of secretaries we've worked on recently.
Yet another example of a holdout that screamed the 1970s. The customer was able to look past the gilded faux French look and brought in a magazine clipping of their vision. We're mentally filing the sheen/stain combo of flat ebony away for our own projects. We love how updated this looks! This is the first in a parade of secretaries we've worked on recently.
Assembling brand new furniture is not something we take on often, but we rarely resist becoming a part of family tradition. Grandma buys a rocker from Main Street Trader for each one of her grandchildren. (Little did she know how many she'd have to buy....) The family chooses a unique color for each rocker, which we applied in a lacquer finish.
These Midcentury end tables were completely refinished. We took them from a mint green that screamed 1950s to a nice grey tinted lacquer that beautifully shows off the brass hardware. Family and friends would probably love to receive these as gifts, but we have a feeling the customer won't be letting these out of her sight anytime soon!
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