Classic Furniture Restorations

Over the years, dogs have been a wonderful source of income in my repair side of the business…. Numerous customers have brought me chairs and tables that their neurotic dog has gnawed on in their absence. I usually reward the pup with a nice bone after I have done the repairs…. :). One more step in this restoration, to rub out the shellac finish and give it a good waxing…

I took a class quite a few years back on leaded glass windows…learned how to take them apart and rebuild them…20 some years later i finally am getting the chance to use that knowledge i learned…. Keep reading, studying and trying new things, you never know when it will come in handy,, Stay tuned,

Making some good progress on this wall clock. First coats of shellac applied and sanded…

the repairs to the case of this antique wall clock are complete….now some final sanding then on to the finishing….i finally found the inner workings…so that was good news…stay tuned..

Now on to my next personal project…an antique wall clock that survived the same fire…stay tuned…

A few more shots of the clock before placing it in my study. The mechanical works will be cleaned and oil sometime down the road…

After some good elbow grease on the brass parts and cleaning the glass. I was able to assemble the caswork, and it looks really nice. A few adjustments still need to make the door fit better… next step will be figuring out how to clean and oil the mechanics of the clock…never done that before…so many parts…so little time…

working on this wonderful cathedral mantel clock that i inherited from a client whose house burned down and she gave me a number of clocks that were blackened with soot and smoke but not burned. finally getting around to restoring them. stay tuned..

One of last painted pieces I’ll be doing, no more stripping with chemicals…on to something new. But this was a fun project . Had some family history for this client.

As i continue down the road of “retirement” i came across this pic of when i first bought the business and purchased my first pickup truck… a 1982 Toyota long bed… man i miss that truck…oh and the young knees and knuckles that dont give me constant pain :)😀😀

In final steps of restoring this oak chest of drawers that was my grandmothers when she was a child. Final steps is duplicating the escutcheons that are missing from the bottom drawers. I could not find an exact match so i made some and colored them up to match antique brass.. so far so good…