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Antique Plan Chest

4/5/2024

 
My customer bought this Plan Chest from eBay to keep some of her work in, but when it arrived it didn’t look quite as good as she had hoped! I was contacted to see if I could improve it.
I made repairs to the drawers, painted the cabinet a deep blue colour, fitted new brass handles and made a new top from solid oak, which I finished natural to show off the stunning grain.

Antique Plan Chest restoration
Antique Plan Chest restoration

Antique Oak Settle

29/10/2023

 
It’s been almost a year since I updated my blog…where did the time go! Apologies for being so slow in updating…
It’s been a really busy year and I’ve done lots of interesting jobs, but probably the biggest project was this oak Settle. My customer had bought it with the intention of restoring it herself. She had taken it apart but soon realised it was much worse than it first appeared having suffered from a lot of woodworm damage, so she contacted me to see if I could help.
It needed quite a few replacement parts making and some new joints too as the old ones had been badly eaten, the end of one arm was also missing. The photo’s probably tell the story a little better….
Antique Oak Settle restoration
Here’s the Settle still in pieces but with the new additions made..
Antique Oak Settle restoration
The Settle now glued up..
Antique Oak Settle restoration
Seat now back in place
Antique Oak Settle restoration
The finished Settle, new parts blended in to match and the whole piece cleaned and waxed up.

Windsor chair restoration

10/11/2022

 
This Windsor chair was damaged when the owner was transporting it and accidentally dropped it. Whilst it may look damaged beyond repair, it was one of those jobs where the damage looks worse than it actually was- in the end it was quite a straight forward repair.
Broken Windsor chair

New Leather for Oak desk

4/9/2022

 
My customer wanted a new leather fitting to his desk. The old one was pretty worn out- he asked for a replacement that had similar tooling to keep it looking as it did originally.
The old one came off easily enough and the new leather gave it a much needed refresh!
Desk leather replacement

Cane rocking chair

27/2/2022

 
This old and much loved chair was showing the signs of a hard life! Beneath the worn upholstery, it was clear the chair had previously had a cane seat as well as a cane back panel.
The upholstery was carefully removed and the holes from the tacks and staples filled. The chair had the old polishwork removed and was French Polished before finally being caned.
Cane rocking chair
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