And so this story concludes.. Right from the outset, Ted and Amy had to seriously consider the investment they were about to embark upon, trying to put aside the emotional attachment they had to the chairs and consider the commercial side for practicality. Obviously, new chairs will look great, but […]
One more patient arrives in begging for a makeover following an ill-fated voyage from the UK many years ago. It got water damaged and is now slowly falling apart. “We’ll have you holding up umbrellas again in no time.” WTS!
Everyone loves a ‘Bentwood’ and this one is particularly comfortable. New cane, frame repaired and repolished. Actually we’ve seen the clones of this chair in their 100’s – at a prominent Italian restaurant recently!
Cathy’s antique tub chair has all new internals and all the fine timber work has been stripped and re-polished. True class.
Elegantly restored, and Joan chose a simple fabric for this lovely Parker TV chair.
Or in this a case, a multitude of pictures. Here is a collage of progress shots showing our various projects at the moment. Sorry, we’re so busy with the current work load that there’s simply not enough time to write a Newsletter this week. We’re hoping that the pictures come […]
Updated: October 31, 2016 Tammy’s old rocker chair was stuck in the ‘70’s, having been handed down through the generations. Sometimes, you just have to open up your mind! Nothing like mixing modern with antique. We loved Tammy’s choice of fabric and enjoyed the addition of a matching ottoman made […]
John’s dining suite has been in the family for donkey’s years! It was that traditional darkened stained silky oak and falling apart. We always look forward to uncovering the beautiful grain character and light tones of Queensland silky oak but John had other ideas. “I’d like it to look the […]
Here’s an update on the chair restoration project we’re featuring: You can see that there are signs of ‘past sins’ where the owners have used big self-tapping screws to try and keep the chairs together. We have had to drill these out and apply a filler to address that situation. […]