top of page
Furniture Restorations & Repairs
 Its condition couldn't be worse than it was before... After restoring it you can see that is, a completely New Tray. |  Even though I forgot to take a photo before the first sanding pass, still you can see, in what a bad shape the table was. |  Here is the Before and After restoration result !!! |
|---|---|---|
 I was given to restore this very delicate antique Windsor rocking chair which came to me in a very bad condition. My guess is that this chair was originally made in England and found its way to Cyprus mid of last century. |  This chair was very badly treated in the past. It was painted black on the top, but under that coat there was a thick layer of white plastic paint, and below that several coats of the old and later added varnish… All of them one on top of the other. Stripping with paint remover was impossible so I had to stripe it down using a heat gun little by little. |  During stripping and sanding I discovered that one of the legs was badly infected from woodworm, and so the chair had to be disassembled and a new leg needed to be turned. |
 The Chair was sanded down to bare wood and I always tried to keep its small defects and preserve its character. |  A New Beech leg was turned and replace the damaged one. You could not see any difference from the other legs. |  Then the chair was treated with wood preservatives for protection from woodworm, fungous etc. |
 Some more sanding and finishing with Tung Oil and Beeswax. My goal was not to make the chair look new but to restore it and keep the old character and history of this beautiful rocking Windsor chair. I think it looks cool now. |  A Salvaged Office Desk came to me for major repairs to its drawers and to its top. It is obvious that this piece of furniture had seen much better days. |  After repairing and making it sturdy and fully functional again, it was given a general first coat of sanding, and that's all I did, The final sanding and finishing it was to be made by the client. |
 I was given two bookcases to restore. They are handmade bookcases not factory made and they are made from veneered particle board. They both where in very bad shape – legs missing – broken shelves – and the worst someone varnished over the original coating without even sanding, so the varnish was pilling off and he glued some pieces in a way that made dismantling them impossible. |  I made a mortise leg – replace some broken hidden pieces – glue and screw to make them sturdy again – scrape the old varnish off and sand everything down to the veneer and gave them a few coats of polyurethane varnish. The result was quite good considering how fragile they where. |  This SINGER came to me very dirty, covered with dry grease and oils on the metal parts. So deep cleaning on the top machine and shining as much as possible of the chrome parts. The lower metal stand, wheel, and foot rest, where all given a few coats of black metal paint. |
 This Machine had its classic SINGER wooden top cover, which I clean very carefully, leaving its original satin varnish undamaged. It's a pity that I forgot to take pictures through the restoration of this machine. |  The wooden top of the machine was missing most of its original veneer. So the only thing i could do was to remove the veneer completely and bring the under-wood to a color and smoothness as if it was like this originally. The overall final look was quite good and customer was impressed with it. |  Here is the Before and After restoration result !!! |
 A classic antique arm chair pair came to me to restore them back to their original glory. |  The old coats of varnish was easily remove and sanded down to to bare wood. Did some glue up repairs of loosen parts and touches. |  Just to be on the safe side, I past them trough a wood preservation treatment. |
 Since now the grain is been lifted, I sand them again and again, from 120grid down to 320grid. |  Finally, I finish them with Tung oil, beeswax and a light coat of satin lacquer to restore them back to their original color. I think they came up quite good. |  Sometimes not everything can be restore to its original state... So you do what you can to make it beautiful again. |
 I was given this vintage old round table to repair, paint, and install a mirror on its the top. First I remove all the brass hardware – fix all broken and misaligned parts and sand the table just to remove the old varnish |  Second I cover the newly exposed wood with two coats of primer. |  After the primer I painted the table in black as instructed by the customer. I pass 4 coats of satin black paint. |
 In between painting and drying time, I brushed, cleaned, and buffed the bronze hardware to a fresh new look. |  Then I cut and paint a circular top base to accept the mirror. I varnished the whole table with 4 coats of lacquer. And restore the brass hardware back in their place. |  Finally I fitted a gold tinted mirror on its top. Hope to have another satisfied customer after this restoration and I did !!! |
bottom of page