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Not a special piece (except to the owner!) but just a nice little stool.

Broken leg rebuilt and secured, cleaned and waxed.

All it needs - honest little stool.

Large stool from the collection of matching furniture from Pakistan

Prepared and spray painted with pre-catalysed lacquer paint. Gold highlights.

Upholstered and piped.

Inlaid with ivory and various woods.

Chair and stool after restoration

Broken wing repaired, new rubber mounts fitted, woodwork cleaned and finish revived, leather cleaned and colour and finish returned to it.

Before restoration.

Break on one supporting wing of backrest.

Eames Chair before restoration.

One backrest supporting wing is snapped off.

Whole chair in very poor condition.

A little table, finished with a shellac high gloss/build finish, to the customer's requirements.

Nice Victorian table. A tilt-top table on a pedestal base. Loo was a very popular card game amongst Victorian ladies.

Rebuilt shellac finish after being damage by spilling nail varnish remover, which had partially stripped the original finish off.

Another view

Bringing beauty back to a classic car interior

Re-rushed in Dutch fresh water rush, then sealed to leave it cleanable in the future.

We can create a new rush seat using traditional materials and techniques.

We also can 'rush' a seat with artificial 'paper' rush.

It is very time consuming, but I am always pleased to prolong the useful life of a good chair such as this one. Can expect another 70+ years of regular use from it now.

Restoration without the wait

Nice little table; just cleaned, joints tightened, finish rebuilt (shellac) where missing and blended in, waxed.

The 'after' photo.

Little project given to me.

Here's the mirror after restoration and gilding.

This pic is before restoration.

Dining suite ebonised and restored.

Table made to order