All In The Family

     This  Awesome chair has been in one family for generations. The frame had all loosened up from the glue deteriorating over time. What great carvings and caracter. The inside back restored.

Custom oversize tacks set in the same original pattern.

                                                                     Nice lower crown.

                                   What a classic fabric. Draws out all the caracter of the chair. Without over taking all the wood carvings.

                                                     Arm carving is sure worth a picture.

                            The joints that wanted to "tap" open were glued up with hide glue. Most of them opened up easily. The ones that didn't were left alone.

I tied another coat of hand tied springs to the top springs before replacing the horse hair with coats of cotton.

 A hundred years passed before this one needed any restoration work. Sure can't say that with most corporate home furnishings.

The lost couple

 Look at the clamps on this one.

Talk about a restorers nightmare.

 Busted out joints, broken dowels and sheet metal screws, long ones. In more than one intersection. The screw heads were ground off.

                         With a bent over front leg.  With more sheet metal screws. And lots of paper glue.

         Here is the piece restored. full arm covers. the re glued joints tightened up really solid.

                                Great simple practical home furnishings in this over engineered world.

A Mint Wing Back

 Here is a 35 year old wing back in for a tune-up. Shown with all the staples removed the wood freshened up and frame inspected.

And below the finish piece lookin sharp in a 100 percent cotton.  With full fitting arm covers. Emblem centered up the front and over the back.

 Here is a great example of good furniture made to last, a great fabric that accents the home. and what great value. 

Waverunner seat

A fella wants to make the most of summer. I upholstered his waverunner seat and bounced it back to him the same day. Here is the seat with the vinyl removed . It was glued on the top and glue set around the edges. Not a nice job cleaning up the staple lines.  I set them under a fan to dry out the glue foam areas.

And here is the finished product. Glued and tailored up with stainless staples.

The shop did ok on this one and the owner of the waverunner sure beat the coprporates out of a replacement seat.
 Practical upholstery since 1995.