Fine Carpentry
Table Restoration
This table came to me extremely damaged with chipping paint and missing its drawer, so I fully stripped it and revealed the beautiful chair underneath.
Before
Before
Full Restoration of 1950s spring-up chair
The COVID-19 pandemic gave me the opportunity to go through props stock with the set design professor and select items for repair. This chair from the 1950s had been reupholstered at least three times, so restoring it required more work than normal, including completely recreating the inner arms
Broken arm held together with gaff
Arms deconstructed for restoration
Chair stripped, arms removed
New webbing, ready for respringing
Completely fresh arm joint - replaced arms
Broken arm repaired, carved dowel
Chair resprung
Research image
From "Lady's Home Journal Book of Interior Decorating" 1959
From "Lady's Home Journal Book of Interior Decorating" 1959
Research Image
From "Lady's Home Journal Book of Interior Decorating" 1959
From "Lady's Home Journal Book of Interior Decorating" 1959
From "Lady's Home Journal Book of Interior Decorating" 1959
Research image
Backgammon/Checker Board
Work-in-progress
Vintage Cane Chair Restoration
Replacing caning of a cane chair with seat completely broken, as well as reinforcing back cane to preserve the original as much as possible.
Damaged cane removed
Unstained, work in progress