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Restorations

October 29, 2015

I am a strong believer in recycling and repurposing old furniture and antiques through restorations. Some advocates feel it is unacceptable to alter an antique piece of furniture. But I disagree, especially when the alternative is either the landfill or the fire-pit, simply because a piece of furniture has no place in a modern home environment, or has outlived its usefulness due to having fallen into such disrepair as to make it what some might consider unsalvageable. I have converted antique double beds into Kings, tables into islands, and pianos into headboards, as just a few examples of the endless possibilities that evolve from expanding one’s imagination.

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  • Restorations

    I am a strong believer in recycling and repurposing old furniture and antiques through restorations. Some advocates feel it is unacceptable to alter an antique piece of furniture. But I disagree, especially when the alternative […]

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    As an antique refinishing tradesman for over half a century, many fear I am an endangered species, and rightfully so. That may be due, in part, to the misguided notion that the local home improvement […]

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