Here's where you come to follow the progress of your piece of furniture in the shop. No, wood doesn't talk--or does it? Sure it does! As we work on your piece we learn things about where it's been, how it's been used, maybe even who (or what) has used it, and often about where it came from originally. It's a lot of fun and typically quite interesting.

This space also gives us a chance to let you know about any special experiences or progress related challenges. We try to chronicle work completed on your furniture whenever anything significant occurs. So there may not be an entry every day, but when we document them, we hope you will find these journal entries are fun, informative, purposeful, and creative.

So, have fun "listening" to our dialogue with your piece, as it is, it's Wood Talkin.
Email: woodtalkin@gmail.com

Saturday, July 3, 2010

They say they want to go home!


This furniture manufactured by Henredon in North Carolina is really attractive stuff. Much appreciation to their Customer Service people for the help they were able to offer. So, two days in the application of the finish coats (i.e., repeated spraying, curing and sanding) we're ready for the last step--buffing them out. Does anything really feel better than success?!

1 comment:

  1. Having lived a short period of my life in High Point, North Carolina, I comprehend the full meaning of the name "Henredon." This is a beautiful piece. I hope it came out as lovely as you imagined in your mind's eye, or at least, as a reflection of your imagination you didn't know was there yet.

    I have never had the penchant for re-finishing wood pieces, but I have a strong longing and pull to build furniture and storage units from hand...I want to build to fit the needs and to fill the spaces.

    My attempts over the years to find meaningful and lasting pieces of furniture has only resulted in cheap, pressboard, "fake" furniture, most of which was damaged beyond use or repair in this recent move. Everything I had lovingly and proudly assembled in the kit "like a man" was damaged and had to be trashed.

    It's something very introspective and interesting to ponder this afternoon.... the difference between "real" furniture and "fake" furniture and the durability of each. The "real" furniture can be repaired, recolored, tweaked and made beautiful again. The "fake" furniture has no potential to become anything other than something to be discarded.

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