"...home again, home again, jiggidy jig."

She was in the shop for several weeks... and what do I do when a furniture "friend" is all spiffyed up and talkin about wanting to go home? I whisk her home of course!

Check out these pics. Can't you almost hear her breathing multiple long sighs of red mahogany satisfaction? "Ahhhh....I'm home!" Alas, here she is back at home in her familiar spot, bearing her lamp on revitalized legs, with one new brass "slipper,"and all of em refitted, integrated parts and pieces contributing a newly restored and deep sense of self-esteem and pride. It's one of those "feel good" stories--and a shared satisfaction that I'm quite pleased to have had a part in.

That's Wood Talkin...for today. Keep listening.

Update on the Duncan Pfyfe Lamp Table

These pictures will tell the story here. So, right, is a poor quality but effective picture of what were probably a puppy's "love bites" on one of the legs. Most of that scarring was removed in the stripping and surface renewal process (below left), but given the table's heirloom status, with all the stories it can tell, the tooth marks were carefully "edited" so family members can still find and revisit the puppy's memory--but in a way the table "wants to tell it."

Here is the promise of a new Pfyfe foot. You can see the broken one with it's strong down angular lines behind the block of Maple. You can also see the outline of the new foot penciled into the Maple block's surface. It's ready to be cut out and shaped for placement and gluing as a Pfyfe-styled foot.


Finally, below, is the stained and sealed table as it looks just before the lacquer finish coat and hand rubbing. It appears almost like knew--almost. (That broken foot is on the one you seen on the right.) The table retains it's heirloom integrity with the stories that compliment it. It stands proudly at attention anticipating a handsome new hand-rubbed lacquer finish. It's a promise in the making, and deservedly so!