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.
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Three Stand-Up Old Gentlemen

Wow, this is a lot of fun. Meet these three fine old gentlemen--Centurions all! I'm not going to tell you where my customers found them.   Amazing.                                           
                                      

All their joints are loose. They'll be be opened, cleaned, and re-glued. Of course, if you and I could claim 130 or so years successfully bracing ourselves against time's elements, we'd need to be cleaned up and re-glued, too. Yes, there will be something of a "trick" as I carefully work with, through, and around their wire bracing. I'll keep you updated on that challenge.

Then, the plan is to sensitively rejuvenate their finish. That effort will incorporate era-sensitive techniques that, hopefully, will do great justice to them and support their integrity as Centurions--bonifide antiques. (Aren't you jealous now?) And it's been fun listening. Since their not alone--they're together--they're carrying on a conversation with one another. Cool huh. It's so nice to have friends!

OK...That's Wood Talkin for today....and in the interests of three fine old Gentlemen...please keep listening.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Plenty of chuckles over the 'three centurion gentlemen' in this project! Looking forward to seeing them progress back to health!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 23, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    The three centurion gentlemen have arrived home; beautiful work, Richard! The chairs extude warmth and history--sure to be the topic of many conversations!

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