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

Thursday, August 14, 2014

A Perennial Charmer

Here's a handsome piece we see often. These aromatic cedar chests are so readily displayable and they are so practical as well. This one, manufactured in the early 1940s, is really in excellent condition. Yes, it needs some attention to it's mahogany finish and had lost some tiny pieces of veneer, but the chest's air seal is intact, it's under the case drawer is in great shape and slides smoothly, and it's internal shelf and linkage are in great working condition. That's a lot more than we can say for many of us after 70 years of hanging around. Ha.

Our customer asked us to put some legs on this little charmer. So what you see in the picture is what we did. It gave her a nice three inch lift...some fun high heels!

We gently stripped and cleaned this little beauty. It's got a lacquer seal coat and two coats of gloss finish lacquer...gently nibbed and then buffed. She wants to go home; a real serious case of home sickness!

That's Wood Talkin for today. Listen, listen, listen!

Dick

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