restoring old furniture

Eibhlin ni Sheambrai · **Posted: 13-02-2010 , 08:57 AM** #1

You know when you find a really nice old item and you don't want to paint it (which is a great way of upgrading) but the top is all marked, veneer lifting away etc. The best solution I have found is to watch out for another item of similar colour and use a 'slice' of that to make a new top. Below are pics of a bookcase that I made a new top for, with a piece of an old headboard cut to size. The other is a writing bureau that was pretty good except the top was destroyed from 'someone' watering pot plants. (I know who that someone was--I used to do my homework on this many years ago at home). I used a piece of a gate leg table to make a new top for this and the rest of the table became a little side table for a narrow guest room. The things we need are all around us, just look with an open eye and a mind that thinks 'outside the box' Eibh.

unapam · **Posted: 13-02-2010 , 06:31 PM** #2

Great idea to salvage from other pieces. My sister has a writing bureau just like that one. Lovely!

Eibhlin ni Sheambrai · **Posted: 14-02-2010 , 01:23 AM** #3

Thanks Unapam. Have sent you pm re: buttons & bows, Eibh.

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	Posted: 13-02-2010 , 08:57 AM #1
Eibhlin ni Sheambrai Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Moate, Co. Westmeath Posts: 1,037	restoring old furniture You know when you find a really nice old item and you don't want to paint it (which is a great way of upgrading) but the top is all marked, veneer lifting away etc. The best solution I have found is to watch out for another item of similar colour and use a 'slice' of that to make a new top. Below are pics of a bookcase that I made a new top for, with a piece of an old headboard cut to size. The other is a writing bureau that was pretty good except the top was destroyed from 'someone' watering pot plants. (I know who that someone was--I used to do my homework on this many years ago at home). I used a piece of a gate leg table to make a new top for this and the rest of the table became a little side table for a narrow guest room. The things we need are all around us, just look with an open eye and a mind that thinks 'outside the box' Eibh. Attached Images

	Posted: 13-02-2010 , 06:31 PM #2
unapam Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,280	Great idea to salvage from other pieces. My sister has a writing bureau just like that one. Lovely!

	Posted: 14-02-2010 , 01:23 AM #3
Eibhlin ni Sheambrai Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Moate, Co. Westmeath Posts: 1,037	bureau Thanks Unapam. Have sent you pm re: buttons & bows, Eibh.