Recent content by VENNY

Hi Ian, cool name 😎 The daybed is a project and I payed a project price for it. I’m going to need to strip it back so I can bring it back. Im quite looking forward to it, maybe naively. The other half can do the reupholstering but the resting the wood is down to me. Ian

I have bought an old Ercol daybed to bring back to life. I was going to strip the original varnish off it. I’ve heard that Nutromors is no good anymore. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good product. Any other advice about restoring Ercol would be great as well. Thank you.

House is a work in progress but it’s here and I’m very happy. I don’t think it needs much of any restoring. Maybe an oil just to tart it up a little. Bonus is it came with two original little trays and lots of curly wood on the inside. So nothing really to do so I’ve moved on to a new project...

Well spotted now I see it I can’t take my eyes off it. The middle draw is slightly taller inside than the other two. The other two are slightly wider than the middle one. Basically I tried moving them about and I can’t.🤨

It’s all original from the 70s I’d like to keep that as much as I can. There seems to be an obsession with sticking hairpin legs on mid century furniture. I know you’re not suggesting that😀. But I like the squareness of everything on it. But if it came to altering the legs I may chamfer the legs.

You're right the proportions are fine from an aesthetics point of view, but its not functional. So I need to figure how much I can shorten it without throwing off the aesthetics and wrecking a nice piece of furniture. In part I need to know how longs the legs are and then I'll have an idea who...

I've bought the sideboard, just a couple of bits to bring it back to life. It needs the legs shortening as at nearly 1m high, its a bit too high for a sideboard. Its a south African brand I have been told. Some nicks to the corners but I was thinking knot filler squared off if I can find the...

Thanks Pete I’m new to all this, I wasn’t arguing I only meant that the seller said it was teak. I’m not over concerned about what wood it is to be honest. I was more concerned that there was an issue with the wood. But you and everyone else has settled my mind that it’s a natural, if not...

Thanks everyone. I may just see if I can pick the cabinet up and fix it up. It should be a simple repair and an easy job for a beginner.

There is a light on the wood to show it up more. Would it be agreed that this is a normal thing in wood rather than a production fault or decay?

Hi Inspector, that's interesting as I was told it was Teak.

I don't even know if it is figured grain!

Ahh Mark, I get your original response now :D Figuring your recon? I got that suggestion from google, I just don't know if I should part money for a cabinet that needs repairing that has that on it or if I'm best looking elsewhere🤷‍♂️

I was thinking bandsaw but then thought figured grain, but I don't know what figured grain is. Just felt odd on a sideboard that someone would have bought from a shop.

Hi All I've just joined the forum as I will be restoring furniture for my new house and plan for everything inside and out to be restored, refurbished or made by myself. I have seen this sideboard that needs a little work but the wood has strange lines parallel to the grain, I've not seen that...