And finally, a found treasure!

I bought this piece for under $200 at an auction over a year ago. It is one of those pieces that I hesitated to put through my normal process. I had a feeling it was a valuable piece in its own right and therefore deserved to stay natural. I took this piece to a professional restorer. It wasn't cheap, costing $469.00 to restore, but the professional advised me to insure the piece for $2500.00 to $3000.00. I wished I'd taken some before pictures, because it was in pretty rough shape when I took it to the restorer. Here is what it looks like now though, and is one of my very favorite finds.









This picture shows the drawer pull has a threaded wooden dowel.



The restorer told me this piece was most likely of European origin, a studio piece custom made, all hand done, dovetailed joints, turned work on the corners. Made with European walnut as primary wood and birch as secondary wood. He said the piece was in excellent structural shape. Normally he has to re-glue these pieces, but there was only one small corner insert that he had to re-glue. Made in the 1860's to 1870's, a rare piece to find in the west.

More pieces

A wooden Vintage ironing board, in cream and black.



A sofa/entry table. This piece has $70 worth of smoked glass. I replaced the glass because the original glass was scratched and I thought the smoked glass looked so much better.



This is a Partners Desk. There are drawers on both sides because the partners would sit right directly across from each other, sharing the same desk. A friend had cut off the legs and put caster wheels on it, and it was an activity center for her children when they were young. I've just painted it cream and black, distressed and aged. But the thing I've added is that I painted the top with chalkboard paint so that kids can write directly on the surface with chalk and just wash it off.



I thought I'd try a head board and see how that would work. This is for a twin, maybe a full size bed, done in gingerbread and cream



Almost forgot to include this piece, from the Pinstripe Collection, in Gingerbread and Cream, a small coffee table.

Some more custom pieces

A small 2 drawer piece, just a small piece done in red.



A small shelf the client was going to get rid of and instead brought it to be done in two shades of green.



A cute sofa/entry table, done in cream and black.



A Secretary Desk/Letter Desk done in gingerbread.



A Possum Belly Table in various stages of reassembled and the aging process.





Part of the checkerboard process.



The difference between being aged and not being aged.



The finished piece.