Sideboard Art Deco 40s

Here it comes mahogany rustic sideboard from the 40s era, purchased in Lisbon. Initially this item was in a bad shape: signs of termites, interior wood part didn't have any finishing, the inside shelves were glued, big crack from the back part, it was repolished in a bad way, so that on top one could see stripes from a varnish. I decided to paint it inside, using different colors that reminds me of art deco style, on bottom I glued mirrors for to have a "deep" effect when opening the door. Also I took out all the varnish and repolished it with shellac. Big crack-hole was filled with mastic. Metal accessories were polished till shine.

Photos of the item after the restoration

Art Deco Clock

This old art deco clock was purchased in France. It has termites signs, damages on the details from the front door, missing roof side and top roof detail (that is not possible to know by now how was the roof detail like), missing veneer part from the front leg. The mechanism is not working as well and since I am not dealing with the clock mechanisms, I guess it needs some general cleaning. The tableu has minor damages of the metal part. The inside back part of the clock says "TH". 

Six Medaillon Style Romantic Chairs

These six rosewood chairs I bought in Lisbon. The general condition is good, but not perfect. These chairs have been restored already.  Some of the wood parts needed restoration work (especially on joints of the back), also I decided to change completely upholstery (including the inside part together with the springs). Some parts of the wood became dark with the time. When I started the polishing process the wood showed up in different colors that made the chairs look even more interesting.  Here I took some pictures of one chair. Of course all the chairs are different from the point of view the work to be done.  The main problem was to find "the" textile for these chairs since I didn't want them to look too classic, but with a touch of modernity.  And then it came an idea to create my own textile. So I did it. 

            

                        

                                

                  

Shelf-organizer

Courtesy of ARTlier

Originally it was an archive drawer from an office table. Unfortunately I didn't make a picture of this drawer the way it was. But I decided to transform it into the magazine shelf-organizer. There was no restoration work done on this piece, but painted from inside and outside in black shiny/mate and white shiny paint. On top one can still see the original drawer handle which was left as a decoration detail. 

Street Chair

This art deco style chair I found on the street in Lisbon. It has a lot of damages: water has damaged veneer layers; front legs are spoiled, but the internal structure is well preserved. The original textile was light color natural fiber  with yellowish short fringe.  I plan to preserve it the way it is, changing the textile of course.   

Old Journal Table

This old journal table was found in Lisbon. The small drawer missed bottom and the top of the table was totally destroyed. On the pictures you can see the table without the top part.

The idea was to make crackle effect on the table with stencil drawing.

The process started with cleaning and polishing the table. Also it required to glue little parts of the table. At the specialized store I ordered to cut the top wood part for the table and bottom for the drawer.

Then I covered the table with liquid base for crackle effect. After it got dry I used crackle white paint.

Later on I prepared stencil drawing out of the transparent paper. I fixed the stencil with paper tape and used sponge to put the black paint on the stencil. I also painted black square on the drawer and stripes on top. For to match the whole style I painted handle with black paint as well. For to fix the crackle paint I used transparent matte varnish.

The final touch was to glue black self-adhesive laminate on the bottom of the drawer. And here its the result!