Another Shopping Find

Here is another shopping find from the local Rehab Store. It has a label from Haywood-Wakefield. It needs work on both arms, new seat and lace weave back but for $30, it's a deal!

Settee Back & Seat

Here is a Museum Settee that got water damaged. As you can see, part of the seat,back,sides and arms had to be rewoven along with some of the scrollwork in the center replaced.

Adjustable Arm Chair

Here is one of the Mansions adjustable arm chairs with the new scrollwork. The back has been removed for painting. This is a high tech chair. To adjust, you put the wood rod in the wood "buttons" you see on the arms and Presto, it's adjusted!

GOVERNORS MANSION WICKER

We are very pleased to have received the job of restoring 36 pieces of wicker for the Governors Mansion in Raleigh,NC. This is paid for by a private fund that covers the Mansion upkeep as a Historical Site so NO tax dollars are used. We will be doing this in about 7 "batches" so that we are not backed up with no room to work and will take place over the next few months. The items include several settees,chairs & rockers, side tables, a chaise lounge and some very old porch rockers and a settee that will be done in splint. We will post some pictures as time goes by and keep updating as we have more to share.
Rob

Just an Update

Here's wishing everyone a Happy Holidays from the Andersons!
We have had a totally messed up month. It started when we went to Ga for a soccer tournament on the 5th & 6th. The car went south in the motel parking lot and after having it towed to a reapir shop, they told us it would be $3,500. for repairs. We said NO and had it towed to a storage lot and rented a car to return home. Last weekend # 1 son and I drove a truck down and towed it home for repairs. I can repair it here for @ $500. Some markup.
So I'm about 3 weeks behind now but life moves on and so we will too.
Rob & Judi

Nice Email From Customer

Hi Rob,

It was great to meet you today. I love the chair and the repairs you did. If you ever need a testimonial, I will be more than happy to provide one.

Sincerely,

Charlotte Glassman

Hickory Furniture Bench.

The customer obtained this bench from a school she taught at years ago and the seat finally went away. We replaced the seat to match the back pattern and along the way, found the Hickory Furniture stamp on the back leg.Just needs staining to match the back.

Oval Table

This was painted several times. We removed much of the paint from the base to be repainted and took the top back to a natural look with new braid around the edge.

Bar Stools

Here are 2 bar stools that we replaced the seats in. They were done like the backs but the customer found out they weren't very strong so we changed the seats to a more standard weave that should hold up much better.

IT PAYS TO VISIT SHOPS

Stopped by the local thrift store and found this deck chair and decided I couldn't let it pass. I never know when I will ever get to MY projects but will post a picture as soon as it's finished.

Willow Porch Swing

This swing hung on a covered porch for years. When the seat started to go, the owner added wood under for extra support but I think also helped to trap moisture in the seat making it rot faster.The spokes from side to side are all rotted and broken and many of the spokes in the back and arms are broken also.

Willow Porch Swing

We have replaced the seat, new spokes from side to side and replaced the broken spokes in the back and sides. It's back on the frame without the extra wood so it can get the air around it.

Round Reed Rocker

Here is the rocker as it was dropped off. Most of the spokes are broken across the front. The whalings across the back part are broken or brittle. The decision was made to remove all this and reweave the whole thing.

Round Reed Back Rocker

Here is the rocker with all new reed in the seat & back in the origional pattern. After the picture, we stained and sealed it to match what we removed. Just after this was taken, another customer dropped off a childs rocker with the exact same pattern.

Drop Off Day!!

Just a picture of the items a customer dropped off. Clean, oll the wood, all new seats, some new rockers and broken rungs. Yes, it's all from one person!

Chain Back Child Rocker

This is just another of the childs rockers done with the chain stitch in the back.I haven't done one of these in a few years and this is the second one like this is a month!

NEXT GENERATION AT WORK

Here is our 16 year old Grandson doing his first chair. He has decided he wants to learn how to do this type of work so I have been letting him do some things like taking out the old seats to see how he likes the work. This is his first seat on his own with just a little help when needed. His goal is to make enough to pay for soccer camp in August. He really is a great kid!

NEXT GENERATION

Here is his finished chair. It just needs a little tweeking to get the rows tight but a great job for his first one.

Round Reed Chair Backs

These chairs have round reed uprights which are woven across with reed in a double weave. The old backs had broken on 2 chairs because they were getting brittle so the customer decided to have all 4 done at this time.

Rolled Arm Rocker

This rocker came to us after sitting in storage for years. The reason for that is the bent wood piece from the upright to the seat that supports the arm had broken into 3 pieces. We will remove the broken parts and glue them together and try to use them to make a pattern and bend a new one, then repair any broken spokes and weavers and a new seat.