Rattan Bar

This photo is of one side of the customers rattan bar, part of a set she received from her Grandparents. The cat seemed to think this was a huge scratching post and put several spots like this on the bar, especally on the curved sides. Bad Kitty.

Rattan Bar

Here is the bar with new material woven in the bad spots and stained to match. Pina Colada anyone!!!

Danish Cord

One of two chairs that the Danish Cord was replaced. As with most seats of this type, the front edge of the frame had worn through the cord over time. To help prevent this in the future, we always "ease" the edges of the seat frame to get rid of any sharp edges.

Seagrass Bar Seats

This is 2 of 3 bar seats that had a plastic seagrass look-a-like seats. They were splint and shredded like plastic grocery bags. They were replaced with braided seagrass. The customers response is below.

Customer Comment

Received this email from our customer in NJ,
"Hi Rob
We received the seats Friday night, just put them together today. They look wonderful! Thanks for the detailed instructions on care. I enjoyed doing business with you and will definitely recommend Anderson's Restorations.
Christine "

Anderson's Restorations on TV

We were featured on our local Fox tv station on a segment called Roy's Folks where they showed some work being done and an interview. If you would like to see this segment, clinc on this link, http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News;jsessionid=1789BBF355A453358D4699902B305FC9?pageId=3.1 then, if it's not on the page at the left side, search for Roys Folks Archive. When you get there, we are under Wicker Worker Jan 28. It was a lot of fun with Roy and David. Take a look!!

Old Reed Rocker

This reed rocker was sent to us from KY. It has spent many of the last years in the barn. The seat side rungs are broken, the front rungs are missing. The reed on the seat area is old and brittle and the rolled arms have areas missing where mice have moved in and made nests.

Reed Rocker Repaired

Here is a phot of the reed rocker stained. We have added missing rungs, replaced the entire seat and about half of the round reed running from top to bottom of seat. Both arms also had repaired areas. The rockers are not on in the photo because it will be shipped and by taking the rockers off, we can use a smaller box to save costs.

Lloyd Loom Type Chair

Here is a Lloyd Loom type chair that the sheet of woven material has broken down over the years. The plan is to replace the entire back/sides with a new piece of woven material.Besides the obvious damage, the material is all dried out and brittle to the touch.

Finished Lloyd Loom Chair

Here is the Lloyd Loom chair with the back replaced with new woven material. This contains the wire core spokes running up & down which the origional weaving material did not have. This probably helped in its break down over the years. now just needs sealing and a fresh coat of green!

Shaker Tape Chairs

Here is one of four Shaker Tape chairs that need replacement. The owners liked the two-tone look of the tape but wanted a change and get rid of the cloth and crumbling foam core under the cloth.

Flat Reed "Shaker Tape"

Here is the finished seat done with regular flat reed and smoked flat reed to give a two-tone effect like the origional shaker tape had. One of four done.

Painted Willow Chair

This painted willow chair has 2 coats of paint, topcoat is white with black under that. The object was to remove the paint and finish it as close to the factory finish as possable. Willow, like reed, furniture can be stripped but very carefully. Then we repaired many broken spokes in the back and repaired the supports in the seat and also 2 of the Ball Feet.

Willow Chair Finished

Here is the willow chair finished. After stripping off the 2 coats of paint, we applied a stain very close to the origional color of the piece to cover any areas where the origional color was faded or worn, then a few coats on an exterior clear finish and it's ready for the screened porch.

French or Blind Caning

This is the back of one of a set of chairs with "French" or "Blind" cane. The holes in the wooden back frame do not go through like on the seat. Instead, they are drilled only halfway and each strand on cane is put in individualy using pegs to hold them in place till the weaving is finished.

Wicker Rocker Needs New Back

This rocker needs new spokes and the top section is a mess. Someone tried to repair by splicing pieces of reed where the spokes were missing, didn't work long. The rest of the rocker is in very good condition.

Wicker Rocker With Repaired Back

Here is the rocker with the new back in place. As you can see, we replaced all of the back including the spokes running from the seat back up to the top. This was done with wire core fibre and regular fibre blending the new into the old. Just needs painting!

Childs Wicker Rocker

Back post area of seat broken. The front post was snapped off flush with the seat and missing a few pieces of round reed.

Childs Rocker

Here is the rocker with the arm repaired and new reed in the missing spots also new paint.

Customer Response fo Chair Below

Here is the e-mail we received from our customer for the chair right below;
Rob,

You did a beautiful job on my great grandparents'
wicker chair. Thank you so much for taking the time
to blend together the colors so well. I know the
chair and it is hard to tell where the old ends and
the new begins. I was worried about it coming out
looking too new - but it is perfect. It is my old
chair - only better! I was so afraid I would have to
throw it out - it was slowly falling apart...Now I
know we can love and cherish it for years to come.

Thanks too for the great job on the cane seat. I love
it when old furniture gets a new lease on life!

If I find or buy any furniture in need of help I will
be sure to call on you again.

Thanks so much,

Mia Canestrari




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