French Marble Top End Table Completely Restored. Indian Wells furniture restoration by Museum Quality Restoration Services This Indian Wells furniture restoration project, was to completely restore the original finish on a French marble-top end table. The work was done by antique restoration expert Mark Fry of Museum Quality Restoration Services. Check out the project gallery […]
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Lacquer Painted Finish – Hand Glazed Custom cabinets were built and a custom lacquer painted, hand glazed finish was applied. Museum Quality Restoration Services was able to do the fine finish. It’s a very involved process and you need the right tools and knowledge. Please click on an image for expanded view and then scroll
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High Boy Maple Dresser Refinished A refinishing project for a bedroom set of two dressers and a nightstand, this post shows the process for the High Boy dresser. Both dressers had been painted white but were originally of beautiful maple wood, and the paint was old, faded and chipped. The client wanted the dressers stripped
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See how I refinished two Chippendale chairs to match the rest from the set. Here is a transcript of the owner’s letter of appreciation: “Dear Mark, The purpose of this letter is to thank you for the wonderful job you did restoring our antiques and color matching [perfectly] for the dining chairs you refinished.
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Cherry Wood Writing Desk This cherry wood writing desk was scratched, stained from spills and worn, the client asked me to refinish the top. Afterwards she wrote me this review about all the furniture I restored for her. “Recently, I had the good fortune to find Mark Fry from Museum Quality Restoration Services. He has
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The Baxley Home, Wood Finish Project My client Margo Baxley had her home remodeled in 2006, with all new cabinetry custom made by a cabinet shop, she wanted me to finish all the woodwork as she had been so pleased with my work before. All the pieces were hand finished and hand-rubbed in the workshop,
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Vintage Dresser completely re-finished and hand-rubbed. Palm Springs Furniture Restoration by Museum Quality Restoration Services A Palm Springs furniture restoration project. This vintage dresser had to be stripped to bare wood, repaired and refinished. Check out the project gallery to see the results. MQRS documents all work with photos, showing the process from start to
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Restored Original Finish Dresser Stripped & Restored Original Finish on Antique Dresser. This dresser was in bad shape when I got it. The finish was worn and the wood was scratched and dented. The original finish had to be thoroughly de-waxed and cleaned. Then fine sanded and amalgamated to bring the original finish back to
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Stripped & Refinished Regency Wing Back Chair Legs. This is a restoration of a Regency Wing chair. The chair legs were in bad shape when I got them. They were scratched and dented. I was able to repair the damage and refinish the legs to match the sample provided. I stripped the old finish off
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San Diego Antique Restoration of Antique Chinese Statues This rosewood bedroom set was painted green, it had to be stripped and re-finished to restore the Rosewood color and I re-gilded all the carvings. I also did some minor repairs on the set. The results are amazing! To view the project from start to finish click
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