The completed desk La Quinta furniture refinishing by Museum Quality Restoration Services This mahogany table-desk was a La Quinta furniture refinishing project. The desk was smoke and water damaged, it had to be stripped to the bare wood and completely refinished. The client wrote me this great testimonial: “I have been a longtime customer of […]
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Bermuda Dunes furniture refinishing by Museum Quality Restoration Services. This Bermuda Dunes furniture refinishing project revived a 1960’s drop-front secretary with a custom-accented finish. In particular, the back panel of the secretary was painted to match the wall it would stand against in the owner’s home. It was a special touch which completed the beautiful
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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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New Bleach Finish Walnut Bed This Walnut Bed had to be stripped to bare wood, sanded and bleached. The client wanted a lighter color and the natural walnut color was too dark. I received a letter of appreciation after delivery: “Mark, I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for the multiple jobs
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Refinishing Baker Tables These nice Baker end tables were scratched and dented with a worn out finish. Here I show the process of stripping and refinishing this wooden table. This is a museum quality piece that was originally finished in a dark stain. But I take it down to bare wood and then apply a
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Refinish an Antique Secretary Desk This drop-front secretary desk was very faded, scratched and watermarked. It needed refinishing and the drawers were loose and required gluing (the drawer sides were coming apart). The client wrote me this review about all the furniture I restored for her: “Recently, I had the good fortune to find Mark
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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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