Below
are before and after photos of various pieces.
We
are changing our format to PDF: please excuse our mess as we change our site.
To view restored leather items (not reupholstered, but items that have had their
leather revived) visit our Leather
Restoration page.
If you have a comfortable
sofa that needs a face lift, or found a broken down garage sale piece that you
see potential in, take a look at some of the pieces we have restored beautifully
-- and don't forget to look at the pieces that took on a completely different
look, in our Reinterpretation Before and
After page!
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Before and After!
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These heirloom
Fat Classic sofa and chair had been in the family for generations; their original innards
were cleaned and conserved, and they donned a new skin!
Before and After!
This Retro
Channel Back Chair was conserved and reupholstered into a new life!
Before and After!
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Eames
Lounge Chair + Ottoman (PDF) restored to match a new home.
Before and After
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Heirloom Lawson
Chairs + Ottomans (PDF) received
conserved cushions and a bright silk upholstery.
Before and After!
The kids are grown, and this antique gets some long overdue
attention,
in this conservation/restoration project.
Before and After!
A wingback chair built by our client's grandfather, conserved and restored,
puppy chew marks and all.
Before and After!
This Greek Heirloom (PDF) is
ca. 1880 out of Chicago, upholstered in a polished cotton!
Before and After!
This Carved Swan Wicker
(PDF) set was chewed by puppies;
MPF used conservation techniques to repair the chewed areas, then restored the
cushions.
Before and After!
This large set of
Arts & Crafts, Settle, Footstool, Loveseat and Chairs (PDF)
finish was conserved and cushions were restored.
Before and After!
This Empire Revival
Restoration (PDF) turned out beautifully.
Before and After!
Heirloom Lawson (PDF) received
conserved cushions and a beautiful cotton tapestry upholstery.
Before and After
Heirloom
Channel-Back Sofa + Chair (PDF) received
conserved cushions and channel-backs and a deep cotton velvet upholstery.
Before and After!
Our patron chose a beautiful cotton slubbed tapestry for
their
Arts & Craft Settle and Chair (PDF).
Before and After!
A serious repair was necessary on this
Victorian Settee (PDF);
conservation techniques were utilized on the finish.
A lovely chenille completed the restoration!
Before and After!
This Platform Rocker
(PDF) was a family heirloom;
its finish and spring cushion were conserved and new upholstery added.
Before and After!
This Empire-style sofa from a grand hotel on the East Coast,
handed down through the grandmother,
now conserved and reupholstered.
Before and After!
A Récamier carved and upholstered by an Alcatraz inmate is lovingly restored.
Before & After!
A battered garage sale sofa is restored to its "deco" grandeur for an creative
young couple.
Before & After!
Contemporary pieces from Scan Design go from
wintery tones to bold brights.
Before & After!
Grandpa's Chair is conserved then gets a new life.
Before & After!
From feminine to contemporary.
Before & After!
A sentimental piece bought in San Francisco is repaired then goes bold.
Before and After!
An heirloom lamp whose base was broken in a move, repaired by
one of our co-conservators.
Before and After!
A labor of love for a Katie's mom, and an example of the unusual items repaired
and restored.
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Before and After!
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This Wicker Garden
Settee, Chair and Footstool (PDF) got a new life.
And our shop mascot Sashie in her final year . . .
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