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Restorations & Repair

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Refinishing

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Dining Room Table Restorations

Restoration, Repairs, Refinishing - Create a New Family Heirloom

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Antique Furniture Reproductions for Commission.

Dovetail Oak Blanket Chest

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Oak Dovetail Blank Chest
Oak Dovetail Blank Chest

18th Century Furniture Reproduction

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English Tudor Walnut Buffet
English Tudor Walnut Buffet

1920’s English Tudor walnut buffet restoration.

Shell and Claw Foot carvings by hand.
Shell and Claw Foot carvings by hand.

These are hand carved by James. Samples for furniture restorations offered by TILGHMAN Chicago.

Oak Dining Table refinishing.
Oak Dining Table refinishing.

Oak dining table repaired and refinished for new home design in Chicago.

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View fullsize Chest of Drawers cont. Mahogany bracket feet completed and attached to the case. I also made one of those half round thingys on the left side that was missing. These feet are thicker and will distribute the weight of the case much better than the ori
View fullsize Chest of Drawers cont. More photos of making the bracket feet for this restoration. The original feet were beyond repair because they were originally thin and did not actually support the case. They were decorative by surrounding an angled straight l
View fullsize Chest of Drawers cont. Before I started making bracket feet for this restoration, I needed to make a shooting board for 45 degrees to dial in my miter cuts. Of course, the star in this post is my No. 62 low angle jack plane from Lie-Nielsen. I used t
View fullsize Chest of Drawers restoration cont. To repair or replace? Concerning antique restoration, the obvious answer is to repair it, but if that repair will be weak, then it's replaced/remade without a doubt. These feet were beyond trashed, and all the repa
View fullsize Chest of Drawers restoration cont. Because the original bottom was swiss cheese in each corner and it had many cracks, it was not going to last, so I made a new bottom. The joinery was half blind dovetails, and I used the original bottom as a templat
View fullsize 18th century Chest of Drawers cont. This was a replacement top that was incorrectly made, which caused more damage to the case. The warped twist is beyond repair because of how it was made. Whoever made this spent a lot of time and effort trying to m
View fullsize Chest of Drawers restoration, before photos. Based on the family history, construction, original nails, and the condition of the wood, I am confident that this was built in the New England area during the 18th century. There were many quick repairs
View fullsize Cedar blanket chest restoration completed. Two replacement legs and three moldings were made from aeromatic cedar. Various repairs and refinished with waterlox oil. Scroll to see the before photos. This was in my clients family, and now it's a proper