Before & After
Sheet Caned Bar Stool
These bar stools belong to a customer in Valparaiso, Indiana, hoping to use them in her kitchen. Restoring the unraveled webbing takes precision and care. First, we gently removed the old, damaged webbing and replaced it with a sheet cane. Manufactured …
100 Year Old Sofa
A delicate, white sofa came to us from Valparaiso, Indiana. Our customer, who is nearly 80 years old, remembers sitting on this beautiful sofa when she was five years old with her grandmother. Family heirlooms, such as this one, can …
A Curlicue Settee Comes Out of Storage
We recently repaired, refinished and reupholstered this unique project. After the frame broke, the chairs were put in storage, out of sight, but not forgotten. The owner, who remembers it as a child, couldn’t see this family heirloom’s life end, …
Wing Back Chairs
The Chesterton owner of these two wing back chairs had an uncle with a showroom in the Merchandise Mart. These chairs were purchased there in the 1930s or early 1940s. Considered very high end at the time, we preserved the …
Little White Chair
A customer from Valparaiso brought in this little white chair that once belonged to her grandmother. She wanted it to be as similar as possible to the original. We brought it to life after refinishing the frame and reupholstering the …
Channel Back Chair
Non-traditional is the way to go with this channel back chair. Our customer attached a great deal of sentimental value to this chair, and trusted us to revamp the chair’s look with new upholstery and refinishing. We added some more …
