A client called asking that I refinish a desk they just acquired. The piece is a fairly nice Queen Anne desk that someone else had begun refinishing but never completed. Here’s what it looked like when I received it.
Before…….
I then stripped it completely to remove all the finish. I would have preferred not to strip down to bare wood, however the previous person had sanded the top down to bare wood, so I didn’t have a choice. Heres’s what it looked like after the first coat of coloring. I used a standard Burnt Umber – very light coat.
I sprayed a seal coat and then brushed on a very light coat of very diluted black glaze. I then “aged” the piece by brushing black glaze in all the crevices and corners.. notice the black highlights on the leg closeup.
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fantastic.
Quite a difference to see a project by someone who knows what he is doing. Your work is beautiful. I can’t do things like this—mine is the semi-rescued junk style. I really like the chest which you made from old doors.