Custom Turkey pot calls

Custom line of turkey pot calls, spalted, curly,  burl and birdseye maple calls. Burzilian Rosewoood  calls and Strikers. All calls have been treated with wood harder to preserve the calls.

Porcelain repair

Lamp base with a chip out of a corner.  The material I use to fourm creates a strong hold and lends itself ver well to overlaying colored glazes. Before and after.

Porcelain repair

This cute little plate was broken by a cleaning lady. I get cleaning companies bringing me damaged ptoperty. So far every job has been satisfaction.
You can see the pieces replaced and the finished piece.

Porcelain repair

Colonial Restoration studio received a couple of damaged lamps from a customer's move. Putting a puzzle together with most of the pieces , filling in the missing pieces where necessary. Matching up the tones to give an almost invisible look.

Antigue furniture repair and cleaning

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An important part of furniture conservation is careful cleaning.  Removing the years of dirt trapped in the finish. As the shellac ages each year it becomes hard in the winder and soft in the summer when it attracts air dirt and then traps it when it hardens.  Cleaning this dirt takes a special formula to extract the dirt.
Furniture Cleaning by colonialrestorationstudio on Flickr. Just follow this link to see and comment on this album: https://www.flickr.com/gp/125640736@N03/6221Sb

Mirror Frame Repair

Colonial Restoration Studio took in this Water Gilded frame with 2 reverse glass painting. The frame had numerous chipped, broken and missing gilded areas. The glass painting had a few areas of chipped paint that were touched up. The missing Gilded balls were replaced and gilded along with damaged corners and sides. The gold leaf was then cleaned to bring back the brilliance of the water gilded gold leaf.

Colonial Restoration Studio Table refinishing and repair

When starting a project we hand strip and repair all the lose joins , in this case the table top boards. Needed to be separated, old glues removed and reattached , Then sanded sealed and the desired finish applied. This table has been finished with a boiled linseed finished and buffed.  Late 1800's pine farm  table. this is one of many jobs done for this customer