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Restoration on a 19th Century Italian Medieval Style Armour This was a lovely piece of 19th century Italian medieval style full suit of armour with shield and axe.  My customer had asked if I could clean it up a little bit. But with over 150 years of dirt the armour and its etched features were black and difficult to see, especially the etching on the legs and feet. They also asked if I could improve its stand as it was wobbling and the armour would full apart on it. The visor of the helmet was in 2 pieces and needed adjusting...

Restoration Job on a Pine Cabinet  Here was a tired pine sideboard that was worn out and left in a shed. I thought this would be a fantastic project to tidy up. Once I got the unit back to the workshop, I took the doors off and the internal beading (very carefully), carefully unscrew the handles not to damage the screws. These then to the buffing wheel to break down the old dirty and bring them glimmering back to life. Buffed the ends of the screws. Once they were done, the next step was to protect them from going back...

Small Restoration Project on a W. E. Hills and sons Cello Case I found this piece in an old shop that was closing down the exterior had been bashed about for years with out any care to it. But the interior of the cello case was the winner for me. It is so vibrant and fully of colour in near mint condition with some minor signs of wear. This case didn't need to much doing to it. As this case had been Ebonised in the past I decided to re coat the case with an ebony stain. I applied 2 coats...

Restoration Project on an old Marble Top Kitchen Unit This piece was left in a client's old home for years which ended up having many different tenants. So the unit got neglected and the wheels on these piece had smashed to pieces leaving the metal pieces to damage the floor. So my first job was to remove the old casters which were left on. Some needed abit of force due to rusty screws being rounded off. Then unscrewed the rails to each end giving them a slight rub down on the metal to take off the rust Mark's. Some screws...

This Hourglass Side Table Was One of My Smaller Restoration Projects My client brought this to me asking to give a new paint job as his partner had painted it the wrong colour and neither of them liked it. This paint was hard to strip off in some places but easy on others. I completely took the piece apart. And stripped each piece by hand which took many hours. While stripping this hourglass I also notice the glass had paint dripped all around it which needed strip off and cleaning. The glass once paint was removed I cleaned with white...