If every journey begins with a single step, the road to antique furniture knowledge can start with a foot – specifically, the antique foot style of a chair, chest or table. Identifying antique furniture foot styles can be helpful in identifying the approximate age and style of a piece. Listed below are foot styles developed …
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Eliminate Things that Don’t Matter
From the Master – Seth Godin – couldn’t say it any better myself – A recipe for personal and brand triage… We invest our time in hopes of a return, prioritizing the important, but sometimes, we waste it on the urgent instead. What’s worth focusing on improving? How about a combination of these three: The …
Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Today’s post is a great article on what Mid-Century Modern is. If you are like I am – you hear that term thrown around quite a bit lately, but there is a whole lot more to it than just the period where furniture was built. If you’ve spent any time talking with other collectors, …
10 Steps to Restoring Your Furniture
Professional furniture restorers and hobbyists alike all have one thing in common: the desire to pluck a piece of furniture off the side of the road and restore it to its former glory. What’s not to like? You’re saving something from a landfill and breathing new life into a forgotten item. The former owner only saw a …
Recent Projects
Until next time – Dan @ Wood Menders
Recent Projects
Here are some of the recent projects that we have been working on at Wood Menders: Until next time – Dan @ Wood Menders
A Look at a Rococo Revival Furniture Master’s Work
Chair from a Belter Parlor Set – Part of the Furniture Collection at The Queen Anne Private Residence Club in Eureka Springs, Ark. (http://www.thequeenannemansion.com/) – Photo Courtesy of The Queen Anne Mansion When it comes to Rococo Revival furniture, John Henry Belter was no doubt the master craftsman working in the mid-1800s. He was so …