Tag: Furniture Painting

Hiring out for antique furniture repair begins with doing your homework

Today we are talking antiques.  So you have an antique that is showing its age and needs some repair – how do you know who to go to and make sure they do not mess it up further. Sooner or later, most of us who hang out with antiques get the urge to do a …

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Recent Projects

Here are some of our recent projects that we have been working on at Wood Menders.  Do you have an interesting project?  Contact Wood Menders today to add additional services.    

Steel Wool – Good For Your Antique Furniture?

In today’s post we are discussing the use of Steel Wool.  While it has many great uses (we use it all of the time) – there has been an ongoing argument not only in our shop, but among professionals across the country of whether Steel Wool should be used with antiques. Almost every book you …

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4 reasons why antique values vary

Today’s post is a great article from the folks over at Antique Trader about the reasons Antique Furniture Values vary.  And they can very greatly. How many times have you read the report of an auction somewhere and the price quoted on some article just didn’t seem reasonable, either way too high or way too …

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Recent Projects

Here are some recent projects that we have worked on.     We would love to hear your comments!  Leave them below Until next time – Dan @ Wood Menders

25 DIY Ideas for BookShelves

Today’s post comes from Buzzfeed – where they give 25 quick Do it yourself ideas to create a book shelf.  There are a lot of pretty neat ideas.  Let us know which one you like best. 25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves These easy and clever bookshelves look so much cooler than anything you can …

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Recent Projects

Here are some of the projects we have been working on for some of our awesome clients! Let us know what you think.