Refinishing the piece means taking off the old finish and creating a new one. It’s physically demanding, so be prepared to use some elbow grease for this messy and cumbersome job. For those do-it-yourselfers, it’s best to use a combination of chemical strippers and sanding to refinish a piece of furniture. Above all, be patient, …
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Recent Projects from Wood Menders
Here are some of the most recent projects we have been working on – Enjoy:
Furniture Finishing Tips
Today’s post is a great article that I found in Popular Woodworking. Enjoy! Furniture finishing doesn’t have to be complicated or mysterious. That’s not to say that even experienced finishers don’t run into problems from time to time; everybody does. But there are ways to make the outcome of your project finishing a lot more predictable …
Kitchen Cabinet Spring Cleaning
With Spring here – if you are like most people spend some time cleaning your house inside & out. Your kitchen cabinets can be one of the most expensive items in your house – but how do you take care of them and give them the TLC that they deserve? Kitchen cabinets tend to collect …
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 …
Guide to Wood
Types of Wood – A Furniture Guide There are countless types of wood available for furniture manufacturing, from the common to the exotic. However, some types of wood make more practical furnishings than other types. For this reason, you should take the specific type of wood for your furniture construction into heavy consideration. In addition …
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, …