Clarelle Furniture Restoration

Kauri meat safe

ccarnegie — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:52:05 +0000

: Classic little kauri pine meat safe

Every house had one – kuari pine meat safe, circa 1910

English Oak rolltop desk

mvolpes — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:32:42 +0000

A 1920′s English oak rolltop desk – always nice to restore and worth it.

Barbers Chair

mvolpes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:56:39 +0000

This is a before and after photo of the same barber chair – I did it for fun as it reminded me of the type of projects I did back in Canada – American Oak, circa 1910

maple piano Bench 7

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:09:19 +0000

A very nice piano bench in maple, circa 1920′s

Edwardian walnut Wardrobe 4

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:08:53 +0000

An edwardian compactum wardrobe, circa 1900 – in walnut

oak stacking bookcase 42

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:07:53 +0000

Hard to find lawyers stacking bookcase, a lot of these were made in the eastern USA and seem to have found their way out to Australia. This one is solid Oak, circa 1920′s

custom Clock 7

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:07:15 +0000

I made this cedar stand for the brass fittings supplied – it was a retirement gift – he was happy as with it!

custom hardwood hutch – 7

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:06:23 +0000

This is a custom hardwood hutch I made back in 1997 before I had my first grey hair days.

ash night table 41

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:05:37 +0000

A simple 1930′s ash night table, and it’s before photo – it was found outside under the tree’s – it was done as a birthday gift for the hubby as it was his as a child.

custom TV cabinet 40

mvolpes — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:03:54 +0000

This was built from old ash house framing and ash shelving from an old kitchen – talk about quality – it weighed a ton – now adays the low line consols are popular for the big screen TV’s – I can build what ever you want – just bring all your ideas in so I can work out what you want.