jamesonflint

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Hello, and thank you for your interest in my work! The pieces shown here are examples of projects I worked on at Meeting House Furniture Restoration in Quechee, VT; techniques pictured include finish-sanding, coloring wood by hand with oil- and solvent-based stains, spraying lacquer finishes, hand-applying oil finishes, and cleaning/polishing metal hardware.

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This cherry table was one of the most difficult– and most rewarding– pieces I’ve ever worked on. In addition to a century of wear and tear, it was made from three different types of cherry wood, each a wildly different color. I recolored it to look cohesive, and hand-applied a Waterlox oil finish. The end result was breathtaking; I’ve honestly never seen a table as beautiful as this turned out to be!

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This mid-century bureau was part of a bedroom suite, which was originally stained a sickly orange color. We refinished it according to the client’s preferences, which included a rich coffee recoloring, and it turned out beautifully!

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This is what I affectionately refer to as “Glue Chair”. It’s one of a trio of early-1800 French farmhouse chairs, but for some reason, someone decided along the line to “stabilize” the seat with an inch-thick layer of urea-formaldehyde glue and fiber. It took about an hour of painstaking chiseling to remove without damaging the structure of the chair– and, as it turns out, the seat was barely in need of repair at all!

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This funky little mahogany table was originally painted an off-white color, although it’d chipped and discolored over the years. After a lot of careful stripping and sanding, we revealed the pattern of the grain on top; after that, all it needed was a little varnish, and it was good to go!

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This pine table came to us worn and badly dented. After a lot of sanding and steaming, I applied a Waterlox oil finish, which did an amazing job of protecting the soft wood and making it glow.

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This little mahogany desk was one of my favorite pieces I’ve worked on. From the elm burl accents, to the detailing on the interior drawers, it was a joy to stain and refinish!

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I stained and helped refinish this dresser, and polished the hardware; you could hardly see the grain in the drawer veneer before we sanded it.

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This rosewood chair got a cleaning with turpentine and linseed oil and a fresh coat of shellac; it looked lovely when we got it, but the refinishing left it drop-dead gorgeous.

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This rocking chair had quite a bit of wear and discoloration through the seat and arms. I feathered stain over it to even the color, and recolored the rest to complement the dark mahogany hue of the splat. It turned out beautifully!

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This oak dresser had been left out in the rain, and was missing several chunks of its carvings. After making rough replicas using casts of what remained, I hand-carved the fluting and shaped them to match, then colored them using Microton stain and graining pens.

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A set of rosewood chairs with extensive water damage; I removed the old caning, gave them a good cleaning with turpentine and linseed oil to remove the worst of the deteriorated finish, then overcoated them in shellac.

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A gorgeous door from the mid-1800s, which I handpainted front and back with oil enamel. The client adored the amount of character we were able to preserve, as well as the newly-polished brass hardware.