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The table comes
from my grandfathers. Circa 1950’s, mahogany with folding leaves the height of the table. When I received it, it was
black lacquered with a dry spot where it had faced a window. A pizza box, hot coffee mug and a pan of brownies straight out
of the oven put white stain on its surfaces. It was time to refinish.
I first stripped the table with easy strip. The directions read let stand
for 24 hours; this took more like 3 days. I than meticulously scrapped and sanded for two weeks, than stained with a light
cherry and used a wipe on polyurethane, 2 coats on the legs and six coats on the top surface. I like the way it turned out
and it makes a great piece.
1939 Philco Radio Cabinet
When I closed down the Studio.
I brought home with me a cabinet. The cabinet sat in a corner of my Studio and held my stereo and television. The cabinet
belonged to someone in my families past we are not sure of who. When I had received it, it had been painted white. I than painted
it in the arts and craft style. To go with the Studio. I always new there was nice wood underneath but never had the time
to spend to restore it.
Now that it has moved home
with me. I do not have space for it in the Studio and it will need to be absord into the rest of the house. I began stripping
the many layers of paint and varnish. I discovered these beautifull vaniers underneath. With a little research I discovered
that this is a Philco, highboy style radio from 1939. The venears are beautifull. My intension is to convert the cabinet into
a liqure cabenit. I mostly finished the stripping before the weather turned cold. I will have to wait till spring to continue
with this project.
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