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Hand crafted designs, specializing in woodworking & vintage furniture restoration.

04/06/2025

Now available! Mid century modern Mersman two tier walnut end tables.

16/12/2024

Latest projects! Want to see more details?? Follow my IG to see more of what I’ve been up to.

06/08/2024

I spent the week refinishing my grandparents kitchen cabinets! It took me a solid 6 days to get these done but boy was it rewarding seeing her face when we attached the last door. 🥰

Before and after shots.. process shots coming soon!
Now I can’t wait to refinish my cabinets!

17/07/2024

Mid century Thomasville oak campaign style dresser set .

After 20+ hours of work, they’re finished!
Now available for purchase, comment or message for more details.

09/07/2024

Refinished MCM Lane Altavista two tier step up table.

I love how this table turned out, personally I’m a huge fan of two tone wood in a piece. Rather than toning down the wood grain to match them.

25”H x 32”W x 32”D this piece is available for purchase. Message for details. Local pick up or delivery available.

21/06/2024

Primitive dresser with a white wash natural finish. With completely rebuilt drawers, new handles, and lots of stain removal this dresser is now ready for the next 100 years of life.

The drawers are built with Knapp Joints, which tells me it was built between 1860s-1900s. The solid oak dresser had a lot of stains but with the help of some Oxalic acid, almost all the stains have been removed.
The handles are new, sadly finding a set of 12 matching antique handles proved to be a real challenge.

06/06/2024

I’d like your help! Would you finish this 1900s oak dresser in a traditional dark stain or a simple clear coat to give it a lighter modern look?

Let me know in the comments. 😄

09/05/2024

I LOVE restoring furniture. This right here is the best part of it all. Seeing all the hours and hand sanding showing up in the finished product.
This console table is available for purchase.
18”D x 38”W x 32 1/2”H

I had to use some new techniques I’ve never tried before on this cabinet. Steaming out giant scratches from the top with my iron and a wet towel. It is really amazing how trusting the process paid off.

Have you ever steamed out a scratch? Here’s what I did:
I used a household iron on the highest setting and an old T-shirt sleeve soaked in water. I sprayed the cabinet spot, and set the wet towel over the spot. Set the iron on the towel for 3-5sec until it sizzled. I let the towel sit on the spot for 30 sec before removing the towel. This piece had multiple deep scratches on the top. I moved from scratch to scratch, repeating the process about 10 times each scratch, until the scratch was lifted. I then let it dry out over night and sanded smooth the next day. Now they are almost invisible.

02/05/2024

Indiana Desk Co. made many versions of this desk and I have 3 different ones 😂 let me know if you’re interested in a custom commissioned desk 😊

42”L x 26”D x 30”H
Chair space is 22”W x 24”H with 13” to bar across bottom.

01/05/2024

Mid century modern two tier table, completely refinished.

This one gave me a run for my money. I tested out my new sprayer finishing this piece. It worked great but then I accidentally got black paint on the base. So it was completely sanded down again. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m just proud of myself for not tossing it to the curb. 😂

26/04/2024

My main man wanted to help me decorate the latest piece of furniture that I refinished. Of course, I said yes!

As a single mom working a full time job, along with refinishing furniture on the side there are things we just do together now and I’m always happy for this guys help. Luckily for me he is very passionate about decorating. ❤️

25/04/2024

It’s been a long time coming 💃🏻🎶 and now he’s finished!
Mid century modern lowboy walnut dresser.
19”D x 31 3/4”H x 60”W

Completely refinished, here was the process:
1. Scrape the entire base and face of drawers.
2. Strip the handles, scrub clean.
3. Sand everything down using 120-220 grit sandpaper.
4. Fix water mark stain with
5. Fill all the damage on the handles, this was the most time consuming. The handles were so soft and had a lot of damage.
6. 3 coats of wipe on poly coat for the base and drawer faces.
7. Tape off all the handles, prime and then paint. Along with very tedious touch up painting along the tight edges.
8. Hand sand and wax all the interior of the drawers.

Refinishing a large dresser like this isn’t a quick job and I definitely dragged my feet finishing his one. I could not be happier with the final results though. If you’ve gotten this far, let me know what you think, have you ever seen this style mcm dresser before? Google didn’t have any answers on identifying the maker.

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60513

Telephone

618-660-7196

Website

http://hardwooddesigns.org/

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