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john gutsell
Oct 213 min read
Finger post restoration
I was given the rather unusual project of restoring a finger post. This was a brilliant replica of one of the oldest original surviving...
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john gutsell
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Hidden compartments in a 18th century bureau
I customer recently asked me to restore what first appeared to be a very standard looking victorian bureau with the usual round handles....
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john gutsell
Apr 28, 20225 min read
Restoration of 200+ year old leather & casting
Another interesting project from a lovely couple who are doing an amazing job on sympathetically restoring an amazing period property...
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john gutsell
Apr 4, 20223 min read
The mystery of the Russian doll coffer…
A customer brought me an interesting project recently. On lifting the lid you can see that there is another piece of oak fixed to the...
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john gutsell
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Re-instating a Georgian door in an amazing historic property
The project was to replace a modern glass in a Georgian house with an authentic one. To mitigate the loss of light that the solid door...
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john gutsell
May 5, 20213 min read
Fancy something bespoke? Love your pet?
Customer brief: Restore a rusty bench that was given to the customer and her husband as a wedding present. In addition come up with a...
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john gutsell
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Restoring an 18th Century oil painting.
An interesting restoration project purchased on ebay for less than £100. I could tell that underneath the many years of soot and varnish...
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john gutsell
Apr 22, 20202 min read
Bleach damaged table restoration
A customer had been using a spray cleaner containing bleach but the bottle had a break in it. Not realising this it was put on a table....
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john gutsell
Jan 22, 20201 min read
Restoration of an Edwardian cottage front door.
Although the original door it has had some fairly rough treatement over the years. The original stained glass panels had been replaced...
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john gutsell
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Making of a bespoke console table.
The client had seen a table from a very ‘on trend’ furniture supplier (this is the screen shot I was sent). However it was not the right...
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john gutsell
Jan 17, 20190 min read
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john gutsell
Dec 20, 20182 min read
What to do with big bits of felled tree?
After having to cut down some mature trees I felt it slightly mad to just turn them into firewood and wanted a better legacy for them. I...
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john gutsell
Oct 30, 20181 min read
Corner cupboard in distress
The below picture shows the sorry state this piece was in from a customer Stratford-upon-avon. One of its escutcheons was missing, it had...
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john gutsell
Mar 8, 20181 min read
The art of matching the old with the new.
This is the top of a tilt-top-table. Because the broken piece holds the entire weight of the oak table top it had to be replaced instead...
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john gutsell
Feb 7, 20181 min read
Rescuing a French bed eaten by woodworm
Every piece I restore is different. Its what makes this job interesting. you never know what you are going to see next. Its good to share in
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john gutsell
Feb 2, 20171 min read
Mirror mirror...
The pictures below show a lovely old Georgian mirror in some state when obtained. Major sections were broken or missing. It required the...
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john gutsell
May 3, 20161 min read
Repair of a ruined chair.
The chair had suffered from broken tennons caused by a heavily woodwormed frame support block. The very thin tennons were then not...
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john gutsell
Aug 14, 20141 min read
Mahogany Pembroke table
Don’t throw it away! This sorry looking thing is a fine old Georgian Pembroke Table, everything that could be done to it had been done....
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