john gutsell
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 0 min
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john gutsell
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 1 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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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