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Hi everyone
Yesterday morning I bought this sideboard at a garage sale.
The owner (not present at the sale) is apparently a carpenter who has just gone travelling to Peru. The sideboard was originally a dark colour but it has been very carefully stripped off with a paint stripper, and possibly also metho, shellite and wet and dry sandpaper.
The timber is really smooth; the minor blemishes of age have been carefully sanded, and all areas of the unit that would be seen in everyday use, have been given very fine attention. He's done a really careful job.
I was told the timber is silky oak.
The two inserts for the doors have been covered in "Feast Watson Glossproof gloss timber varnish" but nothing else has been painted. A lot of abrasive paper, a paint scraper, the tin of gloss varnish, paint brush even a pair of pliers came with it, but
......it is missing its 4 hinges, 2 door handle/escutcheons, 4 draw knobs/handles and both locks.
Q1) I don't really know what the original hardware would have looked like, therefore what to replace or really where is the best source of these fittings? (preferably supplied from australia)
Q2) I could just use the polyurethane varnish that came with it but it if its practical to coat it in something more traditional then I would be interested to consider that....?
Q3) the seller said it is possible to buy kits or sets of hardware for sideboards like this, but I haven't found that to be the case in my googling so far. is it true?
Q4) Does anyone know how old it would be?
I don't know if this piece has any real $ value but it is an attractive piece of furniture in great shape and I wouldn't want to 'harm it' by incorrectly completing the job. Your help much appreciated in advance.
Thanks,
Paul
Hi everyone
Yesterday morning I bought this sideboard at a garage sale.
The owner (not present at the sale) is apparently a carpenter who has just gone travelling to Peru. The sideboard was originally a dark colour but it has been very carefully stripped off with a paint stripper, and possibly also metho, shellite and wet and dry sandpaper.
The timber is really smooth; the minor blemishes of age have been carefully sanded, and all areas of the unit that would be seen in everyday use, have been given very fine attention. He's done a really careful job.
I was told the timber is silky oak.
The two inserts for the doors have been covered in "Feast Watson Glossproof gloss timber varnish" but nothing else has been painted. A lot of abrasive paper, a paint scraper, the tin of gloss varnish, paint brush even a pair of pliers came with it, but
......it is missing its 4 hinges, 2 door handle/escutcheons, 4 draw knobs/handles and both locks.
Q1) I don't really know what the original hardware would have looked like, therefore what to replace or really where is the best source of these fittings? (preferably supplied from australia)
Q2) I could just use the polyurethane varnish that came with it but it if its practical to coat it in something more traditional then I would be interested to consider that....?
Q3) the seller said it is possible to buy kits or sets of hardware for sideboards like this, but I haven't found that to be the case in my googling so far. is it true?
Q4) Does anyone know how old it would be?
I don't know if this piece has any real $ value but it is an attractive piece of furniture in great shape and I wouldn't want to 'harm it' by incorrectly completing the job. Your help much appreciated in advance.
Thanks,
Paul
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