Antique Restoration Hardware – Restored Furniture Tips
Furniture Refinishing, Repair & Antique Furniture Restoration is a technique is a process of restoring antique
pieces of furniture or luois style french bedroom furniture or kitchen cabinets or other wood work. This is a technique
where these pieces of furniture along with the handles and antique brass knobs keeps the same color, style but makes them
look good and useful.
Hardware restoration is part of this technique and all efforts are made to clean and make the hardware look as it was when
antiue bedroom furniture was new. In case old mission style hardware is not restorable then you can contact antique hardware
stores or restorers in your area.
This is a delicate and very thoughful process and requires quite a bid of strategy and experience. Efforts should be made
not to lower the value of furniture including knobs and drawer pulls. There are many stores or online dicount coupon sites
where you will get websites that sell vintage reproduction hardware also for example hoosier, trunk parts, ice box.
Always get an estimate when hiring a restorer or if the job is too expensive and try to do it yourself. some of the supplies
you are going to need are Furniture Wax, Wood Stain, Polish, sand paper antique knobs, french handles or drawer pulls.
Another important tip on how to turn your refrigerator into antique ice box is by installing Refrigerated Drawer D-Pull Latch or Horizontal D-Pull. These comes in antique nickel finish. you may also use Ambidextrous Dog and Handle Latch. Large D pulls can also be used as sub zero handles.