Taryn Zychal

Before Photo

You can see so much surface damage here around the edge and even worse, layers upon layers of lacquer and clear coat that all had to get sanded off to reveal the real natural beauty and grain.

This photo illustrates the depth of damage I had to get through to find the real wood!

Finished product! Stripped and sanded to its natural finish and treated with a few coats of Danish Oil. Sold for $350 within a week of restoration.

A quick before and after of a dining chair I reupholstered for a customer, there were 6 chairs in total that I did for her in this color.

Another example of a dining chair restoration and reupholster. This was also a set of 6. The customer let me pick out the fabric based off of specific guidelines, and what I bought for her, which she loved, was a small ream of red orange velvet that I bought from a vendor on Fabric Row. It was found in an old theater from the 1900s in a storage space and was thought to have been the excess from when they had the chairs upholstered originally. Naturally she loved the fabric, it was exceptionally thick, rugged and tough, yet so regal and brilliant.

These are brass pieces of a mid-century lamp that was heavily tarnished and broken. The left is untouched, while the right is after I have cleaned and polished it.

Another view of the brass pieces. This is the piece that encases the back of a bullet shaped task lamp from this era; the hole on the top is where the click switch would stick out. Unpolished/Polished

Here you can see the contrast in a piece of brass I was in the middle of cleaning and restoring. Also some damage in the black paint which you will later see was also fixed.

The entire lamp needed to be rewired as well, the existing wires were not reliable, so I rewired it.

This photo illustrates a polished versus unpolished brass lamp neck. This lamp was particularly tarnished.

Another photo illustrating the process of restoring brass to its real look.

Masked up and ready to paint!

Final product! Fresh rewire, polish, intensive cleaning, new paint and brand new bulbs!

These photos illustrate the ridiculous amount of wear on the arm rests of this gorgeous France & Daverkosen Danish armchair.

These photos illustrate the ridiculous amount of wear on the arm rests of this gorgeous France & Daverkosen Danish armchair.

Detail shot of damage on the arm rests of this gorgeous France & Daverkosen Danish armchair.

After some intense sanding, color matching 2/3rds of the arm rest to the original 1/3rd, and applying a tinted lacquer, the result was perfect!

After some intense sanding, color matching 2/3rds of the arm rest to the original 1/3rd, and applying a tinted lacquer, the result was perfect! Both sides looked identical!