Restoration of antique furniture

If you have a passion for restoration and it gives you great satisfaction to restore old furniture, or in disuse, and get the best shape for them, it is likely that often, you dedicate yourself to the search for new challenges and old furniture to work on. Find the furniture it is perhaps the most difficult part in a restoration.

Easier is when you have a family that usually keeps in the attics or empty garages, old furniture in the hope of finding at least the moment when someone restores it or simply keep it as a family memory. It is an excellent idea to take them and proceed to restore antique furniture of the family.

If you have a bit of an investigative spirit, you can explore the basements of your friends and family, who in turn may also find parts of antique furniture to give it a new life, because once worked and polished, it would be perfect for the living room or bedroom.

For those who are not lucky enough to have relatives with attics, full of furniture or you have already tried but have not found any old furniture to restore, and no longer know where to look, you can go in search of resale or used furniture stores , antique markets, there you can find a piece that is suitable for you.

You can find some antique markets that provide you with good products. But beware of fakes, don't just look at the antique furniture on the outside, but also explore its internal condition before buying the furniture and check that it is not an imperfect type of wood.

You can also see the metal components in the case of an antique or fake furniture: You understand that when checking if the metal is uneven, it is most likely the original, even if the metal and wood is well defined and regular too, then it is certainly a fake. Even the windows can help us in the investigation, since the old, hand-blown, present small imperfections.

With a bit of luck you can get good old furniture to restore, and that is original, since there are many that are not, even in antique markets.