When my Grandmother passed, I received the music that was found in her piano bench. I have so much joy playing the early 1900's music and thinking of what a wonderful person she was. I am sure the owner of this sheet music cabinet will have the same pleasure from this beautiful piece of furniture. Have a beautiful Christmas with your family.
Nice to see you and your dad working together, I’m sure he is proud of you carrying on the family tradition of restoring furniture. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with many more projects to come.
Beautiful job, as usual, Trena. I'm a classical musician and I have NEVER seen a music cabinet of that particular design. It's a very sweet, practical and relatively compact piece of furniture. It could easily be stored in the nook or corner of a small music studio or den. I love it! You can't go wrong with a deep, rich, luxurious mahogany finish. After all, The Bombay Company created a whole business model around that look. Anyway, I glad to seeing you settling in to your new (old) digs in Saskatoon. As I mentioned before, Regina/Saskatoon are my old stomping grounds and I know the area and the people well. Of course, you fit right in. You have a bit of that Western hospitality built into your genes. Nice to see your dad getting his toes wet again, too.
Thank you, Trena. I want to wish you and your dad a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year. I love your content, you are not only a great restorer but a good teacher.
I was once surprised by a painted on finish which was kind of a bummer. More recently I found a bar cart that was in ok shape but I *think* was stored in a shed or or something that caused the shellac on top to bubble from heat. Just a guess. Overall it was in good shape though. I thought maybe I could reconstitute the shellac finish on the top and just clean up the rest of it. I was so careful to just use some denatured alcohol lightly on the top because I thought it was a painted on finish. It just wasn’t working so I gave up and stripped the top. Turned out it wasn’t painted on, it was solid mahogany with a beautiful grain. Ended up stripping the top, doing a sort of French polish on the top with shellac, and putting some poly over that because it will be in a location where I can’t keep the heathens from putting things on it. It’s a beautiful piece of furniture. Could have saved myself some time if I’d looked a little harder!
Oh my gosh, the musician in me just got so excited seeing all of the music hidden under the drawers! Have an amazing Christmas with your family, Trena! ❤
It is lovely watching you working with your dad again. What a beautiful job you have done on this Music storage cabinet. I’m sure she would love to receive the music back if it has come from her family. Those things are so precious. Once again, your talent shines through and it is a pleasure watching you work.
I was given a vintage file cabinet from my old elementary school. Behind the draws I found old test answers and student behavior management techniques. If only I had those test answers back in the day! Good to see someone using a flat plate to stop the wood being dented when removing the nails. Very nice result. I'm wondering if it could be made to look fancier with better knobs. The wood ones are ok, but they look a bit Armish. You know what would work. Putting those on the lathe and turning a few circles in that domed front. Would just lift it a bit.
hi Trena, why did you move away from Windsor to Saskatoon? That is quite a move about 800 miles, right? You went from humidityville to dry climate it sounds like too. I am curious about why you moved. Do you like the drier climate? Is it easier to breathe in a drier climate? Do you like Saskatoon? signed by curious Bart
I understand completely. It is ALWAYS fun to go home away you've been away for awhile, No? I love your restorations! Keep up the great job. The videoa aren't too bed either kiddo! Am I allowed to call you kiddo? Happy New Year Trena.
Merry Christmas Trena, John, and family! Here's a question! How many other viewers took one look at this cabinet, and immediately wondered, "How many pairs of shoes could I fit in. here"? LOL!
STUNNING ! Looks big enough for even the director's copies. Please Note: If you find sheet music, no matter the date of copywrite or age, make sure to take care of it. Some of the first printings can be worth a hell of a lot of $$$. At 17:22 - That little dresser on the left looks almost exactly like one I carefully UN painted and applied a hand rubbed finish to years ago. One BIG difference though. Four different colors of thick veneer. No Staining and looked like nothing less than a custom masterpiece to me.
Memories. Back in the 80s I helped a friend who did furniture restoration/small custom work. It is amazing how much abuse and damage can be undone on well built solid wood furniture. The one sad note was that some repeat customers subjected the redone items to the same abuse. The reference to Goudey stains also brought memories. In the 70s I crewed on an older wood racing yacht in Toronto. One of the owners was a principal in Goudey’s. Amongst other things he made up canned heat for the little gimbal “stove” we had. We called the stuff “Jacko” in his honour.
Over the years, I've found some old coins, a banknote and some children's drawings in old pieces as well as some Victorian news print pages...No treasure yet!
Merry Christmas. Thanks for the video. I recently found some okay looking furniture and thought I'd try my hand at cleaning and fixing them up a bit. They had really great wood grain until I started sanding and then it disappeared. 😳 I guess they use silkscreen to put on grain, i don't know how anyone could paint that.. Well, I washed the rest of it down and put some new stain on it. It's okay for a guest bedroom and it was free.
Merry christmas Trena and family, thank you for all the vids you've made for our entertainment and insight into how to restore and rejuvenate furniture its been entertaining and educational, see you in 2024🥰😘💕👍👍👍
¡It's art! En realidad una restauración con un tesoro oculto. Felicitaciones a tu papá por enseñarte la técnica de mezcla de tintes y felicitaciones a la alumna que supo aprovechar la experiencia de su padre. Lograr el color apropiado para determinados casos no es fácil. Te ves con buen ánimo, se te ve radiante, espero que todo te vaya bien, bendiciones. ¡Feliz Navidad! Estimada Trena, para toda tu familia.
When buying used furniture with drawers or exploring an abandoned house with furniture left behind you always pull out the bottom drawer all the way to see if anything is hidden under it.
Were the holes in the top of the cabinet for a removable music stand of some type? Never mind, those were holes for the screws holding the knobs on the drawer fronts.
