My most expensive chair restoration 

☝This is a friendly competition between 4 channels☝. Vote by liking your favorite video. The video that gets most of likes, wins! The likes will be counted 02.12.2023 Fixing Furniture ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DmjHAyVWWqI.html Johns Furniture Repair ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Csx88UAJV6U.html Transcend Furniture Gallery ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vuEoWc6dEQ8.html AT Restoration ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PSDdysDRbrc.html

Did anyone else hold their breath when he was putting the gold leaf on... beautiful restoration

One thing I really like is how quiet the video is. Calm, not distracting from the craft.

Any 19th century aristocrat would be very fortunate to have you as an artisan!

You have skill and knowledge that is dying out in the modern world. Your restoration and upholstery is of a very high standard. What a pleasure to have watched your video I enjoyed every moment. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I know you are a master craftsman,with years of experience, but when I watch your videos, I feel like I am watching a magician at work!!😍❤️

Oh. My. God! The skill and patience to do all that gilding... I am absolutely floored!! What an amazing restoration!!

What a time to be alive! I couldn't be more grateful for the internet to allow me to watch this restoration. Thank you for sharing this piece of art that your restorations are

That chair is a bona-fide piece of history. What a find!

I hope the owner puts the original fabric into a glass frame. I 've recently been to an antique fabric and carpet exhibition. Even fragments nicely presented are pleasant to look at.

Wow! This should be in a museum. The green and gold is a great combination.

1300 euros in gold and fabric. When you were cutting it, my heart stopped. But your hand didn't slip! Wow! Bravo!

I was used guilt leaf in an art class. Not gold, not a large project (might have been a picture frame) and my hands were still shaking at the cost. This restoration was masterwork.

The upholstery and gold leaf would have turned me away from such a project. Quite the skills you have developed in this modern world of paint and memory foam. Beautiful work!!

It never ceases to amaze me on how someone will do a sloppy job in restoring an antique piece of furniture. This is one of the main reasons i watch the channels that i do. You guys know what you're doing and do it well because you take the time to learn the proper techniques. If my grandmother was alive still she would have enjoyed this video immensely! The reason for that is because she started doing upholstery as her way of paying the bills. when i was born i spent so much time at her house just sitting there watching her work in fascination. It is an amazing thing to see! I just wish she was able to see you work. She passed just shy of her 101st birthday. God rest her soul. She did this work for just over 80 years before she stopped. This chair turned out absolutely stunning. I hope it goes home with someone who takes special good care of her.

This is by far the most beautiful restoration of a piece of furniture from a master working class man. Great job on this piece of art.

I can see a Romanov sitting in that chair! Wonderful craftsmanship!

Well, I watched them all, and I'm back. This chair is just STUNNING. The level of detail and care is beyond compare. Thank you for another great restoration.

The historical accuracy of your work is again, the best I've seen on RU-vid and an example of true restoration. A video like this should be required viewing for upcoming content creators. Fantastic job, and best of luck with the competition!

Imagine a woman in 19 th century gown sitting in that tiny chair! Incredible craftmanship!

Well, so far i have liked 2 videos in the "competition"... I have no doubt i will like the other 2 as well. So... I will not be a deciding vote... but the truth is that WE, the viewers, are the true winners. We get to enjoy all this amazing work! Thanx, Ahti! This restoration was truly breathtaking!

That was a gorgeous restoration, Ahti. Beautifully done and ready for the next 200 years.

Кропотливый труд с сусальным золотом! Терпение и профессионализм в работе налицо! На такой стул из дворца садиться страшно! А ведь О.Бендер их когда-то не жалел.

This will always be the Number One RU-vid Channel for furniture restorations! However, the winner has to be the viewers, watching your magician like skills as you work your magic 👏👏👏👏

You sure give this chair the Midas touch! 😂 lots of finicky work. 👍👍👍

I will never get bored of watching how the springs are being tied 😊

Wow, that’s a nice chair…. Imagine having a whole set

Gave my vote for you magic work and for magic work Russian masters. Thank you very much, you are magician ❤❤❤

I click on the thumbs up before I even watch your videos because I know it’s going to be great!

Truly a master at these restorations. I saw this kind of chair in Catherine the Great’s Summer Palace near St Petersburg. I hope you win. Personally I’d have liked to see the upholstery done in silk, but the velvet is beautiful. 👏👏

Wow! This is stunning! It looks like it belongs at Versailles now. Beautiful craftsmanship, gold leafing and upholstery professionally done and love the trim. Very impressive 👏👏👏

Heck, I was holding my breath while you applied the gold leaf! That stuff is so fragile: a person my husband built a house for wanted gold leaf applied in a skylight dome. The exercise in putting the gold leaf on in that application would make your hair fall out. I can't imagine doing something like this! The old upholstery looked like it was silk. Such a fragile looking piece, but your firm handling was just right. An absolutely absorbing video: I always look forward to you videos and learn so much. Thank You!

I am so pleased to see you wearing a Band-Aid! I couldn’t understand how you could do all that fine work with unblemished hands. Lovely work again Ahti!

Wonderful work Ahti! That gold leaf looks very challenging to work with. I love watching your upholstery work, that's great!

Absolutely exquisite work and the Russian chair is gorgeous .. Russian furniture is beautiful and it does not get the credit in the design world it deserves.. Thankfully someone with your extraordinary talent and restoration skills still exist to restore some of these historic and beautiful pieces. My daughter in law is Russian and from Moscow. She and her family are well educated and beautiful people with an appreciation for their Russian culture, which is outstanding in all the Arts.. Another outstanding restoration to your credit... Bravo....Your talent and skills are outstanding and obviously taught by a Master craftsman,,,

BEAUTIFUL work!♥ And I love the quietness ...so that the concentration is all on the work! Bravo!😊

While I may never finish a chair like this in my lifetime it is truly rewarding to see the transformation by a skilled craftsman. Thank you for sharing.

Absolutely Beautiful!

I always love seeing you tackle a new medium like gold leaf Ahti and you aced it, even though the process looked nerve wracking 😮! The shape of the chair seat upholstered looked perfect. Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video. So glad these exist so those in the future can see how it’s done by a master.

Beautiful! But my heart belongs to Trena......

I really like that you sync the part after it's done and we get to see the work, with the music.

In my humble opinion, you sir are an artist.I can't vote for a particular video, i like all of them that i have seen.Beautiful work!

Watching your videos give me comfort in seeing you transform items to new makeover

I got a bit nervous when I saw you applying shellac that this was going to be a "shabby chic" pseudo-restoration. Boy am I relieved. This is magnificent!

What a beautiful result for a delightful chair design! Your skill level suits the original design. May I ask the type of wood it was made from? It's a delicate-looking chair, but such a deceptively strong design! Your excellent skills lead to the beautiful results. I especially like how you created a polisher for the legs with a drill! Brilliant! My only disappointment: I wish you could have used a fabric similar to the original silk, which, in my humble opinion, suits the delicacy of the chair. I love how the old materials are ecologically friendly, just requiring a much more skilled artist. Thank you for sharing.

Love watching your amazing craftsmanship at work! You are meticulous and honor your trade. You win hands down!! Stunning restoration ❤❤❤

Really lovely to watch it come back to life. The old romantic in me would like to have seen a small piece of the original fabric being left inside

noticed that I held my breath when you put the gold on the eagle head. Incredible elegant piece of work

Amazing once again. You never disappoint..❤

ух ты Потрясающая работа Выбор цветовой гаммы, зеленый бархат отлично работает. Двуглавый орел, конечно же, был царским гербом. Я считаю, что к 19 веку его использование было разрешено публике. Ваши орлы теперь выглядят великолепно!

Aside from the brilliant work shown here, the audio was really fitting and enjoyable also! I let the video play to the very very end.

Oh,-WOW! Beautiful. Just so nice. Carol from California

Wow, just wow. Beautiful job.

Beautiful chair. Fascinating process.

That is absolutely beautiful! Just gorgeous. Well done.

Oh my goodness ! Gorgeous and elegant

Incredible job transforming this into a gem. I tried gilting once, and was frustratingly hard to do. Admire your patience to get such a great look. Had no idea how complicate the upholstery could be. Cudos for that. Competition, no. You all did great projects.

You show more care in the details than the original artisan! 😻

Good grief! As I'm watching you work with that gold leaf, I'm sweating and can barely breathe! You have nerves of steel, my good man!

I don't know if I have watched one of your videos before but you are an artist, all I can say is Wow.

Magnificent work once again. The gold leaf application must have been so stressful. Thanks for another exhibition of your incredible talents.

Incredible work! I do have to mention I think the four channels all did amazing in their respective corners. I don’t mean to say they are unmatched with you in the literal sense but rather I find the other three are a very different style of video. Would have been nice/better maybe to match up more ASMR style videos like yours, as I see a lot of people complaining about them all talking too much. But teaching is literally what their channels are for. They aren’t chit chatting about the weather. lol They are talking about what they are doing and why. Just seems like the styles are quite unmatched with THIS style of video. But I enjoyed all of them, in different ways. I dunno. My two cents.

Brilliant. You gave that chair back it's dignity.

A fine restoration. Love the colour with the gold leaf.

Both your gilded masterpiece and Trina's country antique are outstanding pieces of restoration, in strikingly different ways.

That color of green velvet…beautiful! The chair is gorgeous.

That velvet💗the gold leaf 💗the craftsmanship💗. It's gorgeous

I love your videos. I also watch Transcend Furniture Gallery. It's great that you are all connected internationally. In my opinion, this is what the internet was supposed to be about. You each make appealing videos for different niches. Excellent job with this one.

So beautiful! I love that green with the gold.

I'd never have the patience to lay all that gold leaf. Well done!

Thanks, here I sit enjoying your excellent video and drinking my coffee when I spit and nearly choked to death when I saw 700€! God Bless you sir, you are a dedicated artist!

Изумительная работа!!!! Как всегда. Смотреть как Мастер работает, одно удовольствие.

what a lovely, tiny, graceful chair. Spectacular gold leaf. beautiful job as always. Thanks for bringing us along.

I could not decide about who was best. I liked all for each of your own skills and vision. So, I cancelled my own vote. Still, so elegant!

Stunning! So glad I was sent here by the competition.

Spectacular work - as usual.

So beautifully done. You are a true artist.

You spent some serious money restoring this chair!

Every one of your videos leaves me speechless

Фрагменты с золотом - уникальный материал для таких каналов. Рад посмотреть на работу мастера

Amazing job..! The chair looks really special once again.

Whoever owns this chair took it to the right person to have restored! You do a beautification beyond excellence!😊

My VOTE for the piece of art!

Extraordinary work and a true pleasure to see you transforming this piece.

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent work as always from you.

You did a great job, it look like a chair that came out from a Pharaoh tomb, very beautiful piece of art.

A single 'golden' chair might be ok for a hallway piece as decor but my guess is this chair would have been part of a [dining?] set for either the ridiculously wealthy or royalty. Beautiful resto!

Exquisite work. Absolutely beautiful😊

It's such a beautiful, delicate chair & you have done a superb job!!! 😊❤

Ahti, my friend, thank you for sharing your craftsmanship with us. As I watch your hands restore what was lost, I begin to have hope that other hands will restore other damages done in our world. Thank you

Beautiful! The original fabric must have been gorgeous, but the green velvet suits the chair just as well.

Amazing as usual 👏🏻

I was really hoping you'd use a similarly flowery light colored silk as there was initially on the chair. Other than that, it looks like you like your ambient music as much as I do 🙂

I love Gold Leafing. And the best thing is when your finished it’s so pretty !

A painstaking but beautiful job! The Czarina would have been pleased. 🌟

Gosh heyyy, aristocracy had small bums, i can't fit on that!!! 😂 luckily I'm no aristocrat

O nível de dificuldade desta restauração é assustador! Trabalho incrível!

Awesome chair! Like you're sitting in a royal banquet . Love this chair.

A lovely little chair, fit for a fairy princess!

очень красивая работа!