Rose Bud Interiors

Makeover Thursday!
I don’t do much upholstery work, only my regular customers or family. This piece was for family, a lovely old settee that needed an update.
Switched out old 1960’s velvet for a fresh sapphire blue. Isn’t she sweet!?

Makeover Thursday!
Have you ever seen a piece of furniture at a sale and wondered if it could be beautiful again? My customer picked this MCM piece on vacation and asked me to try to restore it.
The metal trim is solid brass so it cleaned up well. The wood is walnut and after very carefully removing the failing finish to not go through the thin veneer it was re-stained and clear coated with hand rubbed varnish.

Makeover Thursday!
I have never seen a table that the legs are hinged to use as a coffee table or a card table. Ingenious!
It had been languishing for decades in a basement under stacks of papers that became stuck to the top.
I carefully stripped the top to remove the paper residue and old varnish that obscured the beautiful burled veneer pattern. After cleaning everything, lubricating the mechanical parts, and re-staining it got four coats of polyurethane. Beautiful! You can’t buy something like this now, well worth the effort to bring it back to life.