Everything in your home has a story. . .
SWARTZ PHOTOGRAPHY
Or perhaps, it should.
We have the privilege of maintaining these stories, daily.
It’s remarkable.
In our work upholding the craft and the history of Virginia Craftsmen; and in helping to refinish and restore BEAUITFUL fine and hardwood furniture.
The story lives on.
In our restoration work, we can often see 100 more years of useful life; in turn, the story that we hear may only be the beginning.
It’s so remarkable, sometimes we feel the need to share these stories. . .
Introducing the Mesa’s:
This couple was in love with a Virginia Craftsmen couch. This couch had been cherished in their childhood memories, at a grandparents home. A piece that had been purchased used, and that we learned (in our research) was a one-of-a-kind couch - originally built for a country club in 1930.
Our Original Shop Worksheet - 7/29/1930
They wanted to restore it. And that’s a reasonable request, for a couch built in 1930.
88 years old.
The odd thing was — the couch had sawed-off legs.
No one knows the story. In all (living) memory the couch ALWAYS had sawed-off legs.
BEFORE (After upholstery removal)
We learned, after the couch was disassembled and reassembled (as if built from scratch, with new full-length legs) that it is very difficult to fit it into a pick-up truck. We all laughed a little too hard — at the concept of how the leg shortening project may have been a desperate act, in a move.
What I mean, by a little too hard is. . . we’re pretty certain that’s exactly what happened.
AFTER (Before Upholstery)
I hope to show a completed, with upholstery photo (and more about this story) in the near future. For now, enjoy the imagery of the restoration.
You can see a photo gallery of this project HERE!