Beautiful Antique or Ugly Furniture

[debodun]

It does have dovetailing.

 

[Aunt Marg]

What is it?

 

[debodun]

The edge of a drawer.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I don't know much about woodwork, but have watched woodworking shows in the past, and anything that's crafted with proper and traditional old world details is always head and shoulders above the run of the mill garbage that's being produced today.

 

[jujube]

If it's veneer, there's not much "refinishing" you can do, short of a Flea Market Flip sort of redo where they slap a coat of grey chalk paint on it and turn it into a bar.

 

[Keesha]

I do know woodworking and if that’s dovetailing, it’s really BAD dovetailing.
This is what good workmanship looks like with dovetailing

 

[Jules]

If it's intricate, like dovetail....it's worth something

X, Y, Z still aren’t interested. Nobody looks in the drawers.

 

[Keesha]

X, Y, Z still aren’t interested. Nobody looks in the drawers.

Actually people buying antiques usually do. They want to see the craftsmanship. Dovetail corners done well hold together for decades longer than other methods.

 

[Jules]

Actually people buying antiques usually do. They want to see the craftsmanship. Dovetail corners done well hold together for decades longer than other methods.

It agree that anyone who wants quality will look at antiques. Generally, the XYZ gang don’t. Heaven forbid that they should have ‘brown’ furniture.

 

[Remy]

I bought this little floor shelf years ago at a local antique mall. It has 4 shelves. I love it. Some may put it in the ugly category.

 

[debodun]

I think it's a really nice piece. I had a lyre-back wash stand I sold a few years ago. I think I got $75 for it.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I bought this little floor shelf years ago at a local antique mall. It has 4 shelves. I love it. Some may put it in the ugly category.

Not ugly at all, Remy, beautiful and unique.

Just love the white ducks!

 

[SetWave]

Not ugly at all, Remy, beautiful and unique.

Exactly.
Not my taste but you know what they say about beauty and the eye of the beholder.

 

[Remy]

I think it's a really nice piece. I had a lyre-back wash stand I sold a few years ago. I think I got $75 for it.

Thank you. I paid more than that for this piece. I'm sorry you don't seem to get what your items are worth.

 

[Remy]

Thank you @Aunt Marg The ducks are all thrifted.

 

[timoc]

Beautiful Antique or Ugly Furniture​

Are we talking about the blumming great clumsy stuff we bang our toes on in the dark, well, it burns well.