Not an antique but worth doing.

[robbo266317]

I bought this coffee table from the tender center for au$13.00
The dowels in the legs had almost all been snapped and I had to biscuit joint them to get it solid again.
I also didn't like the "teak" finish and decided it would look better with a mahogany shellac finish.

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[bluegum30]

thats a transformation for surewell done.

[AlexS]

Nice job. Why, oh why, did they use dowels that were obviously never going to be strong enough? Seems to have been a habit.

[robbo266317]

Thanks for the comments Bluegum and Alex,

I have inherited a cedar "tall boy", which belonged to my uncle, who came back from Nam shell shocked, and he painted it battleship grey.
I have been buying inexpensive items to do up so when I tackle a real antique I don't stuff up.

[artme]

Great restoration!! The new colour really suits the style of the table.

[robbo266317]

Thanks Artme,

The colour was my wife's choice, although it's probably what I would have gone with anyway, It still amazes me what a little stain & polish can do for something that may have ended up as landfill.

[Christos]

Well done on the reno.