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Help to identify a very unique set of drawers

Started by la Huerta, 20th November 2023 05:04 PM

Replies: 9
Views: 2,361

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th November 2023 03:25 PM; by wood spirit

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Help wanted to restore small, black (japanned?) note box

Started by nicked74, 20th June 2018 02:47 PM

antique, antique and vintage, black japan, box, finish or restore, help or advice, japan, mdf, restore

Replies: 5
Views: 2,094

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th June 2018 08:11 PM; by Blackout

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RESTORATION

Help Selecting Seat Foam

Started by cam198, 24th February 2013 01:02 PM

advance, antique, attached, chair, coil, cotton, cushion, fiber, foam, grade, hair, horse, pad, parlor, patience, pics, plant, restoring, seat, selecting, springs, underneath, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 6,193

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th April 2018 05:57 AM; by Blackout

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UPHOLSTERY

Antique Boulle Clock ca1850 WIP

Started by boulle, 12th June 2015 07:02 PM

Replies: 4
Views: 1,686

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th December 2015 08:12 PM; by Old gunnie

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Antique Teak Table Top

Started by wayneh07, 7th April 2015 09:50 AM

Replies: 1
Views: 1,236

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th October 2015 06:43 PM; by Xanthorrhoeas

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Restoration of Antique Australian Cedar Cylinder-Top, twin pedestal Secretaire desk

Started by Xanthorrhoeas, 1st January 2015 11:09 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

antique, australian, cedar, cylindertop, desk, pedestal, restoration, secretaire, twin

Replies: 20
Views: 3,926

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2015 11:06 AM; by Xanthorrhoeas

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Trades assistant wanted Brisbane, Moorooka, antique restoration

Started by Chikoroll, 8th April 2015 10:48 AM

antique, assistant, brisbane, moorooka, restoration, trades, wanted

Replies: 5
Views: 5,633

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th June 2015 08:17 AM; by chris_77

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Antique Patina How to Achieve

Started by SHEETMETAL, 29th December 2014 07:36 PM

Replies: 3
Views: 1,678

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th January 2015 07:49 PM; by rob streeper

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RESTORATION

Antique Wooden/Copper Barrel Mug Waterproofing

Started by schuld66, 9th July 2014 05:55 AM

319088319089, antique, attaching, barrel, condition, copper, couple, feels, hand-made, inside, leaks, mug, nice, picked, pictures, recently, sealed, sealing, straps, type, usable, waterproofing, wax, wooden, wooden or copper, wooden/copper, worn

Replies: 3
Views: 2,532

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th July 2014 12:12 AM; by A Duke

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Best way to finish rattan in black lacquer

Started by Rickster, 29th June 2014 11:35 PM

2/3, antique, attempted, black, brush, coat, crevices, diameter, expected, expended, finish, flat, glossy, heard, impossible, lacquer, nooks, overlap, paint, painted, picture, rattan, reach, spaces, spray, tray, trays, winnowing

Replies: 4
Views: 2,380

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th July 2014 07:32 AM; by steamjunkprops

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Advice needed on antique chest of drawers restoration

Started by MurrayM, 27th December 2013 12:29 PM

advice, antique, attempt, attempting, chest, chose, couple, drawer, drawers, foolish, head, identify, individual, larger, nails, needed, panels, piece, project, pry, questions, remove, replace, restoration, runners, single, strips, vintage, wide, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 4,301

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2014 04:37 PM; by fortunerestore

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RESTORATION

Help! Antique Oak table in need of urgent assistance!

Started by Kazmatt, 17th December 2013 05:12 PM

1.3m, acid, antique, assistance, carved, carving, clean, darker, detail, effective, european, found, harder, legs, metho, newbies, oak, ornately, outcome, pieces, quarter, sawn, sections, source, srcubbing, stage, table, test, top, urgent

Replies: 5
Views: 2,574

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd January 2014 04:13 PM; by Xanthorrhoeas

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RESTORATION

Professional antique restorer in Melbourne?

Started by heffa, 19th November 2013 08:31 PM

antique, antiques, apologies, close, dealership, friend, furniture, melbourne, post, professional, restorer, runs, standing, suggestions, thread, wrong

Replies: 1
Views: 1,177

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd November 2013 08:06 PM; by astrid

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RESTORATION

Restoring antique style lamp

Started by ykfc, 23rd October 2013 09:01 AM

antique, basically, bit, bought, brass, brassho, called, causing, clean, dipping, dirts, dissembled, harm, kitchen, lamp, magnet, metal, people, polishing, ready, restoration, restored, restoring, solution, solvent, stayed, stuff, style, vintage, vintage ceiling lamp

Replies: 0
Views: 1,808

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd October 2013 09:01 AM; by ykfc

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RESTORATION

Does anyone own an antuque Kangaroo Jack ?

Started by BlackbuttWA, 15th September 2013 11:23 AM

antique, antuque, broken, col, complete, hear, heavy, jack, kangaroo, missing, solid, spring

Replies: 5
Views: 1,244

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th September 2013 11:14 AM; by Dean M

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Newbie here! Non- shiny finish to use on an antique kauri tabletop?

Started by Libertine, 17th July 2013 04:18 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

advance, antique, bit, colour, finish, french-polish, glow, grit, kauri, legs, light, newbie, perfect, prefer, product, purchased, rustic, sanding, sandpaper, sewing, shiny, sort, stain, table, tabletop, top, wax, whatnot, wood

Replies: 34
Views: 8,309

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2013 07:14 PM; by LGS

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going old school

Started by slinky, 27th August 2013 02:08 AM

antique, collect, gain, hammering, happy, hoping, knowledge, school, tools, woodworking

Replies: 3
Views: 933

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th August 2013 06:37 PM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Restoring a red Cedar chest of drawers.

Started by oscara, 24th July 2013 08:57 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1850s, 278289278290278291278292, antique, based, cedar, chest, cutting, damage, decide, dove, drawers, guess, handles, idea, legs, mine, online, oscar, professionally, purchased, red, restoring, satisfaction, similar, strip, tails, test, thinking, wood, worth

Replies: 22
Views: 6,283

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th August 2013 03:39 PM; by oscara

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Another new member

Started by oscara, 24th July 2013 08:36 PM

antique, beauty, bring, chest, correct, drawers, girls, googling, guys, member, mind, oscar, purchased, questions, restoration, section, site, tips

Replies: 6
Views: 1,259

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th July 2013 09:46 PM; by oscara

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Restoration of inlaid boxes

Started by Bessie, 24th June 2013 09:34 PM

antique, boxes, inlaid, inlay, post, restoration, share, spot, wisdom

Replies: 0
Views: 1,064

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th June 2013 09:34 PM; by Bessie

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RESTORATION

Brunswick Furniture company

Started by Erose, 6th June 2013 11:55 AM

ability, antique, art, bottom, brunswick, company, crazy, cupboard, deco, dinning, dull, family, fix, front, frosted, furniture, glass, look.271228271227271226, looked, love, paint, real, removed, restore, restored, restoring, table, top, varnish, veneer

Replies: 4
Views: 1,692

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th June 2013 01:03 AM; by Neil Ellis

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Wood filler

Started by Rodney James, 12th May 2013 10:46 PM

advance, antique, chairs, covered, fabric, filled, filler, removed, restoring, staple, stapled, staples, tack, tacked, tacks, timber, times, type, upholstered, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 1,773

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th May 2013 12:33 AM; by AnselmFraser

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Antique rubber tread wheels - replacement options

Started by asayer, 30th December 2012 04:10 PM

247317, advance, antique, australian, fine, fix, hacked, options, overseas, recommend, replace, replacement, reproductions, reputable, rubber, service, similar, supplier, suppliers, tea, tread, type, wheel, wheels

Replies: 3
Views: 2,811

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2013 07:32 PM; by asayer

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RESTORATION

Identifying timber in an old table

Started by bsharpmajor, 15th December 2012 12:51 PM

245656, 245659, antique, camera, care, colour, curious, finish, glory, grain, guesses, identifing, identifying, justice, labelling, match, natural, offer, original, photo, post, refinishing, rosewood, shellac, stripping, table, thatr, timber, visible, worth

Replies: 5
Views: 2,773

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th December 2012 10:59 PM; by bsharpmajor

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RESTORATION

Door panel replacement

Started by BronzePhoenix, 6th December 2012 02:46 PM

100, antique, approximately, bit, destroying, door, doors, finish, folks, forum, glue, hey, idea, matters, melt, modifying, panel, panels, parents, planning, protect, replace, replacement, restaining, restoring, samsung-sgh-i747, stripping, tapatalk, washstand

Replies: 3
Views: 1,677

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th December 2012 04:14 AM; by BronzePhoenix

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RESTORATION

70's Estapol removal from furniture--Help!

Started by another_sandra, 13th August 2009 09:03 AM

70s, antique, beautiful, chests, coated, dark, difficult, drawers, england, estapol, estapoland, estapoll, furniture, furniture--help, furniturehelp, glory, hand, horrid, inherited, match, pieces, removal, remove, restoration, restoring, sandra, stuff, told, unfortuantely, wood

Replies: 11
Views: 8,248

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd October 2012 01:51 PM; by nrb

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RESTORATION

Painting over Estapol Antique (1970's)

Started by littlebits, 2nd October 2012 04:40 PM

1970, 1970s, antique, assistance, base, carved, chairs, coat, colour, estapol, forward, hoping, market, paint, painted, painting, product, recover, seal, seats, strip, top, understanding, wash, white

Replies: 3
Views: 5,720

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd October 2012 01:10 PM; by soundman

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RESTORATION

Cabinet maker,restorer looking for job

Started by chris_77, 16th September 2012 07:19 AM

Replies: 0
Views: 2,047

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th September 2012 07:19 AM; by chris_77

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EMPLOYMENT

minwax antique oil finish

Started by hughie, 24th August 2012 01:14 PM

.so, antique, body, contents, doubt, due, finish, hazardous, lost, minwax, oil, question, recipe, reluctant, ship, supplier, suppliers, sydney, track

Replies: 2
Views: 2,157

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th August 2012 03:14 PM; by hughie

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FINISHING

Antique bed - how to approach repairs?

Started by conomum, 4th August 2012 01:51 PM

advice, antique, approach, bad, bed, carport, causing, coloured, complete, contact, current, damage, finish, hoping, job, location, novice, polyurethane, pva, quick, repairs, restore, restorer, splits, storage, taking, walnut, wonderful, wood, woodworker

Replies: 2
Views: 1,681

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th August 2012 06:32 PM; by Lawry01

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RESTORATION

Restoring antique mirrors

Started by angryranga, 14th May 2012 01:50 PM

antique, aquire, bevel, board, coating, detoriate, edged, guys, ideas, mirror, mirrors, mounted, oak, qestion, recently, redone, restoring, sideboard, silky, silver, started, stripped

Replies: 2
Views: 2,404

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th July 2012 05:37 PM; by Antipodes

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RESTORATION

Advice on cleaning antique (shellac) walnut finish

Started by MargieCeri, 9th July 2012 07:02 PM

18th/19, advice, age, antique, beautiful, bought, century, chest, clean, cleaning, condition, dirt, drawers, finger, finish, folks, furniture, gday, lovely, marks, piece, seller, shellac, tells, walnut, wet

Replies: 6
Views: 2,552

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th July 2012 02:13 PM; by Horsecroft88

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RESTORATION

Is this antique wood?

Started by madge04, 25th June 2012 11:54 PM

antique, appreciated, club, couple, definatley, hard, light, lounge, pics, scratch/chip, weight, wondered, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 1,485

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th July 2012 02:52 AM; by d2rsmaster

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RESTORATION

G'day.. :d

Started by MissSinclair, 18th June 2012 10:42 AM

2tsup, antique, board, btw, cabinet, chisels, deal, gday, gift, maker, names, pay, selena, stuff, suggestions, wanna, woodworking

Replies: 6
Views: 1,301

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd June 2012 02:05 PM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Restoration of an antique Work Bench.

Started by rogerjenkins, 15th August 2011 10:09 PM

ancient, antique, bench, choice, cleaners, descriptive, doubt, eyes, heaps, heavy, idiot, item, junk, original, peoples, photos, piece, rain, restoration, roger, saves, scrubbing, sun, taking, throw, time, way.u, words, work

Replies: 13
Views: 4,282

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st April 2012 10:13 AM; by rogerjenkins

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RESTORATION

Old wardrobe - how do I paint over varnish?

Started by Jonesy_SA, 19th March 2012 09:56 PM

2nd, adelaide, antique, blue, building, buying, cheap, cheaper, cheaply, contemporary, dark, dented, hand, hard, located, materials, misstint, nice, paint, pick, red, renovating, suppliers, theory, told, varnish, wardrobe, wardrobes, white, yellow

Replies: 12
Views: 16,050

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th March 2012 10:44 AM; by old pete

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FINISHING

Apprentice Cabinetmaker Wanted

Started by gnolsson, 28th February 2012 02:32 PM

antique, applicant, applicants, application, apprentice, â€“, brisbane, cabinetmaker, cabinetmaking, coast, drawings, experience, furniture, gold, hand, information, job, joinery, manual, mastercraftsmen, olsson, photos, references, requested, restoration, sunshine, supply, tools, type, wanted

Replies: 2
Views: 2,506

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th March 2012 10:57 AM; by gnolsson

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EMPLOYMENT

Restore Antique Art Deco Buffet

Started by MartinaEL, 19th January 2012 05:28 PM

1930s-1940s, advance, antique, art, attached, buffet, current, deco, doors, inlays, love, missing, photo, purchased, recently, replacement, restore, restoring, roughly, tips, wood

Replies: 5
Views: 2,965

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th March 2012 05:49 AM; by AnselmFraser

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RESTORATION

JIN DI SUGI! What exactly is it?

Started by Antonio Saleh, 19th February 2012 12:24 PM

503, 543, amazes, antique, antonio, audiencemyself, beautiful, bumpy, coat, exposed, finally, finish, grain, guys, hand, illusion, jin, john, process, projects, research, run, saleh2tsup, stick, sugi, sunlight, texture, timber, wood, youtube

Replies: 14
Views: 7,432

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd February 2012 07:07 AM; by Antonio Saleh

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FINISHING

ray haas needs help.

Started by Ray Haas, 2nd February 2012 12:37 AM

advise, antique, bait, blistered, dark, died, dining, forum, found, french, haas, holiday, left, love, loves, mahogany, polish, polished, rat, ray, restoration, return, rotted, stain, table, wife

Replies: 2
Views: 1,555

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th February 2012 01:31 AM; by auscab

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RESTORATION

Tip shop special

Started by snowyskiesau, 22nd January 2012 07:03 PM

antique, assumed, cabinet, confirmation, damp, dropped, expected, finish, gloss, inside, matt, oak, picked, piece, pine, prefer, price, rag, required, result, sanding, shop, special, stained, stapled, tassie, tip, top, view, wiped

Replies: 1
Views: 1,431

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd January 2012 08:15 PM; by Grommett

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FINISHING

Hi everyone from Moss Vale

Started by rod13, 7th January 2012 10:28 PM

1920s, antique, cottage, furniture, highlands, moss, moved, renovation, restore, restoring, smoke, southern, start, starting, sydney, vale

Replies: 4
Views: 1,279

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th January 2012 10:02 PM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Hello from a Camden Gal

Started by frannydp, 30th December 2011 09:10 PM

antique, basic, bicarb, bleach, borax, camden, cleaner, cleanser, condition, cream, degreaser, desperate, enamel, engine, finish, fran, gal, idea, improve, painted, possibly, suite, synthetic, table, thread, vinegar, wealthy, wheel, white, yellowed

Replies: 8
Views: 1,649

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st January 2012 09:44 AM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Stripper

Started by rohinmyson, 29th December 2011 06:07 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,217

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th December 2011 06:07 PM; by rohinmyson

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FINISHING

Chest of Drawers restoration (or unintentional complete rebuild)

Started by pampelmuse, 4th December 2011 01:33 PM

antique, bottom, cabinet, chest, complete, drawer, drawers, exposed, finished, frame, front, fronts, inside, kauri, nail, nailed, nails, paint, pic, piece, rebuild, repairs, restoration, runners, stage, started, surfaces, taking, timber, unintentional

Replies: 7
Views: 3,210

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th December 2011 06:30 PM; by burraboy

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RESTORATION

oak table restoration

Started by jw2170, 8th November 2011 02:50 PM

120grit, antique, believes, chairs, color, comments, darker, finish, folding, friend, jacobean, oak, original, purchased, re-stain, restoration, sandpaper, section, set, stain, suggested, suggestion, table, test, tips, type, upside, varnish, welcomed, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 2,295

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2011 05:37 PM; by jw2170

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RESTORATION

Advice on re-finishing oregon desk

Started by la Huerta, 4th November 2011 01:31 PM

advice, antique, awsome, bits, blend, coat, color, desk, finish, giving, handsand, light, loosing, manufactured, orange, oregon, poly, refinishing, remove, rough, scratched, shallac, shiny, soft, stain, suggest, thinking, tidy, top, wipe

Replies: 4
Views: 1,957

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th November 2011 06:35 PM; by la Huerta

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FINISHING

Antique? Wardrobe/Dresser Restoration

Started by young 'un, 30th August 2011 07:43 PM

antique, date, digit, equipment, future, glory, gurus, horrible, layer, metho, oak, owner, peeling, pieces, plan, planing, project, purchase, purchased, resoration, restoration, restore, shellac, tasmanian, thick, unsure, wardrobe, wardrobe or dresser, wardrobe/dresser, weekend

Replies: 4
Views: 3,822

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th September 2011 10:30 PM; by rogerjenkins

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RESTORATION

Pickers!!!! My Favourite Show

Started by Milo, 25th August 2011 11:36 AM

addicted, american, antique, australia, awesome, bit, blokes, cheers, collectables, collecting, country, drive, favourite, fun, junk, milo, people, pickers, store, stuff, watched, watches

Replies: 3
Views: 1,075

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th August 2011 11:38 PM; by Handyjack

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

good suppliers?

Started by Chicaussie, 19th July 2011 03:47 PM

1.5, 2mm, advance, antique, approx, bit, casters, center, couple, cupboard, doors, finding, galvanized, good, heck, holes, info, jelly, mesh, modern, online, project, replaced, resto, screw, sheet, spaced, suppliers, thin, time

Replies: 7
Views: 1,753

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th July 2011 11:46 AM; by Chicaussie

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RESTORATION

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