Thar turned out beautifully, Trena. Thanks for letting us come along on your journey. It's always nice to watch you make something old look so good. We can't wait for the next one. Love, Dave and Amy ❤

@johnsfurniturerepair

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Once again, you have met the challenge. Nicely done! Thanks for the video.

I am always amazed at how you color match. You are a true artist.

anytime you say something should have been burned i immediately know it will be a stellar restoration and this was no different. LOL.

Boy that was a lot of work. Hope your customer appreciates it. That looks lovely. I really learn alot from you Trena. I don't refinish anymore but I still love furniture.

You are the master of color, staining, finishing. anyone who’s ever tried to match or do stain on raw wood like that knows how incredibly hard it is to get it to look even like you do,and you do it every time.

@johnsfurniturerepair

5 ай бұрын

Thankyou

Let us all pause and give thanks that Trena, and not I, was commissioned to color this piece. Frustration alone would have led to a hot pink table! Trena is an artist. Love watching her work!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks Lorna!

Always stealing my ❤️ you furniture restoration hero! Lol, awesome job. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice job, Trena! You certainly did a great restoring/refurbishing job on this table!

@johnsfurniturerepair

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

I can't watch most repairers and there nonsense, you and ol'Thomas. Great job👍

I wish I lived close enough to be a customer. So often I see some great pieces of furniture that I think "Trena could do wonders with this". Amazing work once again.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@shermgohn

Жыл бұрын

Trena is moving to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan soon. Maybe that is closer.

@30dayride67

Жыл бұрын

I look around my house and think "Trena could do wonders with this!"

@ginger1549

Жыл бұрын

@@30dayride67 I do too. I have an antique Stickley buffet with a very difficult to open drawer and I know she could fix it.

@carlahubbard7561

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too!

When you say probably should have burned this one... that means a must watch episode! You do amazing work! Thank you for sharing your experience and talent!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol you welcome

@nemo227

Жыл бұрын

Exactly right, Connie. MUST WATCH; I can wash the car tomorrow or take out the trash or the laundry can wait another day but MUST WATCH this one.

@robervar1097

Жыл бұрын

Good one , I saw the grand Trina smile 😃 it's been a spell . And or I've been in a spell. So now I'll view a few 😁 Fun-tastic job !

The table was absolutely gorgeous when completed. That table will shine for the next 50 plus years because of the love you put into it.

You are the Houdini of furniture reconstruction! We just need more people with the creativity, patience and love of perfection like you in our world. What a treasure you are..... Cheers

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

wish I lived closer; I have an amazing radio from the 1900's I need restored.

I’m glad you made a new top. And I loved seeing your process for the color!

Wow! Just amazing, Wow. Sure glad they dumped that pine.

I've met many pro polishers who do not have your skills, colour matching is a sort after skill in the furniture game and you have it.

Some things look better on fire, but not this one. I learn something from every video. Great job.

Ms Trena .... We The Few ... enjoyed your attention to detail and patience in providing this repair. We look forward to your next workmanship we learned a lot 🧘‍♂, Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and prayers.... OORAH!!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

Really well done!! You turned a poor piece and turned it into a treasure!

I think the choice to replace the top was spot on. I don't feel like that pine was the original top anyway. Turned out great!

The new color is such a pretty warm honey. In about 1960 my mom got new furniture, all Early American warm honey maple. Made for a warm, inviting home. This table brought back good memories. Beautiful job!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Perfect. Thankyou

Colours, colours, colours.... it can be very difficult, but you succeeded!!Very nice!!Niek.👌👌👌

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Yes thankyou

Wow! Another silk purse from a ...., well it is a silk purse now! Wonderful work and great color lesson! Thank you for sharing.

Trena ! The mad scientist does it once again , beautiful !

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks

DAMN Lady, you've got some SERIOUS SKILLS.!.!.! WTG.!.!.! And the table looks Amazing.!.!.!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

I can see the holiday turkey on this beauty. 👍

Wow, that was a hard job. You did a wonderful looks beautiful. I hope your customer appreciates everything you went through and pays you at least five hundred dollars

@johnsfurniturerepair

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I am often amazed at your eye for color and how you can match even a very difficult hue. Great work as always. Great little table for a "kids table" on the holidays.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Yes Thankyou

Beautiful job young lady.

Your color matching is incredible 💛🧡💛

Trena, you know your stuff......Amazing!!!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Tha kyou!

Wow Trena you are a master! I would love to have half your knowledge and experience. This is the type work I love. You have such a good eye for color and finish. Keep up the amazing work!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

Lovely nails Trena, hand-wrought is best. ;-)

Wow, another amazing result - you have such patience and skill! Lee Valley is the best - I hope they sponsor you!

Many of the pieces you restore look like they should be firewood, but you work your magic, and they look beautiful. I assume many of these are cherished family heirlooms.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Yea. Thankyou

I love the colour testing/detective work you do to get the piece just right. No one else goes to that much effort

Those legs are exactly the same cut on a 1780s / 90s Pine dressing table I have from England!

gday from sunny Queensland Australia , thank you Trena , good job on this piece xoxo cheers

This is a great illustration of the decisions that have to be made in furniture restoration. Your instincts are spot on: this is a functioning piece of furniture, not a piece of art. It was built as a functioning piece of furniture and should be restored to be one. That is the best way to honor the original maker.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

I agree

It's very pretty and it looks functional as well. I love the legs. As usual a great video. Thank you for sharing.👍♥️

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Tha kyou

Beautiful work by a gorgeous lady. Well done!

I love how you get such a delicate result with basically a wrecking bar and a big hammer.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol

The master of color does it again.

Wonderful work! The table looks like new. Always a pleasure to watch you. Dannke for this video, looking forward to a new one. See you soon Maria

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Maria!

When I saw you using the router to cut the rebate for the hinges I thought wow, Trena is doing it freehand! Then I noticed the template and I didn´t feel so inferior! Good job!

WWTD=What Would Trena Do. I find myself thinking this all the time. You have changed how I think about furniture, colors, shades, functionality. Just how a piece will last and change with time. Thank you Trena

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Thankyou

Nice work , greetings from Berlin Germany

Great and inspirational teacher for us wannabes

Your talent is endless not only can you take a piece that is so broken & repair it to doing small repairs like with this piece buy you can also match a color dead on no matter how many products or steps it takes to get it,,,every piece I have seen you do leaves me amazed at how you do it,,,love all of your videos ❤😊

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

You worked your magic again! ❤

As always a perfect restoration with your skills 👌 😉 👏

Wow. You do such beautiful work. I love this table. Great work.

When you know you know You did another fantastic job I

Your repair skills are wonderful to watch, but it is your ability to match colours and apply finishes that amazes me the most. That brand of toner also is incredible to use, but again, it is your usage of it that can only be learned through experience. Good choice on deciding to replace the top, rather than try and repair it. Also, the huge knots had their charm, but they tended to aesthetically get in the way of the table's beauty and functionality. Overall, I can't imagine the client NOT being happy with what you ended up doing. Congrats! Love your work.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Brian

Excellent transformation that kept the piece true to its original aesthetic. The new top was a great call. Really liked the video technique of the raw insert to watch the development of the top as as you applied all those color and finish elements.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

thankyou

Good sunday Trena,so beautiful

I uave watched you for a few years now(4-5) and your skillset amazes me. When I started, you were pretty dang good already. Fast forward to today and the last 3 big pieces (the big floor level drawer (with all the slider repair), the tall 3 pc. with the sad top veneers and the giant 5 or 6 pc set with chairs, all included cabinetry, carpentry and superb finish have elevated you and now highlight you so well. I have said I pour my cuppa and am entertained with your ease and confidence. thank you Trena, I am a true fan!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ray. I think the channel is only 3yrs old but it’s lovely to have you along. 🥰

@raylarkin5004

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsfurniturerepair 3 yrs sounds right. I have aphasia from a stroke and my time cognition is slightly askew.⚘

I grew up using this type of table. Through the late forties, fifties and sixties these tables were very common. I love the groves and gouges from years and years of use.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Me too beautiful

Gosh that color is great but what a convoluted process. You are a pro to figure it out.❤

I like your call of firewood on this renewal.

Masterpiece !!!! Love the color and it did take sometimes to find the right one but you succeed and this table is safe for many more years !!! So no burning this table......😅😅

I'm glad you're doing this. For this reason i do not do repairs on antiques. I stick to new design. I admire your work on colors. You really go the extra mile to get it as close as possible. Look how beautiful that table is now! Really enjoyed the before and after pictures too.

You don't always have to strip to make me appreciate your work!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol

It takes you trena to. Make things work ,not a broblem,very nice job as usual😊

That's looking so nice now with the new top, and finish. Well done, as always attention to detail leads to a beautiful table.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

Superb! I spray painted my clothesline and my trigger finger was locked up for a couple of days lol. Apparently you don’t have this issue. Lol. Keep up the great work. Very enjoyable to see them return to life!

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks.

Beautiful work!

Just beautiful!!!

That color was quite a rough journey but you got us there in great shape! HURRAH!

hello, I volunteer at the seashore trolley museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. Over the years I've been involved with many restorations. When it comes to matching colors, paint and stains. The best way is to go outside and use the natural daylight. Overcast days are best the lighting is balanced. Incandescent lighting such as tungsten, florescent, and L.E.D. changes the actual color by eye sight being used as a sample. We get a perfect match every time. You're doing a great job. Love your work.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks yes natural light is always best cheers

Good job, great attention to detail. I would have liked to see the chair next to it to see how well they blended together.

Excellent!

I wonder about the origin of this table, I have exactly the same table, with the legs the same shape except mine is walnut. Mine was a throw away with out one leaf so I remade it and added a drawer but it was the leg design that caught my eye. Great job on the rebuild.

@Trena~ Man oh man are Mohawk's Toners the unsung heroes for furniture restoration! I can't help but compare the essential nature of wood toners to the color toners used by hair stylists.... both are so transformative! Any woman who has ever gotten their hair colored understands what I mean.... TONING IS KEY! With your mastery of color, I'd even trust you to color my hair Trena!! LOL!! ;-) You turned this humble table into the Belle of the the Ball like Cinderella! It was fun to see the transformation! CHEERS TO YOU MY FRIEND! ~~Christy~~

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou friend always nice to hear your kind words. 🥰

The title got me. Awesome as always!

Trena thank you for your display of talent, again. The tinting on this piece had to be done by someone of your skill level. Wow, your work amazes me. I can build and finish new work furniture, however refinishing precious furniture as you do. I am a failure. Best wishes to you and your family.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

Hi Trena...beautiful work as always....Take care...cheers !!!

Really lovely work, Trena! 😘

Its a shame the original top was so damaged that it couldnt be refinished but this is a good job!! Since there was no emotional attachment, it made your work easier!

You are a master and matched the color beautifully as always. I would have never chose that style of chair for that table but client overrules.

absolutely amazing! Superb. 👍

Thank you, and Congratulations 🎉. From So. CALIFORNIA

Awesome work! Another piece saved from he fire! ❤

Lol, you say you like to fix everything and anything that looks like it should be worked over, but I believe that you do it because you must love the smell of that glue.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Amazing work !

Impressive as always Trena!

Dear Trena one more time i am amazed with the results of your work at the begining i hope you arrived at your goal but this table was so dameged for a satisfesant work, by luck you have in your stock a new table was destiny for another project and you arrived at your difficult choice for the color stain and with your many colors you dispose you find the just color to accord with the original color of wood of this table. it was one more time enjoy to see your video how you tried to pass the difficult way to arrive at the complet satisfaction's customer. every time you chose the good way to work despite the various complications. you can be proud of you work and your job. eager to see your next challenge . take care of you and your familly and good week.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jean!

Beautiful end result ❤ I’m glad your client agreed to change the table top. A wobbly top, you know what happens. Glass of red wine, you’re wearing white and yeah, disaster 😂. Thank you for sharing this process I enjoyed it. ♥️🇨🇦

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

thankyou

Fine job, Trena. As usual. Love the new top.

Smashing job as usual, good call on the replacement top. 👍👋🇬🇧

So glad you decided to change the table top ,that's a whole lot of science involved in the final coloration of that table ,your finished product is always amazing ,Once again you knocked it out of the park ,you have much more patients than I ,it's brilliant Trena

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Tha kyou richard

I had doubts about the color but you know what you're doing. Nice work Trena, . Love you Trena.

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dad🥰😳🥰🥰

Excellent as always!! 😊

Wonderful work Trena, really enjoy your content and always looking to see if you have new videos.

You are the Queen of all you survey, you have that champagne taste and that's why your work look so good ! Looks most beautiful as does the table ! 🙌

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

Another amazing restoration!

Excellent musical choice.

Lovely legs Trena! Was gonna call you Tren but I don't know you that well 😁If I hadn't just watched you restore this table I'd swear you had just bought a new one! Awesome work Wonderful... TFS, GB :)

@johnsfurniturerepair

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!