Category: Revamps

Not everyone has an old violin or two just lying around, so I consider myself lucky in that respect! In this article I’ll tell you how I restored one to working condition.

One day I happened to be browsing an antique store, and I noticed this shabby old mantlepiece clock case lying amongst some other bric-a-brac on display. It was made of wood which had faded badly, was dry and a little rough, but I figured I could do something with it – like make it into […]

This old Phillips radiogram’s been in my family since new – which was back in 1964! Unlike most antique radios that look the way this one does, all shiny and still in working order, it’s had a very hard life. Not only was it used a heck of a lot by my parents when it […]

This old kitchen cupboard was in the house when we moved in back in 1985. By about 1998 or so, the doors had become really shabby and the catches were crap, so instead of replacing the whole cupboard, we had someone fit new melamine (veneered chipboard) doors and drawer faces, which lasted okay until the […]