Steamer Wardrobe Trunk Restoration

In our years of restoring antique furniture i ve often said of a piece of furniture if only it could talk nothing is truer than with a trunk.

Steamer wardrobe trunk restoration.

By cleaning the inside of old paper or canvas and tender washing sanding and varnishing a steamer trunk can look like it s never been used. Dec 4 2017 got an old steamer wardrobe gonna rehab it. Before after restoration. How to thrift a vintage steamer trunk.

Over time the canvas becomes very worn and tears easily. Like a house you don t want to buy a trunk with bad bones. Fix or replace needed metal hardware leather handles and straps. Then there is the steamer trunk which is usually covered in a heavy canvas.

If your trunk is over a 100 years old most will need a screw or too to secure a loose edge. Treat the wood using various non toxic cleansers oils and varnishes. Send us your old tin or canvas covered trunk for restoring or refinishing. On the left is a taylor wardrobe trunk and on the right is an antique louis vuitton rayee trunk with before and after restoration pictures.

If the wood is decaying with obvious mold or water damage it s time to move on. Steamers usually need some cleaning or restoration. The below images are of two different antique storage trunks which we have fully restored. However it shouldn t be falling apart.

And carefully preserve any identifying. Many of the vintage labels are still visible on the trunk. Trunk restoration products supplies few things so clearly have a story to tell like an antique trunk. This old antique chest had been used by my husband s great grandparents as they traveled back and forth between italy and staten island.

See more ideas about steamer trunk trunks steamer. Let us take your cherished antique trunk and restore and or refinish it to your liking we love to do antique trunk restoration. A note to our community regarding covid 19. Some of these trunks may even have a box or tray inside.

The antique trunk restoration process especially antique furniture restoration takes many hours of carefully removing old and unusable canvas cloth and paper linings. Step 1 use a putty knife to remove old paper from the inside of a steamer trunk. It stands about five feet tall and opens like a book. Inside there are hangers shoe bags and drawers.

The multiple trips between new york and europe took a toll on this wooden chest leaving evidence of its history as well as making it that much more important to be restored. Here at shenandoah restoration we prefer to restore your trunk as close as possible to the way it was when it was manufactured years ago. On occasion you may come across a wardrobe trunk.