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Help Please! Damaged Henredon CL Table.

10 years ago

I would truly appreciate any guidance furniture/furniture restoration folks could give.

There's a Henredon set (table, 6 chairs, china cabinet, buffet and server) on my local CL for a pretty good price. Unfortunately, the pieces I'd use/need most (table and chairs) need some TLC.

I've attached an image of the table. Current owner says that it fell off a truck almost 30 years ago. I would really appreciate your thoughts on whether this could be restored. Guesstimates on the price of doing so would be especially appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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Comments (4)

graywings123
10 years ago
A good wood repair place could fix it. My WAG (wild-arse guess) at the cost would be $100.

It appears the damage is on the edge, not the surface.

It looks more like the dog chewed it than a truck fall.
maire_cate
10 years ago
I agree it looks more like a dog. But you'd be amazed at the wonders a wood restorer can do.

My dog ate the entire corner of our oak step in the foyer. One contractor told me that the entire step would have to be replaced.
Then I called a local furniture restorer who charged me $50. to fix it. He simply used some weird silly putty looking product and crafted a new corner. But the real miracle came when he painted in the oak grain. No one can tell that it had been repaired.
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StellaMarie
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Thanks, everyone! I figured it would be crazy expensive to restore the whole thing (and I could cover it up with a tablecloth in the meantime).

I don't have any reason to doubt the seller (it was originally his parents' set and passed down years ago), but it would be kind of funny if it were dog damage since, unfortunately, that is not exactly an extraordinary occurrence in my household. :)

I'm going to check it out in person tomorrow. The whole set is priced at $1k, which seems like a pretty great price to me, even assuming I'll have to have the table refinished and the chairs reupholstered, etc. Thoughts?

I may need to start a new thread at some point for tips on making my dining room not look like a furniture store, too, haha.

Thanks again for all the advice! It's very much appreciated. I don't like being uninformed!

This post was edited by StellaMarie on Tue, Jul 2, 13 at 21:49

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