Antique Sewing Table

Recently we inherited Krisi's grandmother's sewing table. It is about 80-90 years old, but it had been sitting in a shack/garage for the past 40 years, and had deteriorated into a pretty sorry condition.

After cleaning up all the dirt and cobwebs, this was the condition of the sewing table.

Unfortunately, much of the original wood was missing, so in order to bring this table to a presentable condition, I had to replace the top of the table. I converted my garage into a workshop and started to go to work.

I realize that it destroys all the antiquity value of furniture to place new wood with the original wood, but I wasn't as concerned with the monetary value of the table as much as being able to display a family heirloom.

The original table was made of a light oak, but over the space of time it had darkened considerably. In order to match the new wood with the original, I had to stain the new table top.

I figured that it would look ridiculous to have a brand-new table top with an old, rusted, base, so I scraped off the rust and repainted the steel base.

The final product:

The original table had three small drawers on each side of the table, however, there were no parts of the original drawers still in existence, so I decided to leave them off of the restored table. If I get really ambitious, then I'll someday build drawers for the table.

This is now sitting in our entryway, and I think that it is a nice way to show some remembrance for our ancestors.