Ist der hässliche Schrank ein ECHTER Biedermeier?

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• LA

  @lauralake7430 · 2 years ago (edited)

  When i was a little girl, in 1970, my mother wanted to give me a set of furniture for my bedroom like other girls had. Our neighbor was throwing away old dark furniture. All scratched and used. At night, my brother, my mother, and three year old me secretly took the garbage furniture into our garage, secret, because we did not want the neighbors to know we were poor! We painted the dresser, headboard, and a little desk she found elsewhere cream color with gold trim, just like this piece. I was a very happy little girl, with my matching suite. My grandmother sewed curtains and bedspread!  About 20 years later, i am getting ready to move away. My mother and i spend afternoons in the summer sanding all the paint off the dresser, desk, and headboard, and refinishing. What were we thinking? We are horrified! Beautiful oak furniture, and we painted it! I take my beautiful antique oak furniture to my new apartment, and i still have it, years later. I fix and refinish furniture all my life, now i am pretty old, but that is how furniture got painted!

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• LA

  @larannar123 · 3 years ago

  How anyone  could look at that gorgeous mahogany and think,"Wow,that would look so much better with paint covering it..." 🙄

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• JU

  @judypausina6278 · 3 years ago

  I can’t take my eyes off of it. It is positively beautiful. My father was a Carpenter who had a work shop with the most fascinating tools which I was reminded of while watching this video. He always allowed me to try to use them and did not consider them off limits when I was growing up. I could smell some of the chemicals as I saw you use them and it felt like I was there with you. My mother was an Architect who also shared her interests with me. I am a 74yr old  lady living in a Condo of a gated community north of New Orleans. Thank you for sharing your gift with others and me. It gave me such joy to watch you so carefully bring the piece back to what it once was.

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• TA

  @Taranberk2 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I went through the same process restoring an antique piano. They had painted that same ugly cream over it, and then paint it black over that. They stripped off the molding and stapled Naugahyde all over it. The saddest part is that it’s still an excellent instrument with a great sound board. Made by the Chicago Cable company, it was a Greek design and all of the decorative column pieces from the front are permanently gone. But I managed to get a decent black brown stain on it.  Due to extensive paint damage, I couldn’t go with the original cherry wood color.  Watching this video really brings back a lot of memories.

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• TJ

  @tjceleste23 · 3 years ago

  It always makes me a little sad when other restorers throw out the antique lock and key, so thank you for not only keeping it, but restoring it as well! 🖤🖤🖤 It turned out absolutely gorgeous!!

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• RU

  @RumMonkeyable · 3 years ago

  Beautiful cabinet........yes, it does look like a Biedermeier.  Please,  please have a longer reveal time at the end of your videos.  It's nice to really get an opportunity to admire your amazing renovations.  Thank you.  👍👏✨❤🙏

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• BI

  @bisibisbi · 3 years ago

  I really appreciate it, that you don´t have background music and I can hear the working sounds. So relaxing! And a wonderful restauration!

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• OS

  @oseasviewer7108 · 3 years ago

  Who cares whether it is a Biedermeier or not - the work that has gone into restoring an antique piece is quite remarkable. and a celebration of restoration craftsmanship.

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• JI

  @jilliedillie · 3 years ago

  I really admire your willingness to clean out every last tiny crevice. The result is absolutely gorgeous!

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• IR

  @irinaparamuschuk728 · 3 years ago

  Как я люблю смотреть, когда ,казалось бы безнадежно утраченная вещь, сказочно превращается  в  прекрасный шедевр благодаря мастеру-волшебнику!!!😊

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• MA

  @MargaretKerr-sr1il · 3 years ago

  Thank you for this video.  I just stumbled upon it and it brought back so many childhood memories.  At 76 I can still remember the smell of my grandfather’s wood working basement.  I can visualize the large wooden vice he used, my job was to turn the wood handle to close it up.  I think I was about six or seven when he taught me how to use a hand saw.  Even though I was his only granddaughter I think he recognized my mechanical skills even at a young age.  Those lessons served me well as an adult, leaving the typewriter behind I worked with my hands in many areas, wood and machine shop and even in a small foundry.   Again, thank you for bringing back cherished memories.  😊

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• ОЛ

  @ОльгаГусева-ч4ъ · 3 years ago

  Я никогда не слышала о бидермейере, но то что вы  вернули к жизни такую красоту радуюсь этому.пусть эта вещь радует глаза людей и память о прошлом !

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