An unusual wooden item comes in for old-fashioned French Polishing refurbishment We see some absolutely marvellous items in our day to day work restoring and refinishing wooden furniture. This unusual piece is a small writing compendium made from Honduras Mahogany. Officially named swietenia macrophylla, Honduras Mahogany comes from the Meliaceae family and is one of three […]
Changing the look on an old-fashioned meat safe to suit a new environment This is a fairly unusual item these days, but a great electricity-saving device – the old-fashioned meat safe. Because the air could get around the meat, you could keep it for several days without it going off, and the fine screen-mesh stopped flies […]
The renovation and repurposing of a set of dilapidated kauri shelves from circa 1910-1930. One of our clients was sentimentally attached to this set of solid old kauri shelving which had doors on the front but no back.He hoped to make a useful cupboard out of it if we were able to clean up the […]
Brief profile of Mark Biggelaar, Earthwood Ltd’s founder, wood-finishing expert, and furniture restorer Mark Biggelaar, who has 45 years experience in furniture restoration and wood-surface finishing, is the founder of Earthwood Ltd. At fifteen he joined his father’s furniture making business, NZ Woodcreations Ltd. At that stage Woodcreations employed ten people and was beginning to […]