Here is a 18th century piece that had serious problems with the rosewood veneer. I completely removed the old rosewood veneer but not before tracing the delicate marquetry design to reproduce it with new wood. From this close-up you can see how the original rosewood design is intact, and the way the artisan selected the grain ...

This is the original cypress woodwork on this 1930 house. The golden hue is just right for the front door, provided it's varnish is renewed every few years. In this case the finish was not maintained and required us to remove the old, dried out finish, clean and bleach the raw wood, sand, seal and ...

Cherry veneer aboard this sailing yacht, which had just crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, was damaged due to leaking ports. The amount to replace was not much but the area, above a tall cabinet counter and surrounding sloping ports made this job particularly difficult for achieving a nice, smooth end result. I applied a ...

The parts that I was given to work with, shown in the upper photo, were originally iron-nailed together. What was missing was the horse's mane and tail. Details around the saddle I sharpened with a veining tool.      

To be enjoyed, boats need lots of TLC. The owner of this wooden "Thistle" sailed it in his youth, and now, once again in his retirement. Water collected near the mast step and rotted out the wood hull, which is made of mahogany and glue that was some of the first epoxy developed. It needed ...

The floors of this large, Miami home (c.1917) were part of an overall renovation. What made it a difficult project was the scarcity of the type of wood used to make the planking, in this case, Dade-county pine. That year, the aftermath of a huge hurricane handed us the trees necessary to mill enough tongue-and-groove ...

In the same home in which the pine floors were refurbished, I was asked to take over the refinishing of a painted banister. The attempts by other professionals to chemically strip the heavy coats of lead-based paint from the steps and railing had failed. My plan was to totally disassemble the spindles and in the ...