The best is that it looks old and original , but in good condition. As opposed to stripped and sanded down, stained and polished to look new! THIS is history!😸
I never thought I would ever say this but I believe you’re better at repairing and blending wood and wood furniture than my brother. My brother has left me flabbergasted and in disbelief at the repairs and builds that he has made, but you’ve gone a step further. This comment I’m leaving you is the highest compliment I could ever leave another person, your talent goes beyond belief and you’re a legend in my opinion. So thank you for the entertainment, I’ll be looking forward to your next video.
You should watch Thomas Johnson antique furniture restoration. He is a real master. He explains what and why he does something. Ahti explains generally, but Thomas explains in detail.
I like how instead of sanding down to real wood grain, you matched the original work or the first restoration of the painted faux wood grain. You remove only what cannot be restored, leaving as much of the original as possible, and matching its design! 👍😻
Wow!! What a beautiful antique table!! And to think it started off as a piece of firewood with legs!! Your technique to recreate the graining is pure artistry!! You outdo yourself every time!! Thank you for sharing!!
Приятно всегда смотреть Вашу работу, как Вы дарите вторую жизнь предметам из дерева соблюдая все каноны уважения к ним с соблюдением всех технологий и сохранением их поклонного века.
What a beautiful table! Impeccable work and very impressive as always! Discovering you and your channel was a special gift that I received this year, Ahti. Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos with us. A blessed Christmas to you and yours and happy new year!🎉👏🌷
Wow!!!! The length you went to with that Piece was INCREDIBLE!!!! I mean, even matching the Pattern of the Wood Grain!!!! Who does that?! Only someone who really TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, that's who!!!! Oh, and LOVED the Hardware!!!!
You always do such beautiful work and I appreciate that you actually take the time to assess the piece before you just go tearing into it and replacing all the parts. You have a great day. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Though considered to be "restoration", this piece comes very close to "conservation". As usual, awesome work! That "locked" drawer is where my grandmother kept her knives. Probably with the intention of me not cutting my fingers off!
Old farm table has a glamorous make-over! It is so great to see the fun and collaboration that happens to save these honest pieces of furniture, humble but now regal under your expert hands; thank you Ahti!
Looks like a lot of the farm tables in the American West, which makes sense, because so many Eastern Europeans came here and presumably made things using the skills they brought with them! Beautiful restoration, as always . Edit: i was going to veneer a drop leaf table i have. Now, i might try the faux graining!
This looks like our kitchen table that came from my father’s farm. Mother loved this table because it was scooped out in the middle. When we spilled our milk it ran to the middle. The table was used as the wash stand outside of the back door at the farm.
It was great watching you and your colleagues have fun with the artistic finish. The restoration turned out just right. Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones.
Oh freaking wow! That was amazing, such a beautiful job! I am completely blown away by the wood grain, it just looks so good. Your grasp of all the various techniques to restore and repair furniture is remarkable. Thank you for all your hard work and all these wonderful videos! Have a delightful holiday season!
I personified its recovery from a battered outcast, scarred from rough handling, but restored to dignity for its service worthy of pride of place in a gallery showcase, an ugly duckling to beautiful swan.
That turned out really nice. I was a bit sceptical that the top might need a complete strip back but you proved me wrong and the sympathetic restoration worked really well. You have come a long way restoring furniture and not redoing furniture. I'm so glad to be a part of your journey. Best wishes for the future from Eston. May you live long and prosper.
Amazing work! I never thought that it can be saved, but skilled people with magical hands showed me otherwise. I love that the table still remains very old, yet nice. It is far from perfect by modern expectations of how a table should look like, but that is what gives it value. It is a lovely restored old table that shows its age.
I watch many furniture restoration channels. It's so disappointing when they decide to radically deviate from the look of the original piece. I'm going to give you the highest compliment I can on this restoration. You gave this piece back it's dignity. I only wish you had been able to find a replacement lock.
Mr magic fingers now thats a Christmas present for all .Merry Christmas to you when it comes and thank you for all your delightful video's . A lot of hard work went into them I'm sure.
You always do great work and are not afraid to show your mistakes. Thankyou for showing you are human and are able to fix your work. I love what you do.😊❤
I’m starting to be convinced that this guy needs an industrial sized planer for big tables like this because it would be so much easier to fix the top and the end result would be so much better than weird little painted areas and linseed oil stuff
Beautiful work as always Ahti. The fake wood look was popular in Sweden too in the 19th century. They'd create furniture out of pine, cover it with a chalky filler so you can't tell that it's pine. Then they'd paint it to look like mahogany or rosewood. These days they use MDF instead of pine. Nothing new under the sun. 😂
Always enjoy seeing artistic wood grain touch up; it looks like real skill is required to achieve a natural look. The restored table is looking splendid, as usual.
The furniture magician strikes again…
I love how you saved as much of the original wood finish as possible. Beautiful!
The best is that it looks old and original , but in good condition.
As opposed to stripped and sanded down, stained and polished to look new!
THIS is history!😸
I never thought I would ever say this but I believe you’re better at repairing and blending wood and wood furniture than my brother. My brother has left me flabbergasted and in disbelief at the repairs and builds that he has made, but you’ve gone a step further. This comment I’m leaving you is the highest compliment I could ever leave another person, your talent goes beyond belief and you’re a legend in my opinion. So thank you for the entertainment, I’ll be looking forward to your next video.
You should watch Thomas Johnson antique furniture restoration. He is a real master. He explains what and why he does something. Ahti explains generally, but Thomas explains in detail.
At this point someone has to say it and I am taking all the responsibility of this message:
AT does the best restoration videos on UA-cam!
I like how instead of sanding down to real wood grain, you matched the original work or the first restoration of the painted faux wood grain.
You remove only what cannot be restored, leaving as much of the original as possible, and matching its design! 👍😻
Leslie
So refreshing to see something old made beautiful without looking brand new.
Wow!! What a beautiful antique table!! And to think it started off as a piece of firewood with legs!! Your technique to recreate the graining is pure artistry!! You outdo yourself every time!! Thank you for sharing!!
Fantastic restoration!! That drawer pull was perfect! This piece looks gorgeous now!!!
Приятно всегда смотреть Вашу работу, как Вы дарите вторую жизнь предметам из дерева соблюдая все каноны уважения к ним с соблюдением всех технологий и сохранением их поклонного века.
You and your staff certainly brought that table back to life and the drawer handle was the perfect piece of jewelry for it. Thanks! ♥️✨
Love this. The "artistic" side of your work is just as inspiring as the more "mechanical" woodworking side. 🙂
What a beautiful table! Impeccable work and very impressive as always! Discovering you and your channel was a special gift that I received this year, Ahti. Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos with us. A blessed Christmas to you and yours and happy new year!🎉👏🌷
Same to you Monica :)
Beautiful! Sincerely dramatic before/after shots... showing the incredible work you and your fellow restorers did on this piece!
LOVE the rustic look!!! great job as ALWAYS!!!
The faux wood grain technique is so interesting. You and your team did a great job.
Fantastic work! A real restoration! My skills would be limited to sanding and staining. Beautiful! 👏👏👏👏
I appreciate you keeping the original character of the table
It came out so beautiful!
Wow!!!! The length you went to with that Piece was INCREDIBLE!!!! I mean, even matching the Pattern of the Wood Grain!!!! Who does that?! Only someone who really TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, that's who!!!! Oh, and LOVED the Hardware!!!!
You always do such beautiful work and I appreciate that you actually take the time to assess the piece before you just go tearing into it and replacing all the parts. You have a great day. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Unbelievable another masterpiece. No sanding no stripping just awesome.
Though considered to be "restoration", this piece comes very close to "conservation". As usual, awesome work! That "locked" drawer is where my grandmother kept her knives. Probably with the intention of me not cutting my fingers off!
Old farm table has a glamorous make-over! It is so great to see the fun and collaboration that happens to save these honest pieces of furniture, humble but now regal under your expert hands; thank you Ahti!
Привет из России,Иркутская область.Обожаю ваши ролики.
Oh. My. Gosh.!!! This is my dream table!! Sooo beautiful!!❤️
How a humble piece of furniture can still look beautiful! Thx for all the videos in 2023 and keep surprising us in the new year!
Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent work as always from you.
So cool that you have apprentices! Keep the knowledge going! I love your work!
Looks like a lot of the farm tables in the American West, which makes sense, because so many Eastern Europeans came here and presumably made things using the skills they brought with them! Beautiful restoration, as always . Edit: i was going to veneer a drop leaf table i have. Now, i might try the faux graining!
This looks like our kitchen table that came from my father’s farm. Mother loved this table because it was scooped out in the middle. When we spilled our milk it ran to the middle. The table was used as the wash stand outside of the back door at the farm.
Good grief, that table would not be out of place in any high class salon now. Great job, and to your helpers. You really are a master of your craft.
You and apprentices, painting the top of the table?
Three medieval ladies working together on a tapestry!
Delicate and intricate craftwork, both! 😸
Wonderful as usual. I really appreciate your talent for knowing exactly what to fix and that to leave as it is. 👍
It was great watching you and your colleagues have fun with the artistic finish. The restoration turned out just right. Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones.
Oh freaking wow! That was amazing, such a beautiful job! I am completely blown away by the wood grain, it just looks so good. Your grasp of all the various techniques to restore and repair furniture is remarkable.
Thank you for all your hard work and all these wonderful videos! Have a delightful holiday season!
Perfect work! Compliments! Happy Holidays to you and your family!🥂🍾🌲
Lovely work...as always. Happy Holidays to you, your loved ones, and the other, mysterious restorers!
Initially, that table looked to be in rough shape but afterward, it still looked old but so much nicer. Magical!
I LOVE watching painted woodgraining. Such a patient art and skill.
I personified its recovery from a battered outcast, scarred from rough handling, but restored to dignity for its service worthy of pride of place in a gallery showcase, an ugly duckling to beautiful swan.
That turned out really nice. I was a bit sceptical that the top might need a complete strip back but you proved me wrong and the sympathetic restoration worked really well. You have come a long way restoring furniture and not redoing furniture. I'm so glad to be a part of your journey. Best wishes for the future from Eston. May you live long and prosper.
A good honest peice of furniture I'd be happy to have in our home. Well done.
Sanding and planing! My secret pleasures!
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Such a pretty table made whole and useful again.
Happy to see you save that original grain paint.
This is absolutely gorgeous. You did such a good job on the faux wood grain!
Looks great. I enjoyed watching the furniture restorers at work. Thanks for sharing.
Always a pleasure. Hope you have a good christmas with your family.
Simple, but beautiful! Merry Christmas to you and your friends and family! 🇨🇦💕
Looks great! It was funny seeing the newsprint on the top when you first started--you could start a trend by designing one like that 😆
I like that you didn't remove the history of the piece. Good job!
Amazing work! I never thought that it can be saved, but skilled people with magical hands showed me otherwise. I love that the table still remains very old, yet nice. It is far from perfect by modern expectations of how a table should look like, but that is what gives it value. It is a lovely restored old table that shows its age.
Great talent by all the artists that recreated the original.
That worked out quite nice! Nice work on graining! I hope all three of you have a Blessed and joyful Christmas!
Fantastic work. It doesn't even look restored, but like how it came out of the shop. Your work never fails to amaze.
What a beautiful restoration and I really like the drawer pull that was added, it was the jewelry that finished the table. 😊
Always a pleasure to watch, thank you for the video, Merry Christmas 🎄
Excellent 👍❤ It can take pride of place once again in it's new home ❤
Refreshed with loads of character, wonderful.
I watch many furniture restoration channels. It's so disappointing when they decide to radically deviate from the look of the original piece. I'm going to give you the highest compliment I can on this restoration. You gave this piece back it's dignity. I only wish you had been able to find a replacement lock.
Красота, браво. Похвально что оставил всю фурнитуру, плюс остался запах старины. Спасибо, лайкаю и с Рождеством поздравляю.
Beautiful...Very good restoration 👍🙋🇧🇷
Great job!
Super brawo 👋👋👋👍👍👍 Tomek Poland 🇵🇱
That painted top looks amazing
Stunning transformation!
May I be so bold as to suggest Thomas Johnson’s example of using Krud Cutter as a cleaner/degreaser! He is the Master!
Wonderful job. Thanks for bringing us along.
Wonderful restoration it looks fabulous
Absolutely fabulous!!
Brilliant work as always!😊
omg!! this is my dream table and THE handle!!! it's amazing. you're definitely a wizard 🪄
Beautiful restoration!
Mr magic fingers now thats a Christmas present for all .Merry Christmas to you when it comes and thank you for all your delightful video's .
A lot of hard work went into them I'm sure.
You always do great work and are not afraid to show your mistakes. Thankyou for showing you are human and are able to fix your work. I love what you do.😊❤
Good job AT beautifully restored well done
Stunning work. As usual.
lovely job again. Hope you and those you love have a good Christmas and New Year
You’re an absolute master in your work
Another senior piece saved. Good on you.
I think this might be the first time I 6 seen you strip something all the way down. Looks nice.
I’m starting to be convinced that this guy needs an industrial sized planer for big tables like this because it would be so much easier to fix the top and the end result would be so much better than weird little painted areas and linseed oil stuff
Part of the rural heritage of Estonia, or perhaps a piece from the kitchen of a manor house. Excellent work!
Beautiful work as always Ahti. The fake wood look was popular in Sweden too in the 19th century. They'd create furniture out of pine, cover it with a chalky filler so you can't tell that it's pine. Then they'd paint it to look like mahogany or rosewood. These days they use MDF instead of pine. Nothing new under the sun. 😂
Always perfection!
Very well, Ahti! Merry christmas from Uruguay!
Looks great. Thanks for the videos and Merry Christmas!
А столик удался замечательный.
Looks great. Sympathetic restoration.
Magnifique travail comme d'habitude !!! On ne s'en lasse pas ...
I read that this was one of your early videos. Great filming, and a beautiful restoration project.
Minha saudosa mãe tinha uma dessa, vamos valorizar o que é simples e de bom gosto.
Great job!
An mesmerising process as well
Excellent job, my friend! Thank you for sharing!
Happy holidays Ahti! Thanks for all the fantastic videos - you’re the best!
Your work is like magic..
Always enjoy seeing artistic wood grain touch up; it looks like real skill is required to achieve a natural look. The restored table is looking splendid, as usual.
It was so relaxing seeing the restoration work.