"This website is
designed for furniture enthusiasts, for all those
who share our love for older furniture or secondhand
pieces and who wish to progress to the rewarding
practices of refinishing and restoring their furniture".
I find great
joy in taking a piece of furniture that was seemingly
beyond redemption, and not only giving back it's
usefulness and functionality, but making it look
amazing!
Join us in The Learning Center,
as we tackle & teach furniture refinishing and restoration.
Projects cover everything from the simplest tasks to
restoring furniture you wouldn't think was salvageable.
Along the way, we'll show you many of the
techniques and methods we use in our studio everyday.
The Knowledge we
share with you is inspired
by working
within, and running our own hands on
restoration business over
the past 30 years.
Rodney Keyser
All of the exclusive information within The Learning
Center is brought to you by Rod & Jen Keyser of
The Restoration Studio,
renown refinishers and restorers of fine furniture &
antiques.
"In each tutorial, We
will try to focus on a specific task within
that project that is unique to that job.
That way, tutorials don't get redundant and
each one should teach you
something new."
Rodney Keyser
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Who We Are, and What We
Do...
The Furniture Refinishing Studio
Learning Center
is a virtual furniture refinishing
and restoration school.
We Teach The Art
of
Furniture Restoration
online!
Articles
Choosing
The Right Finish For Your
Project
With 100's of choices, how are you to ever decide on
which finish is the best choice for your project?
All finishes can be grouped down into more
manageable categories having general working
qualities and degrees
of protection.
Here is a guide to follow
that will simplify your process.
Feeling Frustrated...
Who can you trust?
By Rod Keyser....October
2011
Just where should you
turn
when you need advice?
Kevin searched Youtube
for
information on how to
strip furniture, and
thought he was getting
good advice...uh oh
How
to: Refinish an Oak Rocking Chair....Without
Stripping.
By Rod Keyser...
So,
What are you do when you have a great piece
of furniture
that is
in good condition, but just happens to be
the wrong color? Why not change the
color? This is a quick and easy job,
if you know the right procedure. After
watching this step by step
tutorial....you'll be a color changing
wizard .
View this Tutorial
Stripping a Dining Room Table..or
any table for that matter
I think we all can
agree that stripping furniture is no fun. One thing I
can promise you though.....do it right and it sux less!
We will show you how to strip this full size dining
table in less than 30 minutes !!
Repairing and Refinishing a
Heywood Wakefield Buffet
In this episode, Rod teaches us how to disassemble this
vintage Heywood Wakefield M592 buffet and repair
all the loose seams where the glue has failed.
He then takes us through the
finishing process and stains the buffet champagne.
How
To Refinish Shabby Chic Style
Shabby Chic Style Refinishing....It's All The Rage
In this tutorial, I'll show you
step by step how I took this well worn dresser and
completely transformed it with a
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Brass Hardware
*Custom Color Matching Strategies
*How to Change The Color of Furniture
Without Stripping and Refinishing
I
Received this letter From Richard R of
Orlando
"
I'd like to extend my thanks for your help.
As is typical for me, I didn't start my
foray into HW refinishing with something
small, I went right for the full size
china hutch and base cabinet. Common
sense would have dictated an end table as my
first victim, but then where would the
adventure have been without a little bit of
fear............Your advise along the way
has been the reassuring voice that kept me
soldiering on"
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for the special Quick Tips throughout
the Members Section for special members Only
Tips and Techniques!
Help Hotline!
Need help on your furniture refinishing
project...have a question you need answered?
Fill out a
Help Desk Ticketand Rod will answer your
question personally ;-)
Custom Color Matching
Strategies....
We use a
special technique to custom color match an oak
parquet kitchen table to a walnut sample. No, stain
alone won't do the trick.
Antique Learning Center
How
to Recognize, Identify, Authenticate and Buy Antique
Furniture: A Guide for New
(and not so new )
Collectors
A
new section to our website devoted to the next
generation of a furniture enthusiasts interested in
Antique Furniture.
The complete
antique
furniture information
guide
about
antique furniture...all
in one place
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"In each tutorial, We
will try to focus on a specific task within
that project that is unique to that job.
That way, tutorials don't get redundant and
each one should teach you
something new."
Choosing
The Right Finish For Your
Project
