Steamer Wardrobe Trunk Restoration

The antique trunk restoration process especially antique furniture restoration takes many hours of carefully removing old and unusable canvas cloth and paper linings.

Steamer wardrobe trunk restoration.

How to thrift a vintage steamer trunk. Trunk restoration products supplies few things so clearly have a story to tell like an antique trunk. By cleaning the inside of old paper or canvas and tender washing sanding and varnishing a steamer trunk can look like it s never been used. Here is the definitive list of antique trunk restoration services near your location as rated by your neighborhood community.

History of a steamer trunk. Many of the vintage labels are still visible on the trunk. Steamers usually need some cleaning or restoration. Before after restoration.

Dec 4 2017 got an old steamer wardrobe gonna rehab it. Then there is the steamer trunk which is usually covered in a heavy canvas. Here at shenandoah restoration we prefer to restore your trunk as close as possible to the way it was when it was manufactured years ago. Inside there are hangers shoe bags and drawers.

This old antique chest had been used by my husband s great grandparents as they traveled back and forth between italy and staten island. A note to our community regarding covid 19. Step 1 use a putty knife to remove old paper from the inside of a steamer trunk. The below images are of two different antique storage trunks which we have fully restored.

It stands about five feet tall and opens like a book. Like a house you don t want to buy a trunk with bad bones. On the left is a taylor wardrobe trunk and on the right is an antique louis vuitton rayee trunk with before and after restoration pictures. Treat the wood using various non toxic cleansers oils and varnishes.

See more ideas about steamer trunk trunks steamer. Send us your old tin or canvas covered trunk for restoring or refinishing. In our years of restoring antique furniture i ve often said of a piece of furniture if only it could talk nothing is truer than with a trunk. If the wood is decaying with obvious mold or water damage it s time to move on.

The multiple trips between new york and europe took a toll on this wooden chest leaving evidence of its history as well as making it that much more important to be restored. However it shouldn t be falling apart. Let us take your cherished antique trunk and restore and or refinish it to your liking we love to do antique trunk restoration. And carefully preserve any identifying.

Want to see who made the cut. Over time the canvas becomes very worn and tears easily. On occasion you may come across a wardrobe trunk.