Dear All
Early this morning, I was awakened by an sms from Edwin, reminding me of delivery today. I could sense the excitement in his message. "Today's e delivery ..." . He wanted to know when we are coming. "We r excited n looking forward to them". It's like D-Day for him and his lovely wife, Ivy. For us too. We have been working on their pieces for a while, some to be fully restored and some to be repainted with a new coat of paint and waiting for this day when the vintage pieces will be with their new, joyful owners.
Two tiffany lamps were collected last week and an art deco wardrobe will be due in January. But today's delivery involved quite a few pieces: a rare retro 1960's teak box bed with attached bedside cabinets, a retro 1960's teak dresser, a vintage single door white cupboard, a vintage slim white book cupboard, a vintage 1940's-50's 3-door cabinet, a midcentury modern round dining table with beautiful bended wooden legs, an open teak book shelf with pencil legs and a kid's high wooden stool with turqoise blue seat.
Waiting for the vintage furniture to arrive, Edwin smsed again and what he wrote really touched me: "We will be there to welcome them to the family". This warmth regard alone is enough reason for us to continue the work of restoration and conservation. Below are those pieces that have joined a warmth and loving family of Edwin, Ivy and their three lovely young children.
Two tiffany lamps were collected last week and an art deco wardrobe will be due in January. But today's delivery involved quite a few pieces: a rare retro 1960's teak box bed with attached bedside cabinets, a retro 1960's teak dresser, a vintage single door white cupboard, a vintage slim white book cupboard, a vintage 1940's-50's 3-door cabinet, a midcentury modern round dining table with beautiful bended wooden legs, an open teak book shelf with pencil legs and a kid's high wooden stool with turqoise blue seat.
Waiting for the vintage furniture to arrive, Edwin smsed again and what he wrote really touched me: "We will be there to welcome them to the family". This warmth regard alone is enough reason for us to continue the work of restoration and conservation. Below are those pieces that have joined a warmth and loving family of Edwin, Ivy and their three lovely young children.
A vintage 1940'-50's three-panel door cabinet, given a fresher look witha new coat of paint. The piece was originally in off white that had become dull with age. We replaced the missing knobs with white
peranakan porcelain knobs
A vintage 1960's single door cupboard repainted white.For Ivy
Quite a number enquired about this ultra slim book cabinet. We repainted white for Ivy. She also wanted the writings to be in gold. Somehow, they matched the white and gold porcelain knobs thatwe replaced for the missing ones.
Another low teak bookshelf wanted by quite a few. But we only haveone piece. A good addition to the rest of Edwin and Ivy's pencil legs
collections.
A retro slim 1960's solid teak dresser. We strip the dull brownformica at the top of the dresser to reveal the solid teak underneath.
The piece is perfect with pencil legs retro bed, that was taken up
by Edwin and Ivy. Unfortunately, I dont have picture of the bed.
A beautifully restored mid century modern round dining table.54 inches in diameter. A good size for Edwin and Ivy's growing
family. We have 3 more available but of different dimensions
Below are some of the latest finds at Second Charm,
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
A vintage 1920's-40's teak show case fully restored.2 pcs available. One reserved by Azraei.
A rare vintage 1920's -40's teak dresser that has missing mirror
but makes a nice side board . Available
A vintage 1950's big solid teak writing table. Beautifully restored.
A vintage 1960's teak queen size bed, fully restored with originalformica. Available $850. Taken up by Karen in KL.
A real retro piece of the 60's. Just came back from our restorer.There will be sliding glass on the front. Available $650. Taken
up by Mohd.
Antique late 19th century and early 1920's french marquetryglass cupboard. Available.
A solid pine chest of drawers. Came in yesterday. Need restoration.The top drawer curves out a bit. Will be a pretty piece once
restored. Restored at $600
A antique solid teak 1920's extendable dining table.Centre parts joined by brass hinges. Available.
A mid century dining table. 51 inches in diameter. Extendable to oval shaped below at 68 inches in length. Once restored, the piecewill look as good as Ivy's
The table above extendable at 68 inches in length. A handsomepiece once restored. Can easily accomodate 6 persons.
Solid teak curved bended wooden legs. Available.
Taken up by Pete.
An art deco 1950's dining table. Solid teak withdrawers at the side. Can be a good writing table. Available.
A 1950's art deco solid teak dining table. 7 ft in length.A rare find for such length. Available
A contemporary teak piece. Uniquely square with very thick dark glass inthe centre that blends with the dark stained top. 55 x 55 inches.
Height 29.5 inches. Available.
The dining table above comes with 2 single ottomons and one long ottomon with Lorenzo brand underneath them. I supposed wecan sell the table and the ottomons separately. Available.
A contemporary oval dining table. 4 ft in length.Available $250
A rare retro coffee table. Restoring for Asher.
A hexagon teak coffee or side table. Available $3oo
An elegant black wood coffee table. Need repair.Taken up by Mr Poh.
An art deco 1950's teak coffee table in pink. The cross stripsat the botton in not original to the set. Once we stripped the
colour, the piece deserves the original teak stain like below.
Available.
A beautiful art deco teak coffee table. Taken up.
A beautiful french armchairs in solid mahogany. The wood inexcellent condition. Seats may need upholstery. Available.
A pair of Italian low single sofa. Brand Salotti. Tapestry fabricneed upholstery. Available
A 3-seater french sofa. Need upholstery. $400 as is condition.Bring in your fabric and we reupholstery for you.
Another piece of french sofa that needs upholstery. $400 as iscondition.
A solid mahogany chaise lounge. Wood in excellent condition. However, sofa needs reupholstery. Available $400
Beautifully carved back of the chaise lounge above. 
A leather sofa. INCANTO, made in Italy. In relatively good condition, except for a slight discolouration at the back of the seat.Available $350
The single ottomons. 2 pieces available. $80 each
A long piece ottomon. I piece available. $180
A freshly repainted white vintage wooden rack. Available $180Taken up by Germaine
A pair of kopitiam chairs that we painted yellow for Fiona Choywho loves to experiment with colours in vintage furniture.
A beautifully restored long bench. 6 ft long. Available $280
A wooden black bench. Available $100
A vintage Shanghai lady poster in frame. Available $150
A vintage Shanghai lady poster in frame. Available $150 
A good dragon pot. No hole. For your water plants. $80Looking forward to make a few deliveries the next one week before we move to our new place. Hope Cecelia, Kelvin, Cindy, Saifuddin, Chris, Corinne, Wee Bin and Irwin are eagerly waiting for their vintage pieces and warmly welcome them like Edwin and Ivy.
Till my next posting.
Warmest regards
Sharifah
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