VINTAGE FURNITURE , SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONSERVATION

Dear All

Have you seen this month's edition of Square Rooms.  The cover showed a scan teak day bed in a beautiful and refreshing natural ambience, in line with its eco concept.  We had the same bed only a couple of months ago. It has been taken up by Jasmyn, an interior designer in Kuala Lumpur.  We are still waiting for her to bring us the fabric to do the bed cover.  I'm sure, she will be able to create an ambience as beautiful and as refreshing as that depicted in the cover page of Square Rooms magazine,with the day bed from us.

Check out too pages 36 and 37 of this interior design magazine.  Some of SECOND CHARM'S before and after pieces were featured to show the potential of old and preloved pieces and the beautiful outcomes of restoration and refurbishment, thereafter.  Some of those featured were Siew Huey's rocking chair, Sarah Hopkin's art deco wardrobe and NoorHisham's  office chair in retro fabric.   I'm sure the social responsibility message of Square Rooms  is shared by all of us: the importance of conservation and the need for sustainability for a better world. To Tracy Tang of Square Rooms, many thanks for giving us the opportunity to be part of this movement. 

Sharing with you some of our restored pieces, below.

A rare 4-seater teak retro sofa taken up by Chuan. It consists of two
 2-seaters with arms only  on one side and joined in the middle
 and yet separable. Interesting concept. The set  is perfect with 
the an equally vintage fabric from us.

Talking about commitment to the social cause of conservation,  here is

 one piece  saved by Jeffrey Tay  from his neightbour. We helped him

 restore the piece but kept the original green formica.   Got so 

many people loving this piece, when they say it  at our shop.

Another retro beauty, taken up by Yeong Min.

A retro solid teak sideboard, taken up by Yen of Nostalgic Diva, who 

runs a fashion boutique at Arab Street.

A side view of the vintage cabinet above.

A teak bookcase modified from an retro old wardrobe gilt edges.

 Available $850.

 Display teak retro piece with interesting deep insert at the top.

 Taken up by Alice Seto.  You wouldn't recognize the original,

as seen below!

An almost similar piece taken up my Marcus Tan

A vintage wooden retro wardrobe converted into an all glass

display cabinet.  Taken up by Yen of Nostalgic Diva.

A retro solid teak coffee table with curved ages. Taken up.

A retro solid teak pencil legged  coffee table.  Restored.  Available. $400

An art deco solid teak 1950's coffee table.  Taken up by Saifudin.

A drop leaf mahogany coffee table, beautifully restored.

Taken up by Cristina.

Drop leaf table above extended.

A burmese teak chest of drawers in white water based stains that 

brings out the grain inspite of the white paint.  Taken up by Chien  Ying.

The original brass legs were replaced with our spare parts retro legs.

Chien Ying got some very cute porcelain knobs from  San  Francisco

 to replace all except the last 2 original knobs.

A long and slim vintage sideboard 

Repainted white for Mr Chua.

A beautiful antique 1940's solid teak art deco bed.  Love the high 

head board and the grooves. Bigger than Queen size.

A vintage  1960's -70's solid teak armchair.  Cushions and cushion

 covers available. Comes in a pair.

Vintage 1960's-70's solid teak 3-seater sofa.  Restored.  Awaiting upholstery

Vintage sewing machine leg with wooden top.  Dimension 100 x 70 cm.

Several pieces made for an F & B outlet at Killiney.

Another vintage sewing machine legs with smaller wooden top.

70 x 70 cm

Long wooden bench repainted white.  Taken up by Vee.

Wooden coat stand in white. 

Hope to do another posting soon as we got quite a bit of new stuffs  this week.

Till then, 

Warmest regards

Sharifah

posted  on 10 June 2011, 4.39am

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