Another Antique Oak Wardrobe

    This is an antique oak wardrobe that I completed at the end of 2003 for a customer. He had been looking for one about this size for a while to add to the Antique Oak Dresser I refinished for him earlier.
    He wanted me to replace the old door panels with new panels, repair some minor problems, and give the wardrobe a general "going-over".
    Since the finish was in good shape, refinishing was not necessary. It just needed to be cleaned and polished to bring back the shine.
    There were some parts that needed mending, and required only simple repairs. While looking over the various pieces of this wardrobe, after getting them all unloaded and into my shop, it became apparent that some of the original parts were missing. A little detective work revealed there was once a center divider and two smaller shelves that were not present. He also wanted a hanger rod added for storing clothing on hangers.
    I recommended making the new door panels from the same type of wood used on the veneered drawer fronts of his oak dresser. This would help in making the wardrobe match the look of the dresser. Another idea to help with this was to replace the wooden drawer pulls with the same brass pulls used on the dresser. I also recommended adding these to the two doors, since there were no pulls to grasp to open them.
    With all the details of the work to be done agreed upon, I began my work on the wardrobe.

A Note For Those With Dial-up Connections -

Although I kept the images in this series of pages as compact as possible, I felt it would be an injustice to this fine piece of furniture to use smaller shots. Unlike my other pages, there are no thumbnails that link to larger images. Each page, therefore, averages about three images similar in size to the one seen on this page.

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Below is a list of links that show this project in various stages from start to finish.


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