We promised photos...

...ages ago.  Sorry guys.

Still, worth the wait I hope.  Below are the next few pieces that are due to go under the pump.

Henere the Don recliner

This Don recliner came to us from Hamilton and to be frank, it has sat unhappily un-named because its such a dog.  Anyone who ever had kids come home with a clearly dying bird will remember the advice - never name a dying animal.  We didn't name this one.

The frame was very loose - every joint needs re-gluing, so at least it was easy to dismantle.  A couple of bodged repairs have been done in his sad history, but nothing that will be insurmountable or detract from the finished product.

I pulled the frame apart this week and stripped and oiled it and now I'm feeling a little better about it!    The frame is still in pieces - the photo is as he came to us.  The timber is the usual sapele mahogany used by Don in the 1970s and it has come back to life beautifully with classic grain and a satin finish from the oil.  The Hamilton recliner in now Henere.

The recliner mechanism is similarly sad and will take a bit of engineering to refurbish.

At the moment Henere is un-upholstered.  We had a client looking at it but they have decided they don't want a recliner so Henere from Hamilton is available.  We have a second matching recliner for anyone wanting a pair.