Category Archives: Monterey Furniture

NEWS: We made the National Parks blog

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

by DKP I did a search today and found an article about us and the Oregon Caves Chateau on the National Parks blog.  It has been there for a few months; not sure how I missed it.  It is nice … Continue reading →

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Monterey Desk Restoration #5: Decorative Side Panels, Changes and Last Touches

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

By DKP I now saw changes that I needed to make, and set to it.  The biggest was the central floral motif on both side panels.  I was originally guided strictly by the residue paints and ghosting, but now I reconsidered … Continue reading →

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Mason Monterey Desk Restoration #4: Decorative Side Panels, Greenery

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

By DKP After the warm flowers were dry, leaves and branches were added in shades of green.  Note the old and new gold paint seen together in the top images, below.  That dappled appearance will be wonderful when the topcoat is applied. Large … Continue reading →

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Mason Monterey Desk Restoration #3: Decorative Side Panels, Warm Colors

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

By DKP I applied the warm palette next.  I planned to allow the original colors to show whenever possible, and so painted carefully around them, as you can see in the gold bud below.  I free-handed penciled edges in when the … Continue reading →

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Mason Monterey Desk Restoration #2: Decorative Side Panels, Prep and Bluebells

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

 By DKP The side panels had the ghost of their original design on a background of original Straw Ivory.  I recognized the artist, though of course we do not know any names, just styles.  Monterey had only a handful of … Continue reading →

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Mason Monterey Desk Restoration #1: Outer Carcass

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

By DKP I am posting our restoration of a Monterey desk that is a family heirloom.   This piece has almost none of the original paint on it:  It was hand-stripped by Kay’s father ages ago, painted by Kay’s father (possibly … Continue reading →

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Conservation as Art: Infill, by DKP

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

The trend in American conservation is to think of conservation as science.  A more balanced truth is conservation is an art that uses science.  Infill is one area that proves that theory.  Simplistically, one reason infill is performed in a … Continue reading →

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