MOLLOY RESTORATION

Restoration Guide

MOLLOY RESTORATION

Restoration Guide

Portfolio

Here are some of our works , there are over 700 more completed pieces on our instagram portfolio, link at bottom of page.

A neat little chez home and ready to be enjoyed for generations to come . Full rebuild , finish restoration and full reupholstery .

Before ! After ! 😴 Hendersons farm ! 😘

We restored and conserved this beautiful original door . It had spent 60 years in a barn . All works carried out with period correct techniques and materials . You can’t beat the real thing ! We are also currently waiting on a piece of external

This was fun , originally a drop leaf needing to be repurposed to fit the room and seat 8 people. A bit of head scratching with the client and we have a family piece back in daily use .

We got this lovely fellow in after it had been French polished and badly restored. We put everything back structurally the way it was originally designed and we put the correct oil finish back on it . It’s now looking stunning ready for home ,h

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Joint repair , top rebuild, lipping rebuild . Using only time, period correct adhesive and a bit of wax for finish. This piece is just fab , so original and not messed with, timeless and pure elegant .

Good morning!!!

Some photos of recent class I ran In gorey adult education. These are great fun and are such an experience. If you have any interest they run September and January , they are 10 weeks they book up fast as class size is limited to 12 . Contact Gorey a

Victorian dining table and chest of drawers , refinished in the most complicated finish I have ever applied. This was a real journey with the client to explore and develop a result that worked for us both. I am amazed at how much I love the result ,

Traditional finish on a fine sized dining table looking good and heading home . Great sized piece.

The process of refinishing mid century furniture in oil. This takes weeks ,3-4 normally and really is so so much slower than French polish and other quick fix finishes. But it is just yummy , super , super strong and will work for decades. . This stu

Another yummy top slowly getting ready for the next 60 years of being gorgeous! #molloyrestoration #lovemyjob #hansolsen

Finish build up . The old organic finishes are slow but the wood really loves them, it work with the wood for centuries while modern fast alternatives untested by time are failing after 5 years or some times less . Do it once do it right !

One restored , one unrestored. Great to see the contrast .

Stewart desk , Galway . This is a cherished family heirloom that came to us needing full rebuild and refinish . It’s once again stunning and ready to work for generations to come . #stewartconstruction #antique #furniture #molloyrestoration #an

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