Glorious Restoration {Part One}

There it was in a flea market with a circa-1800 copy of Moore’s Poetical Works resting upon its nicked and dilapidated tabletop. It was two hundred pennies shy of free and utterly hopeless. A decorative molding that had once encircled its round rim was lifting off, forsaking an ingrained layer of dried wood glue, and its overall shabby state had been hastily remedied with a coat of beige spray paint. But spotting this little end table was love at first sight.Snapshots from the restoration: 1. The toolbox 2. Removing a thick layer of dried polyurethane from pedestal foot with wood file 3. Sanding wood putty repairs on tabletop 4. Pedestal base partly sanded