Sewing Box Renovation...

There is satisfaction to be had when you manage to breath new life into an old object, doesn't matter what it is really, what matters is that it doesn't end up in the rubbish, I'm a firm believer in fixing something to keep it going, everything is expensive these days so not only can you save things from the bin you can save some money as well, can't be bad?

I picked up an old sewing box that was in need of attention, it was in 3 parts when I got it, the lid was detached from the main body of the box and the inner tray was missing the little wood dividers these boxes tend to have, so the first job was to fit the lid back to the box, this was easy enough once I'd located some small brass screws (of which I have many)

Next step was to sort out the inner tray, I removed what was left of the old paper lining using some warm soapy water to dissolve the old glue, kind of like removing wall paper, I did the same for the lining inside the box as well.

They tray had to be glued back together and the side pieces re-attached, again an easy enough task as the wood was in good condition, once that was done I moved on to cutting some wood into very small thin strips so I could replace the compartments the inner tray originally had, I used some old pine, which is what the tray is made from.

I've simplified the process a little to keep this short, but most of the time taken for this project was waiting for glue to set, re-lining the tray and the inside of the box and a bit of polishing and the end result was worth it.

As good as new - 

Below are the 2 short videos I did on the process - 

The end result was worth it, and now it's ready for a new home and will make a lovely sewing box for someone, so one antique rosewood sewing box with mother of pearl inlay saved from landfill, happy days.

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