Expert: Eileen Cronk - 10/4/2009

Question
I have my mothers bedroom set its from United Furniture corps. it is solid Mahogany it is a beautiful eggplant color but the tops are in need of repair or refinished it is a very heavy set too has a huge mirror and wide mans chest of drawers with 2 nightstands, my son was using it but now I want to have it re done to its original beauty, I was just wounding what you thought? Thank you

Answer
Hi Tina
Nice to hear from you.
Heres what I think as you asked.
By the way not to many folks ask me what I think and its nice to give an opinion as I rarely get to do that at home..I'm married you see LOL.
Seriously though Tina, if you are fortunate enough to have a solid mahogany bedroom set you should make every effort to have it restored.
Mahogany is often called "the king of furniture wood", and I agree with that.
It finishes the nicest of all woods and there are no surprises with this wood. The outcome is always the same..beautiful.
Now the downside is the cost to refinish an entire set such as this.
It will be pretty expensive unless you want to do it yourself.
It sounds like it has been painted..is that correct?
If you can let me know, or better yet a picture I can send the stripping and refinishing info.
Also tell me a bit about your skill level in this area.
Great question
Regards
Eileen