Terry contacted me in the hopes to bring some life back to — and fix a botched repair — on one of her dining chairs.
[After... not a bad "refresh"]
We had exchanged photos of it previously and I had assumed it was a just a shock-mount-replacement. When we got the chair into the workshop some of the earlier evils unfolded including lots of scratches... and not only a "botched" repair, but one that put the back on upside down (with lot of dripping glue residue).
She also had a very limited budget and wanted to keep much of the original patina, but repair the obvious damage. In a case like this, new materials (shock mount, epoxy, finishing supplies) can eat up a budget quickly, but I think we did something good within the parameters we gave ourselves — we'll call it a "refresh" versus a restoration (only the back was removed and the back and seat were the main points of focus).