VINTAGE FURNITURE - REPAIRED, RESTORED AND REUPHOLSTERED

Dear All

Since my last posting on Synti Leong's house, there has been quite a number of interests on the vintage, retro pieces that we have. We have quite a good range of them, I think. Display cabinets, sideboards, beds, wardrobes, dressers, wooden sofas, bedside tables, coffee tables, chairs and dining tables. Some of them in Kuala Lumpur, some in Singapore and some with my restorer in Malacca. Should you be interested in any of the vintage types, just let me know and I should be able to send you images of what's available. No obligation, not to worry. And we do move them across borders.

In fact, this Monday, we bringing down quite a number of fully restored pieces for my Singapore based customers: Jennifer's retro 60's dining table with new formica top, Adeline's retro sofa set, Linda's retro armchair, Jeremy's 3-seater vintage sofa, Corinne's retro sideboard, Caroline's 1920's antique wardrobe, Ivy's vintage queen size bed with attached bedside cabinets and dining table, Mohd's art deco and retro sideboards, Cristina's and Suriah's wing chairs and ottomons, Saifuddin's art deco's writing desks and wardrobe, Hwee Bin's repaired kopitiam chairs, Cindy's retro bedside table with vintage white formica, Ting Hway's upholstered dining chairs and cushion seats. Also retro writing desk and chest of drawers.

Below are a mixed of restored and reupholstered vintage pieces and newly acquired pieces. There are also some small home accents pieces, such as vases and paintings, that might add some character to your home.

A lovely mid century modern arm chair that we restored and reupholstered for Mr Foo in Kuala Lumpur. It was originally in a totally
broken down piece. We keep the original design.

Another battered piece that we restored and reupholstered to its
original elegance for Mr Foo. The cushion seat was missing.
We make a new one him and substituted fabric to black
PVC. A rare midcentury modern sofa.

A retro teak 3-seater sofa taken up by Bonita. She must have fun choosing the fabric combination.

A pair of vintage chairs, probably 1920's-30's, restored and
reupholstered. They were tucked in our KL shop for quite sometime
until Puan Fuzianah's interior designer, Encik Rizal recognized
their value. The fabric is burgundy red velvet
from Laura Ashley, I'm told.

A nice round table that we restored for Fuzianah.

A big square Chinese style with drawers on both sides restored to a dark stained. Taken up by Azraie.

Cindy's vintage dresser stool. Restored and reupholstered. When we first
got it, the foam of the seat was totally unusable. She brought in the fabric.

Another pretty vintage 1960's dresser stool that we restored and reupholstered for Corinne. We throw in the mustard fabric for her.

A old piano stool with adjustable seat. The seat is a nice tufted
green PVC. Taken up by Daniel Tan.

A retro 1960's solid teak chest of drawers with attached mirror
for a dresser. Fully restored in dark stain finish. Available

A solid teak chest of drawers. Vintage 1960's. Fully restored.
Available $650

A beautiful 4 ft 1960's wardrobe teak that we converted into a glass display cabinet. Comes with glass shelves. We still keep the hanging metal pole at the top for hanging clothes. Taken up by Mei Yi in KL.

An art deco burmese teak dresser. Taken up buy Mohd in its original condition.This is the second art deco dresser he's getting from us.
He simply loves the vintage green formica and the curved round
side cabinet. The white spots are merely stickers that can easily be removed.

A pair of ashwood low armchairs in sweet pink that just came in yesterday. However, need reupholstery as the back cushions have
soften and part of the fabric at the back is torned. $100 per piece

A pair of scan teak armchairs. Taken up by Eric in their original condition.

An old 2.5 ft nkopitian table, painted brown. Need new marble top.
Leg available at $180

A vintage 2.5ft kopitiam table. A real charming seasoned piece.
Need new marble top. Available $180

A long pine kitchen table in good condition.
L74 x D16.75 x H 35.5 inches. Available $180

A nice pine kitchen table with white tiles and 2 stools.
Taken up by Saifudin

A nice bar table with 3 high stools. Table top made in France.
Available $200 per set.

A pair of cane chairs. $30 each.

Silver table lamp. Reserved for Deborah Harrison

Brass table lamp. Available $ 60

A beautiful Chinnoserie pinewood drum. Taken up by Daniel Tan to
complete his furnishing before his housewarming party today. I'm invited
but got to be in KL . Best wishes and have fun, Daniel.

A vibrant colour oil painting. Taken up by Dr Leow.

Another piece of oil painting. 48 x 36 inches $100

Oil painting of Merlin. Nice for children's room. 27 x 39 inches.
$50

Lord of the Rings poster. $40. 28.5 x 40 inches

Earthen pot. Height 16 inches. Opening 6.5 inches. $25

Decorative vase on wooden stand. Height 27 inches.
Opening 7 inches. $25

Bevelled edge mirror in decorative solid wooden frame.
L30 x 40 inches. $80

Big bevelled edge mirror in metal frame. 149 x 91 cm. $80

Nice wooden and bamboo foldable screen. Taken up by Dr Leow.

Vintage sold. Taken up

High pine planter's stand. $15.

A pair of metal planters stand. $20 per pair.

Till my next posting.

Warmest regards

Sharifah

posted on 14 November 2110, 5.15am

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SHARING THE LOVE FOR VINTAGE -THE LOVELY HOME OF SYNTI LEONG.

Dear All

This blog is not just about selling vintage furniture. It is also about sharing ideas, knowledge of and love for vintage furniture and furnishing. Today, I would like to share with you the lovely home of one of my long time customers, Synti Leong, who over the years have accumulated quite a number of beautiful retro pieces from SECOND CHARM, Kuala Lumpur. I didnt realised how substantial the buys were, until she sent the pictures below. I'm proud to say that most of the pieces in her living, dining and study rooms, as well as the patio, come from our shop at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. In her blog, dedicated to her pet dogs, she voted us as her favourite furniture shop.

Though these vintage pieces come from SECOND CHARM, credit really goes to this soft spoken, gentle soul and passionate animal lover, for her fine taste in furniture and furnishing and for bringing out the retro atmosphere so authentically and so exquisitely.

You can see her expression of delight and hear her gasp of excitement, whenever, she sees a genuine retro piece at our shop. Much as she is concerned about her budget, she always ends up taking the those pieces that would suit her interior decor, knowing that the same piece may never come again. She takes great pain in her choice of fabric for the upholstery, selecting the right colour combination, combining plain with stripes or flowers, contrasting bold with earthy colours. And the result is a delightful place called home.

A perfect retro combination. She inherits the charming coffee table
from her grandmother. However, the 3-seater sofa, the 2 singles armchairs and the beautifully long sideboard, came from SECOND CHARM. All are vintage pieces of the 60's, of solid teak wood and fully restored. We customed-made the long cushions for her 3-seater sofa. Covers for the seats were also done at SECOND CHARM.

Another 3-seater retro sofa from SECOND CHARM specifically for the study room. The vintage side coffee table with books on it, was bought from us sometime later. So was the coffee table at the corner. It is difficult to get all retro pieces of the right combination at the same
time. So if you find one that you really like, grab it because you
never know when the next one will come along.

Combining vintage and modern. The retro furniture with the
characteristic pencil legs give real elegance to the study room.
The big worldmap at back of the retro sofa is simply awesome.

A close view of the retro 1960's sideboard that has been fully restored by us. The big single retro armchair was also from SECOND CHARM. It was originally in PVC.

A rare retro sideboard cum divider bought recently from
SECOND CHARM.The collectibles were tastefully displayed
without being crowded.

The dining table from SECOND CHARM is a rare vintage 1920-40's.
The midcentury modern chairs and the wooden bench were also from SECOND CHARM. The bench was a recent addition. Synti gives a personal touch to the bench by making a cushion seat to it. We did the long cushion and upholstery for the chairs and bench for her.

5 pieces of midcentury modern dining chairs from SECOND CHARM. Restored and reupholstered. Synti choice of fabric remains true
to the retro style of this period pieces of the 70's

A harmonious blend of modern and vintage furniture . But somehow cannot help the feeling that the vintage furniture are the ones giving character to the place.

A lovely retro sideboard from SECOND CHARM. Not to big. Smalller retro
pieces are sometimes hard to find. The collection of vintage pyrex with
the rose motifs, is also from SECOND CHARM. We still have vintage
advertisements posters of Shanghai ladies at shops.

A vintage sofa set with metal legs also from SECOND CHARM that graces her patio. Choice of grey PVC by Synti.

Hope Synti's lovely home gives you some ideas of vintage furniture and furnishing. And hope you share them with like minded friends.


For those of you who love animals, do visit Synti's blog at http://raising haruki.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html

Leaving you on a vintage hunt. Probably at SECOND CHARM?

Warmest regards
Sharifah

posted on Friday 5 November 2010.

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VINTAGE FINDS - ART DECO AND RETRO FURNITURE OF THE 50'S AND 60'S

Dear All

I brought in some beautifully restored vintage furniture from my restorer, back in Singapore yesterday. Some of the pieces have seen booked and will be sent out the next few days. But they are still some beautiful pieces that I specially picked for my Singapore based customers, to give them better choices of fully restored pieces. Below are some of those pieces.

There are also quite a few retro pieces of the 60's and art deco pieces of the 50's unrestored as yet that we got over the last one and half week. There are some of you who love them in their original condition, and we are happy that the furniture are taken as is. There is a certain charm about an unrestored piece. It is as if someone aged with experience, or that it holds memories, that leaves the new owner to imagine or compare with his or her own.

Nevertheless, should they be restored and taken care of, they would last a lifetime of joy.

A vintage teak planter's chair fully restored with new cane. $750

A vintage/retro 1960's teak glass display cabinet. Comes with 3
layers of glass shelves that sit on a wooden ledge
instead of those modern plastic studs. $850

A sturdy vintage 1950's -60's solid teak glass display cabinet.
With glass shelves. $850

A beautiful rare art deco turntable/radiogram cabinet with
a pull down drawer. Fully restored for Sharon Lee.

A fully restored retro side cabinet for Sharon. Originally came with brown formica. Though not a teak piece, it is still worth restoring.
A classic design of the 60's.

A vintage 1920's -40's teak dining chairs. Fully restored. Will blend in with peranakan furniture. Cane seats are still in their
original condition. $195 per piece.

A fully restored queen size retro solid teak bed. With charming strips of vintage green formica on top of the bed frames. Why buy a modern divan bed with PVC headboard for more than a thousand dollars when you can have a beautifully restored vintage solid teak piece for half the price. $750

A beautiful, unique design retro 1960's queen size bed. High headboard. Originally came with brown formica. We stripped them to reveal
the solid teak underneath. For Cindy.

A lovely retro 1960's solid teak dresser. Stands on beautiful long pencil
legs. 4 ft in length. Fully restored. Comes with 3-fold bevelled edge mirrors.The other 2 foldable sides mirrors got stranded in Kuala Lumpur. $750

Beautifully restored 1960's cupboard. We retained and polished the vintage blue formica. A charming vintage piece.
Comes with sliding glass. $650

A sturdy art deco 1950's solid teak chest of drawers. Deep drawers.
Attached a good mirror above and you get a dresser.
Beautifully restored. $750.
Sold to Daniel Tan

A vintage 1930's- 40's teak desk. Reserved.

A 1920's teak side table. Fully restored. $400. Sold to Onn Peng

A beautiful vintage 1960's-70 iron table. Glass top. 3 ft in diameter.
Reserved for Irwin.

A fully restored retro 1960's solid teak study desk, with a pull out
wooden pieceabove the chest of drawers. $650

A lovely retro/midcentury 1960's teak coffee table . Fully restored.
Originally camewith brown formica top. Booked by Mr Wong
together with a retro single armchair.

Another lovely retro/mid century coffee table.
Beautifulteak wood grains. Fully restored. $395

Fully restored retro 1960's teak coffee table. $395

A real retro side/phone table with vintage formica. 1960's teak.
In relatively good original condition. $195

Restored vintage kopitiam chairs. Original seats. 7 pcs available.
Another 4 pcs being restored. $95 each.

4 pcs of dark stained kopitiam chairs. Solid wooden seats unlike
the polish bentwood. Original condition. $40 each.

Rectangle marble-shaped kopitiam table. 24 x30 inches.
Height 30 inches. 7 pcs available . Ideal for F & B outlets.
Original condition. $195 each

24 x 24 inches marble top kopitiam tables. 11 pcs available.
Great for F & B outlet. Original condition. $180 each

Mid century modern chairs beautifully restored and
upholstered for Cheryl, Kuala Lumpur. Cheryl choses
light cream over dark colours pvc.

Mid century modern armchair, restored and reupholstered
in maroon genuine leather. $195

Another midcentury modern chair, restored and reupholstered in
genuine leather. A nice mix and match with the above armchair. $180

My favourite find of the week. Have not seen such retro piece for quite some time. Simple but elegant retro dining table with vintage formica top. In original condition. L 59.5 x W35.5 x 30 inches. Unrestored at $450. Restoration at an extra $200.

A vintage 1960's midcentury dining table with 4 chairs in vintage PVC.
The table has been sent for restoration. Diameter of table is 54 inches.
Chairs available in Kuala Lumpur.

Vintage 1960's round dining table. Beautiful curved/bended
teak legs. Dimension 54 inches.

4 midcentury dining chairs in vintage pvc seats.
Part of the set above. In Kuala Lumpur

A pair of midcentury chairs in original condition.
Available in Singapore.$50 each.

An art deco 1950's dining table. With 2-drawers. Solid teak. Also make
a nice big writing table. Fully restored. In Kuala Lumpur

A 1960's vintage glass cabinet. The back is also glass instead of the normal wooden back. A see through piece. Comes with thick glass shelves.
Ideal for boutique or accessory shop. In Kuala Lumpur.

A unique retro 1960's teak dresser. In good original condition.
Comes with matching bed sides teak cabinet.(see below)
Sold to Mr and Mrs Koh, Singapore

A matching pair of 1960's bedside cabinets.
Sold to Mr and Mrs Koh.

A painted wooden 1960's side cabinet in yellow and brown paint.
Bright yellow formica on top.Can look good if resprayed in white.
$150 as is condition.

A beautiful Burmese teak book shelves. Top comes in vintage green formica. 5 ft in length. Slim 13 inches in depth. In good original condition. $450 with minor touch up.
Full restoration at an extra $250.

An art deco 1950's solid burmese teak super single bed. In good original condition. Unrestored at $300. Fully restored at at $450.

A beautiful art deco 1940's -50's queen size bed. Rich dark 2-tone. Reserved by Andrew in its original condition. Sold another same designed but fully restored piece to Daniel Tan, who insisted on the same colour tone.

An art deco 1950's solid teak bed. Queen size. Unrestored.

A beautifully crafted bed. Probably mahogany. In very good condition.
$450 as is condition.

An art deco 1950's solid Burmese teak wardrobe.
Reserved by Andrew Tan

A solid Burmese teak 1950's art deco wardrobe with flat base .
Lovely woodgrains. Out for restoration

A sturdy 1950's art deco writing desk. Solid Burmese teak.
Out for restoration

Another art deco solid Burmese teak writing table. Out for restoration.

An art deco 1950's solid teak single chair. Fully restored.
In Kuala Lumpur. For those who love to mix and match.

An English crafted armchair , beautifully reupholstered.
Wood remain in original condition. Sold to Mr Tan, Cheras.

A Chinese crafted dining table. Fully restored.
In Kuala Lumpur. L48 x W27.5 x H32inches

2 vintage stools with metal legs. $15 each.

Till my next vintage finds.

Warmest regards,

Sharifah
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