Every house had one of these 100 years ago

This week Trena refinishes a classic china cabinet from the 1920s.
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[@jelsner5077]

THANK YOU for not painting the cabinet in gray chalk paint and screeching in a baby voice how AMAZING it turned out.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Lol

[@dalesworld1308]

Nice to see a depression era piece not get slathered in chalk paint.

[@kippywylie]

In life I'll find channels where yes it's full of priceless information, but also therapeutic and somehow a restful break from stress. Here I've found it. Thank You

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Welcome

[@1955nomad]

You not only repair furniture you are an artist .

[@edcrego396]

Yes she is did you see the clock she restored the transformation with the color was spot on

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou !

[@bobpiec]

Trena, your father taught you well! 25 years of doing this shows. Your work and knowledge shows. Your work makes your customers grateful and happy. God bless you and yours.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou !

[@jannamarie3990]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!❤❤❤

[@Ronalcock1]

What a BEAUTIFUL job you make of all of your restorations, I love watching your video's, keep well and keep them coming please.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

I hope Lee Valley is watching these videos. My favourite toy store. So nice to see sympathetic and professional restoration. I am so tired of all the chalk paint out there so this is a relief.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Yes I used to teach at the Windsor location.

[@TheBuddyClack]

I like the way you made this video. Started with up close pictures, a new intro, and told the story in 30 minutes. Great strategy used to fix the door. Beautiful work. Great finish color. The piece turned out great. I am a big fan and look forward to watching your show.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou !

[@punchion]

So much fun to watch an accomplished artisan at work!

[@russgoyer]

Your patience stamina and dedication is amazing. You are a miracle worker. I think of what you went through, picking up roots, discontinuing at a successful location, and dragging All you have 2000 miles to start again. I wish upon you gods love and grace to be with you help you. and protect you and your family. My situation wont allow me to help you financially, but i will be hope and praying for you. Thank you for your videos.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou so much! Your prayers are so precious to me. You have given more than enough! ❤️❤️

[@jcrcolon]

Hi! I have been watching your videos for the last couple of weeks and love them all. The way you present your work from start to finish is amazing. I am a retired man and started furniture restoration as a hobby about three years ago. keep it going!!!! Juan, from Puerto Rico

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thank you so much!

[@ElooniaEloonia]

I just wanna soak you up !!!! All your knowledge!!! Pure gold!!! So skilled and precise!! Love all your videos!!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thano you so much!

[@michellezamarripa9155]

Beautiful as usual !

[@suzannerobinson6384]

Thankyou for saving this piece..I'm so distressed by all the paint being used on beautiful old furniture! Love the new video format as well! You are a continual inspiration Trena!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou !

[@pat5043]

What can I say ? You did it again. WOW!!!!

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

I love the smell of old wood furniture another great video from the blue eyed Canadian ✌

[@bettyunger8417]

You are AMAZING! A pleasure to watch you! Love you, mom

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks mom! Love you

[@pat5043]

Again…..WOW !!!!! I love it!😮 Oh to have your talent..❤

[@tommie5967]

You can tell when someone restores furniture for the money and when someone is puts their heart into it their work and it shows on you. You are all heart.you treat each article like they are your own,with lots of tlc.

[@jimmyg.comicguy9777]

Hi Trena! Great Job!

[@gailmartin3731]

You turned this into such a beautiful piece. I have seen these painted many times. It just makes me sick.

[@jackacuff5851]

Another great job of bringing an old cabinet back to life!

[@normafollet7156]

One word trenna, fantastic👍😊

[@DavidDeelLoco]

You might want to think about taking pics of the backs of furniture, logging what you find out or know about each piece as well. Might be a book some day?

[@FloridaClay]

This one shows that sometimes you really can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I admire your ability to see potential in even the saddest sacks and your patience and skill in doing it all the right way.

[@lisamiddaugh7319]

I have a bedroom set with this exact design! I had no idea this piece existed! So beautiful!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Cool!

[@puffkat68]

Beautiful job. I have sold so many of those over the years, and they still sell. They are from the late 40s to very early 50s. Canadian company with the Robertson screws. They were marketed to the returning military people who seen similar styles in Europe during WWII. The American style took off in the early to mid 50s and these stopped being made so much. So nice to see a full restoration to beautiful piece, great job. You are very skilled.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

thankyou

[@donwold1622]

Wow! Super good job!

[@genemyersmyers6710]

Music in the beginning says it all the intro i believe every word. " how you love what you do."

[@ChaChaLaguna]

I wish furniture was,still made this beautiful.

[@randyattwood]

So enjou watching these, Thanks!

[@lindaali6703]

I'm thankful to whoever has been doing repairs along the way, so that it could make it to you. Perfect restoration.

[@eileenball39]

Oh my, what wonderful work. I remember seeng these china cabinets at older relatives homes.

[@mikepollard6472]

Terrific job Trena. A bit like meditation for me watching, with a pleasing result. Well done. Coffee on the way. Say hi to Shopdog!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thank you, I will😁

[@kathymorrison8634]

Another Trena creation. Beautiful restoration as always!

[@bajabandito1855]

Love the new productiion upgrade. Very profesiomal looking

[@dawnagoad9745]

I havent even watched the video yet! I can only dream of having such a piece in my home. This will be so much fun to watch you do your magic

[@dawnagoad9745]

Absolutely gorgeous piece.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@pteddie6965]

Beautiful. Thanks for the video.

[@franktadley1810]

Like the opening music and the new start. Still the great finish!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks!

[@JamesDeese]

I have this cabinet in my house, given to me by an old friend to pass down to my daughter. It is a pretty piece of furniture and well preserved and cared for.

[@joaquinperez7567]

Siempre es una emocion ver tu trabajo, amor, tecnica, y espiritualidad...

[@ot9180]

It is a blessing to do what you love.

[@chaz706]

A touch of the master's hand.

[@andyboybennett]

Really nice result!

[@benjamintennant6851]

You have such a lovely rhythm when you work.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou!

[@brianmoreau8386]

As always over the top!

[@frostqueenbee9123]

I really HATE for your videos to end. You do such marvelous work. The end result of the cabinet is top notch 👌🏽

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Lol Thankyou !

[@52daa]

We really enjoy watching your work! A real artist 😊

[@janetjohnson9366]

You are they best wish I lived by you so I could learn from you I'm in Kentucky

[@ianmccarthy9475]

You are very lovely lady not many work so hard these days love you xx

[@normagrimstad8869]

Wow. The original wood is beautiful. What I love about pieces like this is that even lower middle class folks like my grandparents could afford this furniture, and 80 years later these pieces are still around!

[@markaubuchon2227]

Beautiful job! Such matriculated attention to the details.

[@bobnicholas5994]

My favorite part of your vids is you don't hide your mistakes like breaking the glass. I thought I was the only one who breaks the glass..

[@PghFlip]

Darn... was hoping it was going to be an icebox. Still Lovely!

[@jimbruce3923]

It turned out GREAT!!! My self, I liked it in it's natural color, just clear coat it, but I understand the owner wanting the way it use to look. Good Job As Usual!!!!!!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Cheers!

[@imanutnur7]

Well done. I enjoy seeing your talent come through on each and every job you do.

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Trena😊 great job, looks like new again, the owner will be surprised when they see it now, thanks for another interesting video, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart and Megan UK.

[@joelaughlin2815]

Well done!

[@raymondwilliams1011]

Great work, and background music!!

[@stephenburns3678]

Absolutly beautiful.

[@annabellevaughn5968]

Lovely

[@finn4785]

Thank you!

[@jill552]

Better than new. Very nice work.

[@deborahvretis3195]

Beautiful!

[@Raschn]

Very nice project. Greetings from Germany.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou

[@judymielcarek6011]

Trena, you are so amazing. Your father must be so proud of you. To follow in his footsteps and the love you put into your work shows in everything you do. The cabinet looks so beautiful 🧡

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Ty

[@jeffreylarson8533]

Respecting your work would be an understatement. I really enjoy your videos and can feel your passion with each piece. I am a painting contractor who dabbles in restoration. I've learned a lot here. Thanks.

[@jalechavez6042]

Genial...!!...Muy Biennn...!!...Excelente tu Restauración...Hermosa Amiga...Saludosss....

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

Honestly I thought I had become a sort of dinosaur, there were so few of us left who love furniture and original finishes. Thank you for restoring my faith and I no longer feel so alone.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davecornette6188]

This is great work. Thanks for sharing your skills.

[@thomasernst4894]

...you are amazing...thank you for the video...

[@joeanonemouse]

Very nice!

[@cece624]

I noticed that you’ve passed the 50K subscribers mark. Congratulations!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thankyou !

[@nancystowell4877]

You transformed that tired broken piece into "la grande dame" An absolutely stunning statement of perfection! Even the choice of stain is perfect! Thank you for sharing your ART with us!♥ Please continue sharing your art - and thank you also for passing your artistry on to a future generation. Far too many of the old arts are disappearing. On a personal note: I seldom see such beauty that makes me cry with the Joy of seeing the rebirth of such an elegant part of history, but here I sit, with tears drying. Thank you seems insufficient but it is all I have to offer. ♥ Merci d'honorer l'histoire et les bois utilisés dans cette pièce et de partager la beauté que vous créez. Merci et Bénédictions à vous. ♥

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

You are so welcome. So happy to share with you.

[@catherineengle4196]

Oh my goodness you brought the old girl back to life!! The right way...Without her becoming a painted lady....LOL...I love these old china cabinets. I know they were massed produced but that's what makes them special to me. As a kid just about every house you went into had one. They were the special place where you would be shown by the owner their special treasures. Old family pictures in well worn frames, a collection of depression glass, little trinket boxes filled with coins or loved ones hair locks. Old musky books or a special china collection. They were always the special place...that held the special stuff. Just about everyone I can remember always had beautiful crocheted doilies on each shelf. I love these cabinets. To me they are very feminine piece of furniture. You did an amazing job on her. God bless 😊

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Yes I love the picture your words paint. Cheers!

[@bradwillis6591]

1:21 I shouted with joy when you said those words! Took the words right out of my mouth

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Lol

[@paulmcgrath552]

My grandmother had this very cabinet (if an old man’s memory serves-not a slam dunk, that) when I was a kid in the 1960’s. It disappeared after she passed. It’s kind of nice to think that it may have ended up in your shop somehow. Nice work, it goes without saying.

[@shamrock4500]

My grandma had the whole set, china cabinets, buffet, 6 chairs and dining table with the flip up leaf. up until she passed in 2006, nobody knows where it all went.

[@Seahorse1414]

Really beautiful work , always to an amazingly high standard .

[@robertkelly9788]

OMG.....!!! I was just about to expire from an absence of John's Furniture Repair videos......whew!!.....peace and tranquility at last!!

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Lol

[@DoktorHalloween]

Was groovin' to your intro music.

[@jeannerivera5112]

Fabulous work as usual

[@dickflow3641]

Great smile in the beginning.

[@Ron-vq3zl]

Hi Trenna! Just got back to watching yours & others KZbin videos, after not having my own cell phone, from early May up until about a week ago! Shared my fiancee's phone some during that time, but did not get to log on here, and do much viewing very often! Goodness! I really missed it a lot!! As a result, I went back & started with your video about the "debut" of your new Laser Cutter, as I'd left off on the video you posted, where many things went wrong. Anyway, I first want to say, that I REALLY LIKED your new intro! Now I can't wait to view the next vid, & see if you kept it! Hope so!! 🙂 Second of all, I want to say that I REALLY LIKED your work in restoring this China Cabinet! GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS!!! 🙂 A Great Aunt of mine had, (and probably still has), a China Cabinet that is nearly identical to this one. My Mom has a photo of herself, that my Great-Aunt took of her standing in front of that China Cabinet. It was taken in the Dining Room of my Great Aunt & Uncle's farmhouse, just outside of Frederick, Maryland. It was taken back about 1962, when my Mom was just 14 years old, & she still has that photo in one of her albums, back at she and my Dad's home in West Virginia. I kind of wish I lived closer now, so that I could go to their place, & get that album out & look at that photo, so that I could see if that China Cabinet is as identical as I recall, to the one you restored here. 🙂 Take Care, & Continued Success With Future Restorations! Highest Respects Always! Ron H. Abilene, TX.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

thanks and welcome back!

[@Kevin_Beach]

You have very good taste in music for your videos. 🙂

[@garyharlow63]

I love your new intro!

[@cobberpete1]

If that's how you are going to do the intro from now on... I like it. Good job as always.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks!

[@jamesmichael3998]

I just love watching you do these repairs, and I used to hate making pieces for lattice, one trick I learned when glueing laminated lattice or pieces of veneers was to cut thin strips of a soda can and the skinny strips could get the glue into thin places. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞

[@patrickbrady3877]

Nicely done..great job

[@kennethjohnson4280]

Nice cleanup job. As you said, it is a factory piece and you will never be able to escape that, it is what it is. But if it has sentimental value to the family then it was well worth the effort.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Yes. Thanks for watching!

[@FlyerPhilip]

Well Trena. You managed to turn that China cabinet around. Looks very nice.

[@venkatanarasimhamkadambari242]

The Fineness and Soul into your Work, the Outlines, the Commitment, it's Highly Highly Adorable and Marvellous by all means

[@conniedrumjr275]

Very nice, you should be proud of yourself

[@DEAexotics]

great video and I love the new intro keep up the great work

[@timmaggard8862]

Beautiful Job Girlie~

[@jameslewis8431]

like the new intro and i think you hit a sweet spot in your editing.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Yeah thanks

[@stevecard2247]

It looks great! My grandmother had a very similar cabinet which my mother inherited. It stood in a position of importance in mom's kitchen and was again inherited by my younger sister upon her passing in 2020. It still carries the respect for which it is due and stands in a respectful place once again.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Nice

[@sharondilloncavalierland954]

Well done! I'm so pleased to see the lattice on the inside of the glass. You do fantastic work! Thank you for a very pleasant half hour! Looking forward to the next project. I like the intro! Hugs from Washington State, USA

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks!

[@carmenm.4091]

We call this style of furniture “Grootmoeders tijd” in Dutch, which translates into Grandmothers time. But to be frank, by now we should say Great grandma’s or Great great grandma’s time 😂. Again you did your magic 🪄 you’re so very skilled. It’s a lovely piece now.

[@johnsfurniturerepair]

Thanks for sharing!🥰

[@690Lighthouse]

Very nice, well done.