Old Virginia Woodworking

06/03/2026

This restored rocker is on its way to the upholsterer!

Details on what we did to get her rocking again in the comments👇

05/30/2026

We went back in time on this project. Tons of fun!

Check the first comment below to see more about this old fashioned, mission style telephone niche that we designed and built recently out of some lovely red oak.

05/07/2026

Let me tell you about this door project!

Pics of this project start to finish in the first comment.

03/03/2026

"One thing I have experienced since I launched into furniture building and refinishing over twenty years ago, is this. By creating hand drawn drawings my customers often make comments like “OH–you are an artist!” which is pretty nice praise for a guy who just does old fashioned drafting." — Don Schanzenbach

See where the creative work happens
👉 https://www.oldvirginiawoodworking.com/where-the-creative-work-happens/

02/16/2026

This was a fun project !

See what we did in the latest Shop Notes post: https://www.oldvirginiawoodworking.com/antique-clock-a-surprise-for-dad/

05/10/2022

Transformed ✨

12/14/2021

From DRAWING to DOOR. 👊

Carriage house doors are fun to build. This giant door is half the set of two.

These are built of dry-treated, southern yellow pine. 🌲

Dry treated means the pine is:

☑️ cut and dried
☑️ then pressure treated for rot resistance
☑️ then kiln-dried a second time

It is furniture grade material when we get it.
And it ought to last the owners for decades or centuries into the future. 🙌

12/10/2021

This old red oak table was quite a mess when it arrived. It was stored in a damp garage for years leaving it filthy. Boards in the top had separated as the old glue gave out so the top was in numerous pieces when it arrived.

You can see the difference in color when we first sanded half of the top. That new wood color is almost always hiding under the ruined finishes on these antique pieces.

We stained it a nice medium brown (Minwax Honey if memory serves correctly). Out of that seemingly destroyed old wreck came this finished beauty. It is all solid oak, no veneers, so it ought to be good for another century.

08/28/2021

Sometimes pieces come into our shop a little worse for the wear 😬

Don’t worry, there is a beautiful table right here. Just needs a little work 😉

Stay tuned for the AFTER pics 👌

06/04/2021

This dining table was seriously damaged in a house fire, but we brought it back to primo condition 👌

We restore water and fire damaged furniture to look like new with our professional furniture refinishing techniques.