Ordinary Furniture, Extraordinary Results

Before and After: A 1930s production buffet is reinvented with a new finish, gold leaf accents, and a top of broken gold, silver and copper leaf.

Tewksbury, NJ, Before: A favorite piece of furniture needed to be updated and given a hint of glamour.

After: Metallic leafing on the table top, treated with glazes and solvents, does the trick. The piece is finished off with a bronze plaster on the base.

The base of an unfinished, carved table receives a rich toned finish. The top is layered with black and pearlescent decorative plasters.