I bought a nest of G-Plan tables at auction a few weeks ago - and a couple of days ago, from Facebook Marketplace, another set by Keith Eatwell - both G-Plan and Eatwell are well-respected manufacturers of (primarily) mid-1950s to early-1970s Mid-Century Modern furniture.
As you may have seen in past posts here I've acquired, re-finished and sold a number of these sets of tables. I enjoy the work, some is very challenging with damage requiring de-construction, repair to tenons and re-gluing etc. - as well as the cleaning, stripping, sanding, staining and wax polishing.
The two sets here are in fair condition, structurally sound but with marks and glass-rings.
The top set in the picture (G-Plan): on the largest table I've already removed the varnish with a combination of scraping and sanding so it's ready for staining and polishing - the other two don't have many marks but I'm going strip the rather orange central panels of the tops so that all three match when they're finished. The leg frames are all in good condition so just need cleaning and wax polishing.
The lower set (Keith Eatwell): I'm hoping that a good clean and very light sanding will be enough for the tops before applying a couple of coats of a hard wax oil and then wax polish - with the exception of one joint that I knocked apart and re-glued the frames just need cleaning and waxing.
If you're still reading this . . . I may photograph work-in-progress through to the end-result for a further post.
. . . . and I have a G-Plan coffee table in need of renovation awaiting collection.
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