Open Pore Dining Table
Modern lines, colored to match, dining table fits beautifully in this new construction home. Matching chairs bring out the smart cuts on the tables’ apron and legs.
Modernize the Mahogany Buffet
Mass produced and easily found online, in auctions, and estate sales, these Duncan-Phyfe influenced mahogany buffets can not only be brought to life - they can become the centerpiece of a room. Creative modern colors pull the classic design to contemporary look. We use any color you can find, and will customize them even further as needed.
Dining table of reclaimed barnwood
The texture of the old wood really comes through this black finish. The imperfections will allow age, use, and abuse to blend into subtle textures within the context of the barnwood. Client selected a flat/dull finish keep the modern feel of the midcentury chairs.
Side Chair & Vanity Bench
This ornate pair of chairs date back around a century. We completely refinished them to match their original manufacturers design. The customer selected the eye popping tight red/white stripe upholstery which also draws from early 20th century decor.
Dining Room Set Live Again!
This set had been dark, now is light. Fresh fabric brings it to the next level to brighten up the room. This whole space has transitioned from a raising kids house, to an empty nester's organized dreamhome.
Grey Kitchen Table Set
Scandinavian manufactured set and shipped here, after many years of use it needed refinishing. The Wood Wizzard gave it the grey modern touch and fresh life for another decade or more for daily enjoyment.
Maple Kitchen Table
Brightening up the daily breakfast and dinner nook, this client when with lighter blue paint on the chairs, while keeping the maple kitchen table top closer to natural. The daily beatings of the six children will be far less visible by going in a natural tone. The southern window brings in the natural sunlight, making the set ‘pop’ even more.
Round Dining Table
Cross grain veneer in a deep coffee bean tone makes this dining room into a classic feel with modern flourishes. Inviting and warm, the chair’s fabric create a balance against the browns and blacks.
Cherry Kitchen Table
We service at least a dozen variations of this standard cherry table a year. Made of hardwood, they are solid and durable. Our finish protects them while revealing the best the grain has to offer. Colored to clients liking, we’ve done them natural/cherry (as pictured) painted them, or done grey wash/stain as well.
Modern Dining Table Stained Black
Styling that belongs in NorthShore Magazine, this Glenview home’s dining room is a welcoming space for fine meals, or simply a gathering of games or cards. The round table was stained and toned black to give modern grace while still keeping the beauty of the grain present. Modern fabric contrasts the table while accenting the room’s decor.
Renewed Space - Awesome Table
The Wood Wizzard refinished the round table for use in their open versatile space. The table will be used for snacks, lunches, and most importantly - puzzles!
Modern Custom Black Square Table
This client had this table made over two decades ago. When it was time to modernize the home, the need to refinish the table was obvious. Going flat black was both bold, sleek, and modern, allowing it to both be the center piece of the room with out taking over all the energy of the space.
Antique Quarter-sawn Oak Tavern Table
We estimate this table to be about 150 years old. Freshly refinished, it surprisingly needed very literal repair or structural upgrades. They really don’t make’em like they used to. High quality construction and choice woods make our work that much more enjoyable.
Oversized Upholstered Arm Chair with Tufting
Phenomenal choice in fabrics and arrangement. Balancing classic styles with a modern twist, this 'matrix' chair sit in the tea room of this family's new home.
Kitchen Table and Chairs
After years of neglect and daily use by the family, this home owner decided to save her table and chairs. Electing to modernize the set by painting the chair frames and table base, bringing color in the room. This also accented the stained wood seats and table top, the true feature of the set. Additional leaves not pictured.
Oak Kitchen Table
Solid oak kitchen table refinished and ready for daily use. This family raised kids that 'enjoyed' the table - not ruined - and now they're college age. Time for the table to be refinished for the now empty nesters.
Kitchen Table in Custom Grey
This bar height kitchen table fits perfectly in the open floor plan newly finished kitchen. Working closely with the client, we custom crafted a unique blend of grey stain and glaze to compliment the variations grey, white and black in her new kitchen. As newly empty-nesters, they’ve been waiting to do this refinishing project some time.
Teak Refractory Table & Chairs
Modern design, Scandinavian influenced design, this teak set was redone after years of neglect. Brought back to life anew for the new home, this couple will enjoy most meals, with room for guests, around this table. Hidden from view are the refractory leaves that continues the grain, making room for six to comfortably dine together.
Tea Room
Refinishing and reupholstering as needed, this client has the unique ability to marry modern and classic motifs into a single room. Truly a respite away from the rest of the house and day to day life, this room draws you in to relax, discuss, and laugh with company.
100+ Year Old Ticket Bench
This bench was custom made for this exact space over 100 years ago at the Evanston’s Womens Club for ticket taker to have a place to sit while working. Recently, the club has done a major overhaul of their event space, formal rooms, and now this entry stairwell to the big hall. The Wood Wizzard is proud to be part of the service team that helped bring this amazing venue into the modern ear while preserving the authenticity tied to yesteryear.
Black on Brown Dining/Kitchen Table
When this family moved, downsizing, they had to balance the use of their table - it is both the kitchen table for daily use, and the expands to be the dining table for company. The brown base hides the use of every day meals, the black brings an elegance brought out by the lighting in the evenings for formal dining when needed.
Farmhouse Pine
This age-old classic set shines from the french door sun. Like jeans, farmhouse sets never go out of style. This pine set had been painted, warn, and was all but given up for dead. After an exploratory strip of part of the table, we knew this set was going to not only be brought to life, but become the center piece of daily use in a beautiful kitchen.
Natural Bedroom Set
Four generations of this family have used this bedroom set which includes adjustable mirror and make-up vanity. Years and layers of finish have been wiped clean giving new life for generations to come. Matching the floor of the home was a bonus!
Ornate Throne Chair
Fully restored and reupholstered with a far east scene, the highly ornate throne chair is both regal and welcoming. A lucky find at an estate sale, brought back to life with a complete vision, this chair will be enjoyed by adults only in the tea room of this family’s amazing new estate.
Modern Table, Contemporary Space
This table is perfect for the space, but came from the manufacturer in a chestnut wood tone that clearly was counteractive to the surroundings. The Wood Wizzard worked with the client to customize the black stain and tone quantities to both keep and hide enough wood grain to get the table to work magnificently in this jaw dropping sleek, minimalist kitchen and home.
I want a table, and I want it painted black.
Wrought iron chairs surround this farmhouse pine table. What was once natural with lots of character, has become a solid painted black kitchen table, ready for daily use.
Not just a Rolling Stone’s hit, it applies to the possibilities for your projects. The Wood Wizzard finish is fit for any color paint or wood tone.
Ultra Black Dining Set
This full set of china, buffet, chairs, table and leaves, were given a whole new life and purpose with the ultra-black look. Combined with the blue fabric, the black contrasts the floors and walls to create a welcoming yet elegant feel.
Mahogany Drawer Fronts
These are the faces of three, over hundred year old, bedroom chest drawers. The client elected to go true natural, giving The Wood Wizzard’s craftsmanship to be seen in a completely unfiltered, unstained, pure tone. The chatoyance, or ripples in the grain are brought out through layers of hand sanding, bringing mother nature’s beauty out. The durable top coat can barely be seen in the picture, as it was taken in direct sunlight, exposing color and grain to a maximum.
Classic Duncan-Phyfe Influenced Mahogany Dining Set
Mass produced in the post war era, these mahogany sets are plentiful, but usually need refinishing. This heirloom set is a housewarming gift from the family, fully restored to its originally glory. Plenty of repairs, reupholstering of seats, and brought back to the manufacturer’s brown-red mahogany tone, this set is ready for dinner parties.
Pine Dining Table
As part of life, we move homes. This is the perfect opportunity for The Wood Wizzard to upgrade your existing furniture and customize it for the new home. This couple took an old, warn, 70’s almost painted dark brown table into a new era of their lives. Now leaning natural, exposing the diversity in grain tone, while also coloring the top enough to match the chairs, this table is ready for many a dinner party, weekend brunches, or as a work-from-home break room table.
Burl-oak Game Table
Having been the family for decades of card games, we refinished this piece of family history for a new home, new generation. Chips will roll and cards will fly across this table.
Indonesian Mahogany Table
This dining room was redone top to bottom. This family had this table custom made decades ago while living overseas, and brought back with them upon returning to Chicagoland. We worked with them and their decorator to create this magnificent look for their unique table, sitting as the centerpiece to their beautiful welcoming dining room.
Burl-Oak Chest of Drawers
This hi-boy chest of drawers had been grandma's, now it resides in the eldest son's room. This very unique burl-oak chest, likely from the 40' or 50's, still have the original hardware. Refinished in its natural color, bringing out the most in the burl wood grain and tones, the cabinet is ready to be used for generations.
Dining Set in a new home
This set was refinished and re-upholstered for this family's new home. Painted black, the classic farmhouse Windsor side chairs are accented by two fully upholstered white end chairs, all surrounding a beautifully refinished dining room table.