" One of the advantages of living and working in a resort community is the fact that we have heavy real estate turnover and consequently big turnover in furniture----"

" Uh huh."

" and antiques. This is one of my favorites [unk]."

" Hi. Hi."

" Bob, I'd like you to meet Judy Walker, the owner. This is Bob Vila."

" Nice to meet you, Bob."

" How are you Judy?"

" Fine, thank you."

" Nice little shop you have there."

" Thanks."

" Now, do you specialize in anything?"

" We do a little bit for everybody."

" Uh huh."

" We have so many antiques, some reproductions and some new."

" I'd love to---- love to browse. Now, this is a great boat model."

" Isn't that great? It comes out in Miami. It was probably built in the 1920s. My brother-in-law picked it up."

" How much is it?"

" Well, he hasn't told me how much he paid for it yet, so I'm not sure how much to put on it."

" So it's not for sale yet probably."

" We're---- probably will be,----"

" Yeah."

" but it isn't yet."

" And the vitrine is 975."

" Isn't that wonderful? We have an old one in our shop."

" You mean this isn't an old one?"

" No, he liked this so much that he copied this,----"

" Uh huh."

" so this is a reproduction."

" He's a talented man."

" Yes, very talented."

" Not a lot of our price rate."

" Not much price range, but you've done some shopping here already. What have you picked up?"

" Yeah, I have Bob. This lamp for instance."

" This lamp?"

" This one right here, yeah. It's through the period for the house."

" It's kind of 1940s, huh?"

" Real 40s, right."

" I like the price tags, 12 bucks."

" I thought you might."

" Yeah, it's not bad."

" Here's some other things that we found too, Fiestaware, and they're in the period colors. They're from the period."

" Does that say 75 cents?"

" It sure does."

" Wow! It's terrific."

" We've even got the tablecloth out of the 50s to complete the whole scenario."

" So, you can use stuff like this for accessory----"

" Oh, absolutely."

" and stuff. Yeah."

" Absolutely. Save us a lot of dollars there."

" Yeah. Save a lot of boxes."

" I got something over here I'd like to show you too. What do you think of this little platform rocker?"

" Now, isn't that a Victorian piece?"

" Yes, it is. Like Victorian. Something, somebody might have brought down for their winter home here in Florida 30, 40 years ago."

" Okay. So are we gonna use this one?"

" Yeah, if you like it. We've got a pair of them."

" Well, you've already started on one of the little rockers or haven't you, John?"

" Yes, sir we've been working on it."

" Now, is this new material here?"

" Yes, Bob, this is a [unk] rubber weaving."

" What did you find here when you took to see the part?"

" What we found was a nylon cover that covered the----"

" The stuff."

" This is what we found rather than a weaving to keep the foam from falling through the seat."

" So, you're putting all the weight of your body while we're sitting on here and just----"

" That was it."

" [unk] kind of bungee."

" Very little [unk]."

" Yeah. I imagine this is in the same condition, huh?"

" Well, the only way we can find out."

" All that."

" Just take a pliers to pull it up."

" This should come off easy. The last one did."

" Yeah. So this was a do-it-yourselfers upholstery job before."

" It very well could have been."

" And it looked pretty good, but I guess it's not terribly sturdy, is it?"

" Oh, there's not much fillers."

" It's holding. Okay, now let's go back to this one in a minute where you've already put in the weaving and give us an idea of what you do next."

" Okay. What we're gonna do now is put in a 2-inch Polyfoam where it's bonded to this cotton bathing on the surface."

" So this is natural copy?"

" Yes, sir."

" And why do you need that on top of the foam?"

" Well, it adds to the thickness. It gives a little bit more padding and it cuts down on the friction by the fabric against the foam."

" And that's what gives us the rounded----"

" Uh huh. Also helps us with the crown."

" Okay."

" Next step is to put your fabric on."

" You've already cut the fabric, right?-Yes, sir."

" Did you just use the old seat"

" or----"

" kind of a little bit bigger than the old pattern because we're adding more filler that what we had."

" I hear you, yeah."

" And this is just the cup. It almost looks like a shirt material right there?"

" Yeah."

" It's a standard cotton tickings, affordable material with well-rugged stuff."

" And now what?"

" Now, we just align our stripes keeping them straight north and south."

" Uh huh."

" And we're gonna start in the rear."

" With your---- oh you're shooting staples in them."

" Yes, Bob."

" So, you got a compressor."

" Thank you."

" So, you put the staples practically one right next to the other, right?"

" Head to head."

" Head to head?"

" 'Cause we have to trim so close. When you do trim it off real close, you need to staple it real close to hold the fabric in place."

" Now, what size are they? About a quarter inch into the wood?"

" These particular ones are half inch long, Bob."

" Yeah."

" So, it looks like you go north, south, east, west, and then you fill in in between?"

" Yeah, yeah. We've got to go this way and then this way, and then you just work to the corners. It's a process."

" Okay, what's next?"

" We're trimming this up real close Bob so that we can put our double-up trim on."

" Okay."

" Okay. Diane, we're ready for our pre-made double-up trim? "

" Here we go, Jim."

" Thank you man."

" So that's just made up on a sewing machine. "

" Yes, sir. Diane has made this up with a special foot."

" And it gives us the nice trimmed effect. You stapled that back on?"

" Yes, I do."

" Nice job. Thanks."

" You're welcome. Thank you."