Once a month for the past couple of years, Terri Griffin leaves her studio in and drives to the ReStore store on Commerce Drive in Easton and identifies some of the worst candidates for furniture restoration.
Typically these are old, but solid bureaus, chests, coffee tables, and nightstands that may date from the World War II era and were undoubtedly functional in their day, but were never would be considered a decorator’s first choice.
That’s when Terri works her magic. Using material that she’s collected from books, postcards, wallpaper, and even nautical maps, she restores these pieces into entirely different pieces new furniture.
Once done, she returns the furniture to the ReStore for resale with the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity Choptank.
In her interview with the Spy, Terri confesses that her passion for this form of restoration comes in part from coming from a family that tried never to throw anything away, but also the enjoyment of seeing once-abandoned furniture have a new life with young families starting out (her regular work costs is a fraction of what it may run to buy a similar piece of furniture at Ikea), while also giving back to Habitat.
This video is approximately two minutes in length. For more information about the Habitat ReStore please go here
Sarah K. Porter says
This was an inspiring and encouraging story. Thanks t Spy for sharing it!