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Lynn Smith has enjoyed buying, restoring, painting, distressing, stripping, waxing and selling vintage furniture for over 20 years.

He’s run shops selling his own stock in Sydney and Melbourne. He’s taken space in two major antique centres. And sold items via vintage furniture dealers for cash and on consignment.

Lynn is one of Sydney’s few French Provincial/shabby chic specialists. He employs a variety of finishes to give vintage pieces new life and is equally at home using power tools to achieve this as he is wielding a simple sanding block.

Lynn’s method is positive reinforcement: he does not criticise anything a student does (other than to suggest there’s little point in spending valuable time on items made from chipboard). His job is to help you achieve a look you’re proud of working with pieces that will last.