Gilboys Beeswax Furniture Polish

This one’s for all you estate sale baddies with MCM project pieces pending. Once you’ve stripped and sanded that baby down to her birthday suit, skip the synthetic shellac — this is the miracle goo you want to lube her up with. It’s durable, natural, breathable, and gleams in all three subtle shades (clear, antique gold, and midcentury teak).

Origin-wise, it’s giving medieval artisan: formulated by professional furniture conservators in the UK using high-purity beeswax from Buckfast Abbey’s historic hives (they also sell the honey), blended with ultra-hard carnauba wax, UV-blocking myrica wax from wild-foraged alpine berries, and pure pine turpentine that smells like orange peels on the forest floor. It comes in your granny’s jam jar and is supported by a library of hygge-alicious video tutorials so soothing they should be aired on the BBC.