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Why Restore

Why restore furniture?  That is a good question, one that I am asked all the time.  "Why should I spend x amount of dollars on a piece when I can go out and buy a new one for the same amount or less?"   There are many reasons why - here are the two most common. 

Quality and Value:  Good quality furniture is becoming very expensive.  In these days of particle board and staples, it makes good economic sense to invest in the solidly built furniture of the past.  A well built and properly finished piece of older furniture will last far into the future and be repairable when the time comes for repairs.  It is an investment - not a disposable piece of particleboard.

Sentimental Value:  Was it your grandfather's desk?  Did you rock your children to sleep in that chair?  Or were you rocked to sleep in that chair?  Furniture, like family stories, is something that can be passed on and cherished.  I am often asked to leave some defects in the furniture that I restore because “my uncle put that chip in the table when he was a child with a pocket knife” or “my grandmother made those dents when she used to clamp her food grinder on the edge of the table.”  Restored furniture is a tangible link to the past and to the future.