Veneer Repair: Lifting, Bubbling and Missing Pieces
Lifting or bubbled veneer looks unfixable and usually isn't. Why veneer fails, what repair involves, and why veneer doesn't mean cheap furniture.
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Modesto, CA · Since 1991
Shop Notes
What comes across the bench, how we fix it, and what we have learned in thirty-odd years of doing it.
What Actually Drives Furniture Refinishing Cost
Why nobody quotes furniture refinishing over the phone, and the six things that decide what a piece costs to bring back.
Read more →Why Chairs Come Loose — and What It Takes to Fix One
Wobbly chairs, loose joints, broken stretchers and failing cane seats — why it happens, why screws make it worse, and what a real repair involves.
Read more →Antiques: Preserve the Original Finish, or Start Over?
Stripping an antique can permanently remove its value. When to preserve the original finish, when refinishing is right, and how to tell. Modesto since 1991.
Read more →Refinishing a Dining Table Before the Holidays
How long a dining table refinish really takes, what a worn top can and cannot be saved from, and when to book so it is back before Thanksgiving.
Read more →You've Inherited a Piano. Now What?
Move it, store it, restore it, sell it or let it go — an honest guide to deciding what to do with an inherited piano. Modesto piano services since 1991.
Read more →What to Look For When You Hire a Furniture Restorer
Eight questions to ask before you hand over a piece of furniture — and the answers that tell you someone knows what they're doing. Modesto shop since 1991.
Read more →Repair It or Replace It? How to Tell If a Piece Is Worth Saving
How to tell whether a piece of furniture is worth repairing or better replaced — joinery, materials, damage type and cost. Modesto repair shop since 1991.
Read more →Restoring a Dining Table Before the Holidays
Thinking about restoring the dining table before the holidays? How long it takes and when refinishing beats replacing. Modesto, CA.
Read more →How to Get Water Rings and Heat Marks Out of Wood Furniture
White rings, dark rings and heat marks on wood furniture — what you can safely fix yourself, what you shouldn't touch, and when to stop. Modesto shop.
Read more →How to Move a Piano — and When You Shouldn't
What actually goes wrong when people move a piano without the right equipment, when it's safe to do yourself, and when to call piano movers in Modesto.
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Repair, Refinishing, or Restoration — What's the Difference?
The difference between furniture repair, refinishing and restoration — and which one your piece actually needs.
Read more →Have something worth saving? Let's talk.
Bring your piece to our shop at 301 Maze Blvd, Modesto, for a free estimate. An on-site visit has a charge; call (209) 524-6349 and we’ll quote the visit charge before coming out. You can also send a photo to start the conversation.