History | Mumford Restoration

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Long considered one of Raleigh Durham’s most reliable furniture repair shops, Mumford Restoration has the experience and knowledge to repair old furniture or damaged furniture to its original splendor.

With more than 150 years of combined experience, Mumford Restoration tops the list of talented craftsmen for Raleigh furniture repair stores.

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Don’t trust your precious pieces with just anyone. With more than 150 years of combined experience and third-generation craftsmen, Mumford Restoration is trusted by families, museums, and art societies in Raleigh-Durham, all of North Carolina, and across the U.S., to provide best-in-class restoration and repairs of sentimental & fine-furniture, antiques, and family heirlooms.

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Mumford Restoration offers restoration expertise, professional damage assessment, and estimated retail value on items (not structures) that have been damaged from fire/water, moving, and other types of commercial/residential damage.

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How It All Began

Bernard Mumford, the founder and owner of Mumford Restoration, got his start at the tender age of 19 while working as a stone mason. One day, his mother, who dabbled in English antiques, approached Bernard to see if he would help restore them on the days he wasn’t working as a stone mason. It was at that moment he had an epiphany—if he worked in a furniture repair shop he could work inside!

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Building, repairing, and experimenting with basic finishes was a natural fit for Bernard. He immediately realized he had an affinity for the profession and as a result he refined his skills, mentoring under master craftsmen—the results he produced were so impressive, they led to referrals from numerous friends and neighbors. One of his first crash courses in furniture restoration involved refinishing a few hundred chairs for a friend who was remodeling restaurants.

After attending college for only 3 days, Bernard decided it just wasn’t for him. His passion for restoring and repairing antiques, fine-furniture, and family heirlooms was just too great. Realizing their son’s dreams, his parents loaned him the money to buy a piano restoration shop – the first of many lessons that have taught him how to successfully own and operate a furniture repair shop for 40 years.

To this day, Mumford Restoration continues to lead the industry with its expertise and focus on restoring sentimental furniture, upholstery, art, brass, silver, pianos, clocks, and so much more. Responding in times of tragedy from water, fire or wind, the third-generation craftsmen at Mumford Restoration can restore your sentimental pieces to their original grandeur.

Mumford Restoration has always been a family business!

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College

After attending college for only 3 days, Bernard decided it wasn’t for him. His passion for restoring and repairing old furniture was just too great.

Realizing their son’s dreams, his parents gave him the tuition money to buy a piano restoration shop – the first of many lessons that have taught him how to successfully own and operate a furniture repair shop for 32 years.

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The present

To this day Bernard continues to focus on their niche of restoring sentimental furniture, upholstery, art, books, brass and silver. Responding in times of tragedy from water, fire or wind, the craftsmen at Mumford Restoration restore your sentimental pieces to their original grandeur.

As Bernard puts it – it’s a wonderful life! He gets to do what he loves – run a successful local furniture repair store and to service the good people of Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill.

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