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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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          SPECIALTIES > MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE RESTORATION

          Mid-Century Modern Furniture Restoration

           

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          Check out our most recent MCM event & the amazing pieces we've restored!

          In partnership with USModernist and NCModernist, we recently welcomed guests into our shop for a Thirst 4 Architecture evening centered on mid-century modern design, craftsmanship, and restored furniture.

          Watch the recap to see the pieces, the people, and the kind of thoughtful restoration that helps MCM furniture live beautifully for years to come. 

           

          Mid-century modern furniture is iconic for its use of sophisticated color and sleek, simple forms. When the finish and upholstery fade, it’s easy to forget how striking these pieces were.

          Let Mumford Restoration breathe life back into these amazing pieces.

          Mumford Restoration’s craftspeople are highly skilled in the period-correct repair, upholstery, and restoration of mid-century modern furniture.

          Our RestorationTeam can help you re-imagine sentimental and collectable MCM furniture with new stain, paint, and/or fabrics.  

          Your options are endless! Check out our Before & After Gallery of stunning MCM furniture restorations below for some inspiration!

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          Service Levels

          Check out the four levels of service we offer to meet your mid-century modern furniture restoration needs.

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          What is MCM?

          Learn more about what
          mid-century modern furniture is
          and what makes it so special.

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          Before & After Gallery

          Check out some of our amazing mid-century modern furniture repairs and restorations here.

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          When To Restore?

          10 questions to ask now to help you decide if it's time to restore your treasured pieces.

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          Mumford restoration restores mid-century modern furniture, art, lighting, architectural elements, and more.

          Our clients include:

          • Interior Designers customizing the perfect piece for a client's home.

          • Museums and historic societies repairing or replacing windows, doors, & wall panels in a historic property.

          • Collectors restoring rare, valuable pieces.

          • Enthusiasts who found their long-sought-after dream piece in a thrift store or at an estate sale.

          • People who inherited sentimental furniture from parents or grandparents

          Mumford Restoration discusses every client’s goals for the piece, so that we can restore their treasure to its original condition or re-imagine it to fit their own design sensibilities. That customization can mean changing hardware, trying a darker or lighter stain, or using a different finish.

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          If you'd like to restore your mid-century modern furniture, connect with us today to speak to a Restoration Consultant about your goals and vision!

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          Restore your mid-century modern furniture, lighting, architecture, & more

          At Mumford Restoration, we restore and re-imagine all types of mid-century modern design.

          From mid-century modern furniture like upholstered Eames and Barcelona chairs and fiberglass tables, to priceless chandeliers, to architectural elements such as walnut doors and wall panels, we do it all!

          Mumford Restoration is an expert in restoring the furniture, lighting, architectural elements that are important to you.

          We work closely with every client to ensure that we understand their goals and can surpass their expectations.

          Restore your mid-century modern furniture, architecture, and special pieces and save this beautiful and iconic part of 20th century history!

          Connect with us today to speak with a Restoration Consultant to get started! 

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          Restore

          Full Restoration

          Our Restore level of service is the crème de la crème of our wood restoration services. When we are conducting this service on a piece, we are completely restoring it, in its entirety. From repairs to broken legs or loose veneer, fabrication of moldings, and regluing of joinery, to removing the finish by hand, (not dip stripping) to hand sanding, hand staining and finishing. This comprehensive service restores a piece to the best condition possible.  This produces a showroom quality result to even the most deteriorated pieces and will last for decades upon decades with proper care.

          • Disassemble

          • Remove finish

          • Evaluate piece for repairs

          • Reglue joints

          • Repair veneer or re-veneer surface if needed

          • Fill dents that are too deep to sand out

          • Ensure doors and drawers work as best possible

          • Hand sanding

          • Staining to any color

          • Finishing with best quality lacquer

          • Hardware polished/partial polished

          Refinish

          Our Refinish level is designed for pieces that have not deteriorated structurally or on sub-surface levels. For example, newer furniture that has been damaged or worn, or older furniture that needs refinished but does NOT need repairs, regluing of joints, repair of veneer, etc.  We hand strip, hand sand, stain and finish the piece, producing beautiful results and a finish that will last many years.

          • Disassemble

          • Remove finish by hand

          • Hand sanding

          • Hand staining to standard colors or original

          • Finishing

          • Hardware cleaned

          Preserve

          Our Preserve level of service is ideal for wood furniture with a finish that is still in decent condition and there are no deep scratches or dings that are through the finish into the wood that would require a full restoration. For example, if we did a Preserve level of service on an end table, it would include the following:

          • Disassembly

          • Solvent Wash

          • Wet-sanding if needed

          • Touchup dents and scratches

          • Recoat part or all of piece

          • Refinish part of piece if specifically designated in notes

          Repair

          Our Repair level of service is perfect for furniture that only needs minor repairs such as:

          • Localized repair / touchup

          • Doweling and other reinforcement

          • Re-glue of joints if designated in notes

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          Mid-Century Modern Furniture Restoration Photo Gallery

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          Do you have mid-century modern furniture that you’d like to restore or re-style to suite your design preferences? Connect with us today.

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