Repair, Restore, Refinish, or Preserve Your Family Heirloom

How do you know which approach is best for your piece(s)? There are differences in each approach—the age and condition of the piece, your goals, and your budget will determine which one is best for your piece(s). The Restoration Consultants at Mumford Restoration can talk with you about your piece, provide a physical evaluation, if it makes sense, and guide you through the best option to meet your goals and vision.

Repair Your Furniture

Furniture repairs come in all shapes and sizes and range in severity from simple to major. Incidentally, furniture repair businesses come in all shapes and sizes too and range in quality from excellent to poor. There is no one size fits all or one solution for every repair. Every furniture repair is different. It requires experienced craftsmen to assess the problem and provide a long-term solution—not an aesthetic only, short-term fix that could be dangerous down the road. Find out more about furniture repairs here.

Restore Your Furniture or Heirlooms

Restoration as defined by Webster’s dictionary as “a bringing back into a former, normal or unimpaired state or condition…a representation of the original form.”
In other words, restoring involves bringing back the original condition through the investigation of what process fits the need, the historical, sentimental, and intrinsic value of any piece. A unique piece requires a unique process. Read more about antique and heirloom restoration.

Refinish Your Furniture

Raleigh-Durham area and across North Carolina. But what do we mean when we say we’re refinishing furniture or antiques? (link to refinishing page)

The Merriam-Webster definition of refinishing is, “to give a new surface to”. This includes the removal of the existing finish, sanding, staining, and applying a new finish, which may or may not be the correct process for what a piece needs depending on its historical, sentimental, and intrinsic value. Read more about refinishing antique furniture here.

Preserve Your Antique or Heirloom Furniture

Mumford Restoration specializes in keeping your treasured memories alive through the preservation of your antiques, heirlooms, and furniture. But what do we mean when we use the term preservation?

Preservation, as defined by Merriam-Webster is, “the activity or process of keeping something valued alive, intact, or free from damage or decay.” In other words when you have a Louis XV piece, you don’t refinish it, perhaps don’t even restore it (unless of course it has been neglected for 100 years). Focus on preserving, protecting, cleaning, and minor repairs, as you would a fine art piece that is meant to last for centuries. Learn more about antique furniture preservation here.