When To Restore Your Antique Furniture
Wondering when to restore your family heirlooms?
10 Questions To Determine If Now Is The Right Time
To Restore Your Treasures
If you’re like many of our clients, you may be wondering when to restore your family’s heirlooms. The answers lie within you. Throughout 41 years of restoring sentimental furniture and working alongside thousands of families, we've developed a list of questions below that can help you and your family make that very important decision.
Is it time for you to restore? Find out here.
SHOULD YOU RESTORE?
ANSWER YES OR NO. YES = 1 POINT NO = 0 POINTS
7. Does it bring you personal pleasure to visualize this piece restored?
8. Will you be able to use or display the piece when it's restored?
9. Do you feel you'll be preserving a part of history?
10. Will you be passing this piece down to your children or family?
WHAT DOES YOUR SCORE INDICATE?
0-3
ADVICE:
People who score in this range typically have pieces they aren't sentimental about and may have purchased second-hand. Investing in a quality restoration and its longevity is a decision to be made based on one's love for their piece, its uniqueness, any potential value it may hold, and whether or not its quality justifies expert level restoration or repair. If your piece is easily replaceable and you aren't meaningfully attached to it, we recommend donating it and finding another comparable piece.
4-6
Advice:
People who score in this range are often very fond of the piece(s) they want to restore because of its beauty, quality, and in some cases, its historic value.
Ask yourself, 0-10, do I treasure it enough to invest in its longevity? Another point to consider is the cost of restoration against the replacement cost. If it isn't something you could easily replace and you really like it, then you might consider restoration.
Oftentimes, families choose items like these to pass on to the next generation. Our Restoration Consultants can help you navigate your options. Contact us here.
7-10
Advice:
There are two types of clients who score 7 or above. The first type often have great sentimental attachment to their piece and want to preserve their family history. The second type are clients who have high-quality, solid wood pieces and understand the replacement versus restoration cost, factoring in the quality of the original piece against today's manufacturing products and standards.
If you're ready to talk with a Restoration Consultant about restoring your treasures,
contact us now.
Want To Know What's Possible?
If you answered yes to four or more of the questions above, it's time to talk with a Restoration Consultant about the possibilities for bringing your treasured piece(s) back to life!
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