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Classic Furniture Works

Furniture Refinishing and Repair, Antiques, Upholstering,

About us

Family owned and operated since 1969. Our antique workmanship is so historically accurate, we've been hired by museums in the past. At Classic Furniture Works, your valuable family heirlooms will be loved the same way we love our own furniture.

Business highlights

55 years of trusted experience

Services we offer

Custom-Built Furniture, Antique Restoration. Furniture- Repair & Refinishing. Caning & Rushing. Painted Pieces. Pet Damage.

Services we don't offer

Upholstery

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes


Accepted payment methods

American Express
Check
Discover
MasterCard
PayPal
Visa

Photos of past projects

Reviews

4.958 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
95%
4
3%
3
0%
2
0%
1
2%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.9
value
4.7
professionalism
4.9
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
4.9
Showing 26-50 of 58 reviews

doris A.
03/2017
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Very well.
Description of Work: Nightstand refinished.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks!!! I'm really happy that you're happy! Thank you again for your repeat business, as I very much appreciate it. I'll have the table done very soon. Thanks again for sharing your experience with others!

Gabrielle P.
07/2016
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Wonderful.
Description of Work: Refinish and reupholster antique rocking chair.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
I'm glad you liked the work! Thank you very much for leaving us a review, and we're certainly looking forward to future projects with you!

Walter S.
07/2016
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Refinished two pieces of oak furniture from the 1930's

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,200

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks for the review! We very much appreciate your business, and we're looking forward to working with you again!

Linda B.
05/2016
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
4.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks! This was our second time working together, and I'm hoping to have more opportunities in the future!

Gina M.
03/2016
4.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
3.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you! I remember that table - it was a Butcher Block Maple table from Williams Sonoma. I'm glad you like the results and I hope to take on your future projects - thanks again!

Susan L.
11/2015
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Fabulous job of restoring a dining set and repairing another piece of furniture. Kind, courteous and professional. Excellent service all around.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks! We really appreciate your business, and I'm glad these pieces came out to your satisfaction. Thank you again for your kind words!

Shelly M.
06/2015
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
very accommodating
Description of Work: refinished furniture

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$700

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you for your review! I'm glad everything pleased you- this is what we are going for every time! Please consider us in the future for your projects - Thanks again!

Ellen S.
06/2015
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: The services I needed were not those provided by this company, but if I EVER can use them, I will do so in a heartbeat. The treatment I received from the first moment of contact was so professional and accommodating, it actually took me by surprise. While we soon discovered that we wouldn't be working together, Mike went beyond what he had to not only in offering me DIY alternatives but even directing me to other named companies that might be a better fit for what I needed done. Great experience! Wish it had worked out!

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Sorry we couldn't have done business this time but I do appreciate your kind words! You know, we are an extremely honest family, and our business is an extension of us. I'm hoping you were able to find someone to do the work for you. I'm looking forward to any future projects!

Patricia H.
05/2015
5.0
furniture repair, upholstery
  + 0 more
see above
Description of Work: Cleaned & restored finish on settee. Removed white paint transfer. Touched up damaged spots. Replaced foam inside bottom cushion between down channels.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$265

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you very much for your business and for your review! I'm glad you are happy and I hope we can work together in the future on some other projects! Thanks again!

Van W.
05/2015
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
unknown

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$145

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you for your business! We very much appreciate you giving our shop a shot and we're looking forward to any future projects you might have. Thank you again!

doris A.
01/2015
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Kept in touch regarding progress. Discussed options and associated costs. Replaced parts. Refinished wood. Picked up and delivered. Excellent service all around!
Description of Work: Refinished dining table.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$800

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you very much! That table deserved to be refinished - it's beautiful!

Harold O.
12/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Straight A's across the board. Mine was a small job, but I received Big Job attention and service. Quality of workmanship was super.
Description of Work: reglued two chairs

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$200

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity!

Peggy V.
12/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Mike Dowell was great to work with. I never thought the shaving stand could be repaired after it fell off a shelf and the mirror supports and mirror cracked but Mike did a marvelous job putting it back together. Work was excellent.
Description of Work: Repaired broken mirror supports and replace mirror of antique shaving stand

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$330

Response from Classic Furniture Works
It was a pleasure to work with you! Looking forward to future opportunities - Thanks!

KATY B.
12/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
OMG they are beautiful! The cleaning and brightening kept all the memories (such as a very small bit of 'graffiti' that my sister or I added). The chairs had become unusable because they were falling apart. The finish had been dark and dingy. Now they are wonderful and the price was right compared to other vendors I had called over the years. I travel a lot for work and Mike was very accommodating with my schedule for drop off and pick up.
Description of Work: Mike glued, cleaned and brightened some birdcage chairs that my dad made from a kit many, many years ago.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$300

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you very much for your business. I hope we can work on future projects for you as well!

Elizabeth B.
12/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
These chairs had been tucked away in my hayloft for 10 years and looked really old, filthy and beat up when I dropped them off. The before and after is amazing. These chairs now look like beautiful antiques and I am treating them as such! Mike clearly takes great pride in his work and was great with his advice on each chair. I highly recommend Lauer Furniture Restoration!
Description of Work: MIke repaired , refinished and replaced caning on an arm chair, rocker and small chair.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$500

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Pleasure working with you - thank you very much for your business!

Susan W.
12/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
It was wonderful! I bought the deal and he contacted me the very next day. I had a dresser and a mirror that was supposed to be attached. The mirror frame was in pieces, the dresser drawers were broken, and the dresser hardware was missing. He restored the dresser, put on new, shiny hardware, and put the mirror frame together like a puzzle. It was wonderful! If I have anything like that again I will go back to him and send my friends and family to him as well.
Description of Work: I bought a Big Deal for furniture restoration, repair, and refinishing.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$99

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks! It was a lot of fun to piece that dresser together. I hope I can serve you in the future! ~Mike

Charles T.
11/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Mike Dowell stopped to pick up the items for repair and returned them within a couple of weeks. We were very pleased with Mike's professionalism and craftsmanship. All of the pieces look great and you cannot notice the repairs. We are having other pieces restored as well through Lauer Furniture Restoration, highly recommended!
Description of Work: Used a Angie's deal to repair a Chippendale Dining room chair, a broken drawer guide on a bureau and a chipped corner and some dings in tonsu.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$135

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks! I'm very appreciative of your business and looking forward to working on your future projects. Thank you again.

Suzanne R.
11/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
The provider was pleasant, timely in communicating with me what needed to be done and again was timely in reporting that he felt the repair would be too difficult and I totally understood the reason for being unable to complete a difficult job and it may not match.. I appreciated his honesty. Please disregard the "C" that was given November 17, 2014
Description of Work: I reviewed this provider on November 17, 2014 and it came out as a " C" this was an error. This provider emailed me within 3 days of purchasing service for more specifics. This piece of furniture was antiqued and my puppy scratched off an area near the handle. I was hoping the provider could fix it. After sending pictures he was concerned he wouldn't be able to match the paint and I totally understood and I received a refund.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$99

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks! I'm sorry we weren't able to help you out with that particular project. Matching different types of paint can be very difficult - usually impossible - and I could never let a job leave my shop knowing there was mismatched coloring. I look forward to any future projects you might have!

Roberta C.
10/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Mike did a great job! The chair is able to be used again and the finish is gorgeous. It was also ready a month before I thought it would be. Excellent workmanship, thanks.
Description of Work: Reglued and refinished old chair

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$250

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thanks for your business! It was a pleasure to repair that chair and refinish it. I'm grateful that folks still have an attachment to their furniture and refuse to give up on it - that's how we are about our stuff. Hope to have the opportunity to serve you again!

Jane Z.
09/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
The job was beautifully done. and returned to me within three weeks. His estimate for the overall job was $350-$450 less the $200 credit (for which I had paid $99). My total cost, including the Angie's list special fee of $99 was $265. He was professional, fast, and did wonderful work. The wood was pine and hard to match the grain and the color, but you cannot see any difference between his work and the original finish. He reassembled the hutch and placed it back in its original location
Description of Work: He came to my home, observed the severe chew job don by my large dog on my small hutch and said it could be repaired. He took the hutch base to his shop and said six-eight weeks to complete. He had to replace the bottom panel and fill in some deep gouges on the side.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$265

Response from Classic Furniture Works
I'm glad you like it! Unbeknownst to many, pine is actually one of the most difficult woods to finish. I worked hard to make sure your hutch looked as if noting had happened. I hope to work with you again in the future! Thanks again!

Matthew M.
09/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Mike was quick to answer my phone call and set up a date to pick up the table. He had the table done in half the time he had quoted and was very flexible in times to drop off the completed table. The table turned out great - color matched and it looks wonderful.
Description of Work: MIke refinished our kitchen table

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$200

Response from Classic Furniture Works
Thank you for your kind review! It was a pleasure to work on this project. Matching colors of newly refinished work to existing colors is a challenge, but it's one which I usually accept. I'm glad you're pleased with my work and again, I very much appreciate the review.

Linda B.
09/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
I would definitely use Lauer Furniture Restoration again. Mike, did a wonderful job repairing the legs of my coffee table that had pulled away from the base. The small antique bench looked beautiful and the dove-tailed drawer from an old dresser, that came totally apart when I pulled it out too far and dropped it on the floor, fit perfectly back into it's place in the dresser. I am extremely pleased with all of the work that was done.
Description of Work: I took a coffee table, an antique bench and an unassembled drawer to Mike. Mike repaired the legs of my coffee table that had pulled away from the base. He had to remove the leg and fill in the stripped mounting hole, drill a new mounting hole and replace the hanger bolt with a longer model and remove an old dowel and replace it. He also stripped and refinished an antique bench and glued and reassembled a dove-tailed drawer from an old dresser.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$99

Response from Classic Furniture Works
I appreciate the opportunity to work on these projects with you! Thank you for your kind review!

Bill F.
09/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
Excellent communication via Angie's List, very prompt and courteous. While they didn't perform a service for me, my interactions with the company owners left me with a great impression.
Description of Work: Purchased Big Deal offer to restore furniture. Sent information to company for review and scheduling. Unfortunately, we needed assistance fixing the recliner functions on a reading chair, and Lauer does not work on recliners. The company was incredibly prompt and courteous in all communications, and I had a great deal of trust that they would have done an excellent job if the work required had been within their traditional scope of work.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$99

Response from Classic Furniture Works
(member name), Thank you so much for the kind words! I only wish I was able to help you with your project but I do hope there are future projects in which we can work together on. I sincerely appreciate you taking your time to leave us a review despite the fact that we weren't able to work on your chair.

Robin K.
06/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
I inherited a 60 year old corner hutch from my mother that was in need of restoration due to many gouges, scratches and worn out areas. I met Mike Dowell after I hired him to refinish my bedroom end tables and a small dresser and because they turned out so well I asked him about possibly restoring the hutch. He assured me that it was the perfect candidate for restoration. It was returned to me today in beautiful condition. It looks brand new but the original integrity of the piece was not compromised. I would not hesitate to hire this company again. Their prices are very reasonable and their work is excellent. I would also like to mention that it is a family owned business and Mike and his wife, Julie, are very nice to deal with. They are respectful, friendly and very accommodating.
Description of Work: furniture restoration

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$495

Response from Classic Furniture Works
[member name removed]- Thank you so much for trusting us with your furniture! I'm glad you love the results and we'd be honored to restore more furniture in the future. Again - thank you for your business! ~Mike

Robin K.
06/2014
5.0
furniture repair
  + -1 more
I inherited a 60 year old corner hutch from my mother that was in need of restoration due to many gouges, scratches and worn out areas. I met Mike Dowell after I hired him to refinish my bedroom end tables and a small dresser and because they turned out so well I asked him about possibly restoring the hutch. He assured me that it was the perfect candidate for restoration. It was returned to me today in beautiful condition. It looks brand new but the original integrity of the piece was not compromised. I would not hesitate to hire this company again. Their prices are very reasonable and their work is excellent. I would also like to mention that it is a family owned business and Mike and his wife, Julie, are very nice to deal with. They are respectful, friendly and very accommodating.
Description of Work: Furniture Restoration

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$495
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Contact information

150 Nichols St Unit E, Bel Air, MD 21014

http://classicfurnitureworks.com

Service hours

Monday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Licensing

Insured
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Service Categories

Furniture Refinishing and Repair,
Antiques,
Upholstering,
Furniture - Custom Made

FAQ

Classic Furniture Works is currently rated 4.9 overall out of 5.

Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Classic Furniture Works accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,MasterCard,PayPal,Visa
Yes, Classic Furniture Works offers free project estimates.
No, Classic Furniture Works does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Classic Furniture Works does not offer a senior discount.
No, Classic Furniture Works does not offer emergency services.
No, Classic Furniture Works does not offer warranties.
Classic Furniture Works offers the following services: Custom-Built Furniture, Antique Restoration. Furniture- Repair & Refinishing. Caning & Rushing. Painted Pieces. Pet Damage.
Upholstery

Contact information

150 Nichols St Unit E, Bel Air, MD 21014

http://classicfurnitureworks.com

Service hours

Monday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM