Restoration Studio

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They take broken porcelains, lamps, furniture, glassware, paintings. My husband and I collect antiques. You take in a porcelain bowl that has six to seven pieces and it comes back brand new. They are pretty unique in the North Bay area. People in San Francisco use them, and they are in pretty prominent antique shows. They are located here in Sta. Rosa. They are super. It takes a long time to get something repaired, but I had taken many things there. They are magicians. The doll I took there was from the early 1950's and they used products that disintegrated. The doll was really a mess. They rebuilt the doll for me. They found new arms and feet. They scoured the country looking for replacement parts to make the doll whole. It took a long time, but I was patient. I have a new granddaughter, and I wanted to give the doll to her; that was my inspiration. I probably spent more than I thought I was going to, but I am proud to have my old doll back in the shape I am proud off. I had taken old, very large, German teapot that holds about fifteen cups of water where the porcelain handle had broken off. I took it to them. It was in four pieces; they repaired it, and I actually use the pot. They do every kind of repair you can think off. I have gone in the place and they do a lot of porcelain and ceramic repair. I had an old, rotten box from the 1850's that was in my husband's family. It had come apart and roughed it a little bit; I took it to them, and they rebuilt the whole thing. Now, we have a box that was my cousin's great grandfather's thing. It is that kind of stuff. If you have old family pieces around your house, and you think it belonged to your grandfather and wanted to have it repaired, that is the kind of place you go to. They do superlative work. They are not electronics oriented. They are more visual art oriented.