ENSIGN FINE FINISHING INC

Michael was amazingly responsive and his work was of the highest quality. The price was worth the result. We will be using him again for sure!

Michael was very easy to work with and did a fantastic job!

Fantastic. The table and chairs were really dated. Now, they are gorgeous. Michael did great work and he was really easy to work with.

Everything turned out great, and Michael delivered them when completed.

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As usual, Michael did excellent work. He worked on a chair that I have owned for several decades and is a favorite piece of furniture of our family. The wood had dried out over the years and was in poor condition. He knew exactly what to do to bring it back to good condition. We will now be able to enjoy it for many more years.

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excellent work.

They refinished my banister and they did a good job.

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I had two old pieces of furniture and two old tool/file boxes.  The furniture included an old wooden child's school desk that was painted blue and my mother's sewing cabinet.  When they returned from Michael, they were both masterpieces.  The desk, which for many years has been hidden away under a table cloth because it was so unsightly, is now a prominent piece in my living room.  It has an exquisite wood finish - quite beautiful.  The sewing cabinet had peeling veneer and many chips and scratches.  Michael restored it to its original condition, with a wonderful finish and no evidence of its 50 years of constant use.  The two boxes (1 old wooden tool box and 1 old wooden file box) were both completely black and both looked like throw-aways.  When Michael was finished they were both wonderful pieces, restored to their natural wood.  He has a talent for bringing out both the perfections and the character of the wood, so that while the pieces are wonderfully restored, they also maintain a look that reflects their history and usage.   I was also quite pleased with Michael's pricing and timeliness.  The pieces were finished much sooner than I expected and I felt his pricing was very good.  I was so pleased that I sent an additional item (a table base) to be refinished and am equally as pleased with it.  Upon seeing the original 4 items that Michael refinished, my husband commented that he had no idea they could look so spectacular.  Michael Ensign is a true craftsman and I definitely recommend him!

Excellent job, so pleased.  Would recommend him highly.

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Mike came by to see the pieces of furniture ( a dresser and a cedar chest, both old family pieces) before giving us a bid. He emailed the bid so we could decide and then picked up the furniture when we agreed. He called us in when the sanding was done so we could pick the finish. The dresser and cedar chest were so much nicer. This is the second time we've used Ensign Fine Finishing and the second time we've been very pleased.

My experience with Michael from the first phone call was fantastic!  He visited our home in order to provide a bid for the refinishing work. He arranged for movers to pick up the furniture from our home, completed the work right on time, and did an amazing job.  His attention to detail is wonderful.  He also kept up up to date on the process of the work vie email, and even arranged to have one of the chairs reupholstered while it was in his possession.  I give my highest possible recommendation for his work!

Incredible, he repaired and refinished my grandmother's 1930 bedroom set with multiple woods.......
I love it. He is a true artist!

Michael did a great job, repairing the furniture to original quality. He was very fair with pricing, and gave me an Angie's list discount. He did the job in a timely manner. I was very happy with his services. The only thing that took a while was the invoice, but that may have been a miscommunication between me and our friend who's furniture it was.

Excellant! I'd highly recommend Ensign Fine Finishing for furniture repair. I had a dining room chair fall off the moving truck, which shattered the leg. Totally busted off. Michael looked at it and had a couple of ideas on how he might address the issue, and wound up going with the best one we agreed on. I am very satisfied -- this was not an heirloom piece by any means, but I didn't want to be down one chair from the set. He found a good, inexpensive solution that worked wonderfully. Very stable repair, and it looks very nice. Very good value. Thanks!

Quality was excellent, but it took a while.

michael is an artist.  he does beautiful work.  his work is time-consuming and exacting.  he has a large clientele, all of whom are willing to wait for his services.  he is not inexpensive, but i would not trust my lovely antique furniture to anyone else, ever.

Michael did fantastic work. The desk was repaired and then restored to keep the old look intact. The desk had been in storage for nearly 10 years and was in bad repair. Michael made all the repairs, replaced all the locks, added a shelf bottom that was missing, and then refinished it just the way I had asked. I was totally pleased and highly recommend Michael to anyone looking for furniture repair and restoration. He goes the extra mile to ensure his customers are completely satisfied.

The desk is wonderful and should be good for another 100 years.  The sewing machine is the show stopper, though!  If you look closely, you can see where the wood was warped, but Michael's philosophy is to repair without taking away and he has given the top of the cabinet a finish that defies description---think of the smoothest, most luxurious wood finish you've ever touched, go beyond that and you'll know how this feels!  He also had the actual sewing machine repaired so that it can be used and I'm looking forward to trying out this treadle machine.  Both pieces have been in my family for more than 80 years, so they are very dear to me.  Michael has the skill, to be sure, be he also clearly loves old things and treats them (and their old owners!) with kindness and respect.

Mr. Ensign is extremely knowledgable and experienced. I was immediately comfortable with him and didn't even get bids by other businesses. The piano looks beautiful, and he came with the movers upon bringing it back to make sure everything we perfect. He only uses a high quality mover who did a great job both picking up and dropping off, very conscientious. I rated him overall an A, and the only B I gave was because of a misunderstanding about when he would start working on it. Part of this was because I didn't really care when I got it back. I believe that if I had requested by a certain date it would have been no problem.

I had refinished this dresser myself as a teenager--badly--. Mike took the horrible job I did and created a truly beautiful antique that I hope to share with my family. He is an artist, doing did all the extras, finding missing pulls, handle supports and fixing the horrible stain I had applied. WOW!