Antique Furniture Restoration, Repair & Refinishing
Established in 1979, McLean's Refinishing, Inc. is Athens' and Northeast Georgia's most trusted name in furniture refinishing
and restoration. We are a full service business committed to quality, expert craftsmanship, and a basic love of antiques and
wood working. Through the years, we have evolved into a major workshop that is capable of handling the smallest jewelry box
to a complete home of furniture. We also specialize in commercial work including in-office touchups and repair, restoring
furniture in government offices, sororities, fraternities, and public libraries. With over 25 years of experience, we can handle any restoration need.
 At McLean's Refinishing, restoring furniture has been a labor of love as long as we have
been in business. We love antiques, but we also understands that, new or old, antique or
modern, a person's furniture is a part of the person. Our approach is to keep the
customer involved in the restoration, and keep them informed of the progress. Restoration
does not always mean making an old piece of furniture look new. Sometimes restoration
means making the piece look the way it did right before the latest damage occurred. Mom wants to remember every mark on her son's high chair except the broken leg the
movers caused, so we strive to repair the the break and preserve the history of her son's chair. We take care to understand people's desires and provide quality furniture
restoration and repair services.
We can do any type repair or restoration service including complete restoration, replacement of parts, veneering, lathe work,
carving, chair caning, fire or flood damage restoration, curved glass replacement, major structural repair, beveled mirror repair,
or leather replacement. We also can provide you damaged furniture repair insurance estimates and antique appraisals. More Services info here.
 As you might expect, in addition to repairing and restoring furniture, McLean's Refinishing
also has antique furniture for sale. We normally keep about 200 pieces on hand. All furniture for sale has been carefully selected for styling, age, construction and other
special qualities that will make an investment enjoyable for many years to come. Please
take time visit our facilities during our normal business hours, or call for an appointment. Get a map and driving directions to our facility from our contacts page. For your
convenience we have added a photo gallery with a few of the many antique tables, desks, chests, chairs, and other pieces for sale. Antique Furniture Gallery.
Open Monday-Thursday 8AM-5:30PM & Friday 8AM-Noon or by appointment
Furniture Repair And Refinishing Services
We offer a variety of wood working and furniture repair and refinishing services. Our state of the art work shops and talented craftsmen can do any type of worked required to restore your piece to like new condition. We carefully work with your piece to
make sure it is first properly repaired, then we help you choose the appropriate stain, color, and finish. When completed, your
furniture is beautiful, functional and ready to use. We take pride in our work so you can be confident that we will take extra
care to insure your cherished heirloom is restored properly.
We Offer The Following Furniture Refinishing And Restoration Services:
Complete Restoration
When refinishing your prized furniture and antiques, make the job easy by trusting McLean's Refinishing, one of Athens,
Georgia's most trusted furniture repair and restoration company. Our success is firmly rooted in our dedication to providing our
furniture refinishing customers with quality craftsmanship and service. Utilizing proper wood refinishing products and processes
, our expert furniture refinishing craftsmen can revitalize your valuable furniture and wood pieces, restoring and enhancing their
natural beauty and strength. Our skilled technicians meticulously remove the signs of age and use, virtually erasing scuff
marks, gouges, water rings, and dents. Even broken, water damaged, and burned pieces can often be repaired to like-new
condition. We restore and repair all types of furniture including antiques and specialty items, millwork, paneling, molding,
frames, banisters, and mantels, doors, cabinetry, upholstery, leather, hardwood floors, and laminated surfaces. We provide
home and business owners an affordable alternative to replacing fine wood furnishings and fixtures, antiques, family heirlooms,
costly office furnishings, picture frames, molding, and millwork.
Replacement Parts
We have access to thousands of furniture replacement parts, reproduction parts for antiques, and old stock parts. We can
usually find the parts to restore your piece of furniture, or we can change the look of your piece by changing the style of knobs
, drawer pulls, hinges, legs or other furniture parts. We have access to the correct springs, screws and hardware to bring your
furniture back to new condition. We also have the ability to make wood or metal furniture parts if new ones are not available.
Veneering
You probably admire the detailed work on elaborately veneered pieces in furniture and may think that small damages are
beyond repair. What Exactly Is Veneering? Can it be repaired? Veneering is the gluing of a thin sheet or layer of wood - a
veneer - to another or to some other underlying material. Depending on how a log is cut, strikingly different visual effects can
be achieved with the wood's grain and characteristics. This is part of the beauty of working with hardwood veneer - that two
logs of the same species, cut in different ways, can produce veneers that are distinctively different. If you have a damaged
veneered piece of furniture, antique or modern, McLean's refinishing can repair it. We have the ability to match the old veneer
or replace it with completely new material. Let us give your damaged veneered furniture new life.
Lathe Work
McLean's Refinishing has all the proper tools, lathes and equipment to produce any part you may need repaired or replaced on
your fine furniture. We can lathe turn spindles, chair and table legs, banisters, or decorative trim pieces. Our expert
technicians have years of lathe and machinery experience and will take the extra steps to insure the job is done right.
Wood Carving
Carving is not a lost art at McLean's Refinishing. If you have damaged hand carved figures or decorative trim on your furniture,
we can repair it to new condition. We take pride in our ability to hand carve replacement pieces that may be missing, or repair
hand carved wood work. We take care find the correct wood with matching grain, carefully recreate the image and complete it
using the correct stains, oils and finishes. We can renew the beauty of your hand carved antique or custom pieces and restore them to their original beauty.
Beveled Mirror Replacement
If your beveled mirror is damaged or broken, McLean's refinishing can replace it or restore it to new condition using the correct
type of beveled glass mirror. We can also restore the frame, whether it be antique or modern, making sure to match the color,
style and finish. The appearance of piece should not be different after the repair, and we take the time to keep the look of the
wood and mirror as it was originally designed and manufactured.
Chair Caning
If you find an old chair with its original cane seat, consider yourself lucky. Like most old pieces, it may not be in perfect
condition, but it is something to cherish. If your not so lucky, you might find one with the cane seat either broken or missing.
McLean's Refinishing can change your luck by fixing that chair as good as new. Whether your chair was done by hand or machine, we can restore it for you.
Fire/Flood Restoration Work
Nothing devastates valuable possessions of the home like a fire or flood. McLean's Refinishing may be able to restore those
valuable or irreplaceable pieces of wood furniture or antiques that are a part of your life. We can replace damaged or missing
parts, reassemble items that may have separated, re-veneer furniture that may have come unglued due to heat or water,
refinish heat damaged wood furnishings, or completely restore many of your damaged items. We take great pride in our work,
especially when we help you recover from a disaster like a flood or fire.
Curved Glass Replacement
Curved glass is another one of our specialties. Many types of display cases, china cabinets, hutches, armwars, and other
furniture have curved or bent glass panels or mirrors. McLean's Refinishing can repair or replace these panels to new condition.
Major Structural Repairs
McLean's Refinishing does much more than just a refinishing. We have the capability to do major structural repairs or
completely rebuild your furniture if necessary. We can do frame repair, rebuild springs systems, inside upholstery repair, lever
and metal structure repair, add a base or legs, repair drawers and slides, and any other process necessary to restore your
furniture back to a strong and functional piece, just as it was when it was new.
Insurance Estimates
We will be happy to provide you with insurance estimates for furniture repair or refinishing. We can come to your home or
office or you may bring the damaged item to our repair facility. We will give you an insurance estimate, and expected time needed to repair the item.
Leather Replacement
McLean's Refinishing can also replace leather tops on office desks, lap desks, or writing tables. The replacement leather is
hand died with a choice of four classic colors. Black, Oak or brown, Dark Green and Wine or burgundy. The leather tops are
also hand tooled or embossed on the edges in 14 carrot gold with a choice of eight different border styles.
Antique Furniture Appraisals
In addition to our many furniture services, we also offer appraisals. With over twenty-five years experience in the antique
business, we are extremely qualified to give you an accurate, age or period, style, type of woods – both primary and
secondary, and current value in either wholesale, retail, estate, or insurance value. Digital photos are available for your accurate documentation.
Facilities
Your furniture is well maintained while in our possession, and we are fully insured. We have a modern security system that is
monitored twenty-four hours a day. The buildings are kept clean, well organized providing a safe environment for the furniture, our customers, and our employees
Pickup & Delivery
We will be happy to pick up your furniture that needs repair or restoration and deliver it back to your home or office when
complete. We have covered trucks and the proper equipment to handle your furniture, and our pickup and delivery area
extends throughout the Athens metro area. Call McLean's Refinishing at 706-769-7590 for all your furniture repair or restoration needs.
If you need quality furniture restoration services or would like to look at our gallery of antique furniture, please call us at 706
-769-7590 or come by our facility at 1303 Hodges Mill Road, Bogart, Georgia. We are just outside of Athens and only a short
drive from the Atlanta Metro area. E-mail us or get driving directions.
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