Solano’s Restoration

I returned to Solanos this summer to do another job for me. About 2 years ago I had them take a piece of needlework I found and make it into a pillow for a chair. They did excellent work on that project. So I came back to them when I needed a host of wood furniture restoration done– antique Dining room table and 6 leafs, restoration of a small bentwood chair seat, restoration of a small 19^th c. side table and reglue an antique chair. The work was done very well, exactly as I hoped. They gave an estimate and kept to it, and took and brought back my furniture in less than 2 weeks. I think they are great.

We have had three or four experiences with this company, most of them under the ownership of the firm’s founding individual and lately under that of his son. The first experiences were excellent. Unfortunately, that was then… this is now. Our most recent experience was without doubt the most time-​consuming and disastrous one we have ever experienced regarding furniture. We had to make between 8 — 10 trips to their shop to try and straighten things out and they were never done to our satisfaction. The workmanship was generally poor. Worse, we had to point out the flaws every time they said the furniture was finished. The amount of misinformation was staggering. In the end, we accepted the less than satisfactory final iteration of their work simply to preserve what little sanity remained. Avoid at all costs, which are substantial!!!