Need Furniture Restoration recommendation


Looking for a good furniture restorator in Brooklyn (Slope/Heights/Atlantic) — or lower Manhattan ( below 34th st) to repair an antique game table. The leg is broken, some of the wood is buckling and other issues which need attention.

Also need to find a good upholsterer for a chair.

Categories: Furniture
By AJAS | 01/12/2008 3:18 PM | Comment

Red Oak Floor repair


I recently moved into a renovated brownstone which has new stained red oak floors. The developer of the unit installed 2 built in hip walls to create a dining area which we would like to remove since they aren’t well placed for a proper sized dining area. The problem is that the developer didn’t put the flooring down first before building in the hip walls, and therefore when we remove the walls, there will be gaps in the flooring. The floor was installed and sanded/stained/urethaned in place. We are looking for an expert floor person who could ‘match and patch’ the 2 approximate 18 sq/ft areas without having to re-sand the entire floor again. Is this possible? I have been told that in order to match the stain and height of the 4″ planks, we will need to put in new boards ( patch ) and then re-sand/re-stain/re-urethanethe the entire floor again. This seems excessive and I am hoping there are experts who could do the patch and match work and make it look seamless without re-doing the entire thing….does anyone have experience with this and can you send me the number of an ‘expert’ floor person who could execute such a repair?

Categories: Floors
By AJAS | 12/17/2007 9:02 PM | Comment

Rear retaining wall damage from tree


Our read yard has a lot line retaining wall which has been damaged by our neighbor’s large tree root system. The wall is cement and over the years, the roots have pushed the cement wall into our yard (it’s buckling).

There are a few issues here:

1) the neighbors claim that they have no responsibility for the damage

2) the cement wall is impinging onto our property and will need to be back-filled, the wall removed and re-poured with re-bar

3) they won’t let anyone onto their property to inspect, even though the wall is on our side of the lot line

Who in the city can we turn to get resolution to both the lot line wall and how we can fix the damage without having to sue them.

Categories: Excavation
By AJAS | 11/23/2007 2:13 PM | Comment