Furniture Refinishing

The Furniture Physicians Company is a family refinishing business operating in the Columbus Ohio area for its’ 29th year. Darrel and Annette Kestner with their daughter Lora and staff offer you over 100 years of combined stripping, repair, and refinishing expertise. Wooden Furniture Restoration is our specialty although we also offer Metal Stripping, Brass & Copper Stripping, Polishing, & Lacquering and Refinishing & Repair Supplies. Our in-home and on-site services include repair and touch-up. We are also available nationally for restoration consulting and planning. Furniture Physicians is the largest restoration shop in central Ohio and 3rd largest in the United States. If you need help immediately call us at (614) 855-9720 or Fax us at (614)855-2758.

         “We can restore the irreplaceable.”

Why Restore??? The furniture you own, just inherited, or are thinking about refinishing or repairing is an important part of history. It’s probably made of better material (real woods and wood veneers) and was crafted to be durable and serviceable for many years. If you have bought new furniture in the last 20 years you have seen this is usually not the case. Most new furniture is made from ground paper and wood pulp with an ever thinning wood veneer and construction techniques that are questionable at best. Use of plastics is at an all time high. Although newer furniture is somewhat serviceable it can be more expensive to repair than your older quality constructed pieces. Good refinishing brings back vibrant original colors and showcases the wood under modern more durable coatings that offer beauty and protection. Quality structural and cosmetic repair can economically put a piece back in service that may have been otherwise discarded. Restoring makes since environmentally too since the furniture restoration process uses less than 10% of the energy and natural resources that are required in new manufacturing. Sound interesting??? Find out more about our exclusive services, restoration process, and FREE  ESTIMATES.
IMPORTANT- If you are dropping off or picking anything up at our shop you MUST call ahead and make an appointment with one of us. We are all working on flex schedules now to reduce labor and handling costs within our company. By doing this we have kept our pricing at 2006 levels to help you in this rocky economy. Just call Lora at 614-855-9720 if you need to see us.

Earth Day, April 22nd 2009 and beyond...
We hear so many companies telling us they are turning "green" now. Most people never think too much about the effect their furniture has on our earth. Here are some facts...

It takes an 80 year old tree to make just 4 “T’ back chairs; another to make the table. An average tree will yield 161 board feet of lumber and only ¼ will be furniture grade. On the average, there will be about 12 trees per acre that are ready to harvest. When you think of all the labor, processes, waste, pollution, energy, destruction of wildlife habit, transportation cost and packaging to make, sell and deliver a new piece of furniture, companies like us have a very positive impact on the environment by recycling furniture. The paint removers, the finishes, the labor to refinish easily have a 97% less environmental “foot print” when compared to new.
Furniture Refinishers-  We aren't just going "green," we've been green for centuries,
we are
THE ORIGINAL RECYCLERS.

And for the new 2009 year coming up Furniture Physicians and Darrel Kestner Restorations will be listed as conservators with The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works. We have been getting more requests for conservation work on pieces that are of some historical importance. Conservation differs from restoration work as we look for documentation, do some physicial testing, and determine the best ways to preserve and slow or arrest the effects of time on the item. So what's the benefit for our average customer. KNOWLEDGE! We'll have even more access to materials on how woods were originally finished, old manufacturers, etc. plus we'll be able to get and share information with other conservators. Everyone will benefit from this!

Also, as of January 2nd, 2009 the Columbus Better Business Bureau will be using a new ratings system for businesses. The previous "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory" ratings will be replaced with a letter grade "A+ through "F" system. This system uses 16 different factors that determine company performance. We are proud to say that Furniture Physicians has been notified of its' A+ rating!
Also, we just received word from Angie's List that Furniture Physicians is in the top 5% of companies rated by them for service in the central Ohio area. Those of you that have used Angie's List companies know that it takes a lot of hard work and consistent performance to achieve these superior ratings.   So what are you waiting for???? Now is the best time to restore your furniture with a proven leader in the field.  Call us today!

Ahhhh... That wonderful new furniture smell...
So we had to inspect a new $25,000 dining room set the other day for delivery damage. Typical, big name, USA sold, made in China products. Anyway, as we crawled over this set we kept getting some fairly strange smells, some even coming from the finish itself, not just from the upholstery. And, lately we've had a few customers complaining about headaches, pets with "red paw pads" and such AFTER the delivery of their new furniture. An old chemical is making quite a new comeback in this imported furniture along with some surprising toxic woods. Find out more, just hit the Restoration News button in the left hand column.

Furniture Physicians Company
10087 Johnstown Rd.
New Albany, Ohio 43054
E-mail: woodoctr@aol.com