We met Anabela (Brush Strokes Fine Art LLC) some time ago at one of her exhibits, and immediately…read morefell in love with the painting shown below. She is creative and talented artist with various art forms, including custom work, and is a pleasure to know. If you haven't been blessed to see her work, you don't know what you're missing!

I have had Anabela perform several different types of services for me. Her work is excellent and…read moreher prices are very reasonable. She has created a family photo from a degraded 1930's newspaper article, cleaned and restored old oil paintings, and matted/framed multiple pictures. Everything was flawlessly completed on time. She explains everything she is going to do and she keeps you informed during the process. I highly recommend her!

Fast to respond, listens well, and does great work. I'm really impressed with how he fixed my…read morefriend's vase, which was broken into pieces. Highly recommended!

I had two 18 inch ceramic platters. Each had damage to the outer edge of the plate. I was very…read moreblessed to meet Shams Sherwani!! He repaired both platters for less than an estimated another artist gave me for fixing one platter. If you have a treasure that needs fixing I would highly recommend The Master Studio! Michele Daschbach

Great family business. I've seen it driving past my husband's work but didn't realize they offer…read moreclasses until I googled. So glad my friend and I came to take a short project class. We really enjoyed ourselves and will be back. Great instruction, designs offered, and value. They also have small gifts up front if you don't have time for a class, but want something hand made locally.

Fiscus Glassworks is a gem in Alexandria. I have now taken all of their classes from beginner to…read morestructure/dimension and design and build. I even entered my pieces I created in these classes at the Arlington County Fair and won the Reserve Grand Champion for my division! I now frequent their studio during open hours with their studio time passes. Brad and Maré are kind, welcoming and extremely knowledgeable! They can help you create patterns and make your stained glass visions come true. Definitely check Fiscus out!

Mr Burkett fixed my drum table to perfection. It was my grandmothers and it had great sentimental…read morevalue. I am thrilled with Raymond Burketts work. His price was very fair in my opinion. He picked the table up and returned it. For those of you who do not know what a drum table is, the center of the table goes around. Mine was badly broken causing the top to be very tilted. I told Mr Burkett, if he could not fix the table to turn and just have the top be connected to the part that turns, I would have him do the job. He came over and looked at it and said he was pretty confident he could fix it. I also have my grandmother's secretary and one of the doors was too warped to close, he fixed that too and now it closes perfectly.

Although not inexpensive, he does really fine restoration work and finishes projects quickly. He…read moreclearly knows how to do restoration of antiques.

This is perhaps the worst experience I have ever had with a business. (Although he's a sole…read moreproprietorship so maybe it doesn't count). I dropped off a Chinese scroll for repair back in October 2022. I was told it would be ready in a month, in time to surprise my husband for our one year wedding anniversary in November (it was the Paper anniversary and the scroll belonged to his late grandmother). I called the day before it was promised - no response. Deadline passed. Further calls and emails either went unanswered or he would pick up, say "I'll call you back" and then never would. He finally said there'd been a death in the family (which made me feel terrible, but I'm not sure why he couldn't have said that the first time I called??) I waited months. Christmas came and went. So did January. When I tried checking in (about once a month or so) he seemed not to be able to remember the project. I finally got my scroll back after saying that I was driving over to pick it up the next day, finished or not. Then mysteriously it became ready. It looks . . . ok, I guess? Some of the things that were promised (such as doing paint touch-ups) were not done but at this point I just wanted my scroll back since it had such deep sentimental value. But this entire experience was a huge waste of time & money and a giant source of stress for me. Very unprofessional, would not recommend.

M. Alam was fantastic!!! He restored my Lladro Hawaiian girl porcelain In 10 minutes!! The flower…read morethat the figurine holds in her hand broke off but now you can't tell at all. Mr Alam graciously waited for me when I told him I would be 30 min late. i was so happy to meet him , he is so nice and a bit of a philosopher. I highly recommend him

I highly recommend this business. Fabio was more than kind in explaining the repair process. The…read morerepair of a Danish chair was done professionally and a high degree of quality! I thank Fabio very much for his great work.

Fabio does fanatastic work. Restored my 35 year old table. Looks better than when I purchased it…read more This is not a quick spray. Hand craftmanship. So happy with the finish.

I've had 2 items refinished by Nick. The results were fantastic. Nick is an amazing craftsman and…read moreis extremely knowledgeable about all things furniture and beyond. He is quick witted and friendly and a hoot to talk to!

Nick Greer and his fantastic crew fixed the arm on one of my dining room chairs that was broken off…read moreby an overzealous toddler. (I still have NO idea how a 40 pound kid managed that.) This was years ago and not only has the fix worked, I can't even tell which arm of which chair was broken! Nick has been in business for 50 years and does work for The White House, Smithsonian, State Department, and more. He gave the same amazing care to my modern dining room chair that he gives to his lofty clients. Highly recommend!