My religious icon had been through a few apartment moves and the borders were damaged. Anabela…read moretouched up the borders with a perfectly-matching paint color and framed it to protect from further damage. This was the first time I had art repaired, and Anabela was very patient with my questions and guided me on the process and different repair/framing options. She has an amazing eye and the piece turned out WAY better than I imagined! Thank you, Anabela!

I brought a 60 year old oil painting (a sentimental family painting) to Annabella to see if she…read morecould restore it. It was dirty, moldy, tarnished and the canvas was brittle and in very bad shape. She painstakingly cleaned it, put a new linen backing on, built a new inner frame for the canvas, repaired the original outside frame, painted in areas that were damaged or needed to be filled in - perfectly matching the original paint colors. She spent hours and hours over 6 weeks working on it. The end result was simply beautiful - it looks like the brand new original now! I can't believe my good fortune in finding Annabella. She is extremely talented, professional, enthusiastic, and joyful to do business with. I can't recommend her highly enough.

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!

Raymond was great! We gave our original Knoll Cesca chair for re-caning and Raymond did a terrific…read morejob. Not only does it look brand new, but also feels a lot sturdier. I think the chair will now last for years to come, so I think he provides great value in that regard.

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.

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

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.

If you care about an old piece of furniture enough to restore it, man, are you going to love Fabio…read more& Arte Lepre. Old school craftsmanship that is beyond rare to find. A true artist and gem of a service. Run, dont walk, to Fabio to have your work done. The best of the best!

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!