About the Workshop

A craft practiced by hand, piece by piece.

Restore the value of your furniture. That's the whole mission — and it starts with the photos and the vision you bring us.

Turning houses into homes

Turning houses into homes, one piece at a time. Every project starts the same way — a piece with a story already in it, and photos of the finish and color someone has in mind for it. The workshop's job is to execute that vision, not replace it with our own.

How the work gets done

No shortcuts and no shop-floor assembly line — each piece is stripped, repaired, and finished by hand. What comes back is documented: condition, materials, and value, so the piece's record travels with it.

What we hold ourselves to

Three commitments, every piece.

Hand craftsmanship

No shortcuts, no assembly lines — every piece is stripped, repaired, and finished by hand.

Honest documentation

Every restoration is recorded — condition, materials, and value — so your piece's story travels with it.

Material honesty

We don't hide the wood or erase its history. Its grain and its wear are part of what makes it worth restoring.

Step One

The Strip

The old finish is removed down to the bare wood, revealing the grain and condition underneath so we know exactly what we’re working with.

Step Two

The Stain

Color is matched and applied to bring out the wood’s natural character, following the finish and tone you asked for.

Step Three

The Seal

A protective topcoat is built up in layers to give the piece lasting durability while keeping the feel of a hand-finished surface.

Completed work for

The Ritz-Carlton Art Ovation Longboat Key Club St. Regis

Have a piece in mind?

Send photos and your vision — we'll tell you what's possible.

Start Your Restoration Story

Workshop and record

Two names, one piece of furniture.

Alberto's Furniture Refinishing is the workshop. It is where the stripping, the repair and the finishing happen, by hand, and where you book the work.

Provenance Project is the record. It is our second site, and it holds the documented history of a piece — photographs, what the piece is, the condition it was in, and what we did to it. The record travels with the furniture, so the next owner, an heir, or an adjuster does not have to take anyone's word for it.

You never have to go looking for it. Ask for an estimate right here, and if the piece comes into the shop its record is built as the work happens — same workshop, same people, kept on provenanceproject.app so it outlives any one invoice.