16/02/2024
Well... we are all over Christmas and everyone's back at school and to work and we are all getting back to normal.
And at Empire we are all getting everybody's pieces restored and back to them .
I have been restoring quite a few family pieces and now they look marvellous and have been returned back home , these pieces their Mum and Dad bought when they got married in the early 50s and now they have been rescued and ready for their children and grandkids to use.
Other pieces are for a noted antique dealer in Wellington who bought these pieces all the way up to Matamata because Antique Restorers as well as Clock Makers and other old school trades are dying off or retiring .
When I started restoring antiques back in the mid 70s all the restorers were one man bands who worked away diligently and one day they were gone and the numbers are dropping every year .
I read a book on Antique Restoration from the 70's and back then you couldn't get young people interested in this trade , there was no passion or staying power [ Grandee I've got better things to do ].......my Grandson .
Like clock makers , try finding one now ....they're all rare like most of these trades .
And I'm looking forward to slowing down and just working on my stuff.
So people you better get you pieces restored now before another apron is hung up !
So give me a ring in 07.888.6843 or 021.0849.0790
