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Mid-Century, Vintage & Heirloom Pieces Made Solid Again
Austin loves good wood — the teak credenza scored at an estate sale, the walnut dining chairs handed down through the family, the built-ins from a Hyde Park bungalow that have held a household together for decades. Weathersby Guild repairs all of it. From our Marbach Lane workshop, we bring master joinery to Austin homes, fixing the breaks and loose joints that make a beloved piece feel tired before its time.
Our approach is joinery-first and finish-last: we rebuild the structure the way the piece was originally made, then refresh the surface so nothing about the repair announces itself. Whether it is a Danish modern lounge chair, a Lake Travis lake-house dining set, or a Scandinavian sideboard with a loosened drawer, we make it sound and send it home.
Moving a fragile credenza across town is a risk in itself. We run the I-35 corridor and collect pieces free within 80 miles of our San Antonio workshop, so Austin clients never have to load, strap, or haul their furniture to get it repaired.
Teak and walnut modern furniture is built differently from heavy antique casework, and it has to be repaired differently too. We understand the slim profiles and angled joinery of Danish and Scandinavian modern pieces and rebuild them to their original strength.
Because we keep aged oak, walnut, maple, cherry, and mahogany on hand, replacement rungs, tenons, and rails are matched to the original before they are cut. The repair disappears into the piece instead of standing out as new wood.
Send a few photos of the piece and the damage when you call. We review the joinery, identify what is loose, broken, or missing, and send back a detailed written estimate — scope, timeline, and cost in plain language before anything is committed.
Once you approve the estimate, we schedule a free pickup within 80 miles along the I-35 corridor. Your teak credenza, dining chairs, or Hyde Park built-in pieces are collected and transported to our Marbach Lane workshop — no hauling, no rental truck, no risk to you.
At the bench we tackle structure before surface: clean and re-glue loosened joints, replace broken rungs, cut new tenons, scarf in matching rails, and re-set failing dovetails. Replacement parts are shaped from grain-matched oak, walnut, maple, cherry, or mahogany so they belong to the piece.
With the piece sound, we address the surface — blending the repair into the surrounding finish with hand-toned color so the work is invisible. Mid-century oiled finishes are refreshed to match their original character rather than coated over.
We bring the finished piece back to your Austin home along the same I-35 route. A final inspection confirms every joint is tight and every repair blends, so the furniture returns ready for another generation of use.
Absolutely — Danish and Scandinavian modern pieces are some of our favorite work. We re-glue the angled mortise-and-tenon joints that loosen on teak chairs, scarf in matching rails, re-set dovetailed drawers, and grain-match replacement parts from our stock of walnut and teak-toned hardwoods. The thin oiled finishes typical of MCM furniture get refreshed last, after the joinery is sound, so the piece reads as original.
You should not have to wrestle a wobbly sideboard into a vehicle. We offer free pickup and delivery for Austin within 80 miles of our Marbach Lane workshop, running the I-35 corridor on a regular schedule. Send a few photos when you call, we confirm the repair scope, and we collect the piece, repair it in San Antonio, and bring it back — no hauling on your end.
Most solid-wood vintage and estate finds are well worth repairing — that is exactly why people hunt for them. A loose joint, a cracked rail, or a missing rung is a half-day fix that keeps a piece you cannot buy new. We will tell you honestly when a piece is structurally sound and when modern flat-pack stock is not worth the labor, so you spend money only where it actually pays off.
We keep aged oak, walnut, maple, cherry, and mahogany on hand and cut every replacement part to match the grain direction and figure of the original before it goes anywhere near the piece. New tenons, rungs, and scarfed-in rails are shaped from that stock, then color is hand-toned to blend. The repair becomes invisible because it is built from the same kind of wood, the same way, as the rest of the piece.
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Master craftsmanship since 2013. Free written estimates, grain-matched hardwood repairs, and joinery rebuilt to last — for Austin clients and across Central Texas.
Do not give up on a chair that wobbles or a credenza with a loose joint. Send us photos for a free written estimate, and if you approve it we will pick the piece up along I-35 at no charge, repair it, and deliver it back to your Austin home.
We proudly serve San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding communities across Central Texas.