He makes his frames by combining epoxy resin and crushed pecan shells, a traditional mixture used for repairing antique furniture.
"Can I repair furniture and pay the same price that a computer unit at Columbia can pay?"
He supported himself at art school by repairing and reproducing antique furniture.
The P.T.A. there helps pay for music, art and science programs and to repair furniture.
My mother said my father was a cabinetmaker, but he only repaired broken furniture in a garage.
Joseph Biunno is the fourth generation of his family to repair and restore antique furniture.
Jeff Gardner, a furniture craftsman from London, said he emigrated here, and had worked steadily repairing expensive furniture.
Minor scratches can be disguised by rubbing them with an appropriately colored wax stick made for repairing furniture.
Nick Johnson was perpetually in the garage, building or repairing furniture.
He had no restaurant experience before opening La Frontera in July, having made his living caning chairs and repairing furniture.