Providing Quality Antique Furniture Restoration Service Since 1978

Professional & Quality Antique Restorations


At Albemarle Furniture Service, we specialize in antique restorations. Our top priority is focusing on our client’s needs while delivering an amazing finished project. We ensure that each of our clients are fully satisfied with the end result. Our clients can speak with assurance about our professionalism, customer service, and excellent quality of work.

Antiques Bring Us Passion

We are passionate about our work. The relationships we have formed and the reputation we have obtained are paramount to our success. We treat you and your possessions with the respect and attention you deserve. We offer: 

French Polishing

Antique Restorations & Conservation

Structural Repairs & Stabilization

Period & Hand Rubbed Finishes

Veneer & Inlay Repairs

And More!

Our Services

At Albemarle Furniture Service, we only use professional museum-quality products when restoring your beloved heirloom, architectural elements, or antique collectible.

A craftsman with more than forty years of experience, Tom Williamson will execute the most delicate repairs and restorations on your antique, with the highest regard for preserving its integrity.

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In-Home Service

Offering a mobile service, we will come into your home and restore repair, touch up, or even clean and wax your furniture.

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Who We Are 

Tom Williamson offers a unique blend of services to the Charlottesville & surrounding areas. Antique restorations, coupled with our outstanding mobile service offering on-site repairs, is what we have been doing here since 1978.

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See What Our Clients Have To Say


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    "For over thirty years, I have trusted Tom Williamson to care for my furniture, first at our farm in southern Albemarle, and for the last three years in my apartment at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville. From nicks and scratches, polishing and refinishing, to major reconstruction, Tom has given perfect satisfaction. I recommend him without reservation."


    Elizabeth P. Scott

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  • "For over three decades now, I have collected and appraised Southern period furniture. Over those thirty years, I have had Tom Williamson restore and conserve special pieces in my own Southern collection. Not once has he ever disappointed me. Each time he has lived up to my highest expectations. As I tell my appraisal clients, "When you want the best, you hire the best." After all, if we will be responsible caretakers of our Southern heritage of antiques for the next succeeding generations, it is only appropriate to secure the services of a seasoned, experienced, and accomplished master craftsman! I have also referred Tom to my private clients and my University students, including everyday folk like myself, wanting the best, to movie stars and corporate leaders, hoping for the best. None have ever complained. All have sung his praises. That's quite a record!"


    Will Paulsen M.A 

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  • "Tom Williamson did a superior job of restoring and renewing many pieces of antique furniture at The Residence here at Woodberry Forest School. The Residence is a historic home designed by Thomas Jefferson for William Madison, younger brother of James Madison. The one William Madison piece of furniture that the school owns is the Madison buffet. Tom restored this piece to its original grandeur obliterating scratches, restoring color, and replacing small pieces on its trim. Now it is truly of museum quality. Watching Tom at work was watching a master craftsman."


    Leesa Campbell

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    "For over thirty years, I have trusted Tom Williamson to care for my furniture, first at our farm in southern Albemarle, and for the last three years in my apartment at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville. From nicks and scratches, polishing and refinishing, to major reconstruction, Tom has given perfect satisfaction. I recommend him without reservation."



    -Elizabeth P. Scott

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  • "For over three decades now, I have collected and appraised Southern period furniture. Over those thirty years, I have had Tom Williamson restore and conserve special pieces in my own Southern collection. Not once has he ever disappointed me. Each time he has lived up to my highest expectations. As I tell my appraisal clients, "When you want the best, you hire the best." After all, if we will be responsible caretakers of our Southern heritage of antiques for the next succeeding generations, it is only appropriate to secure the services of a seasoned, experienced, and accomplished master craftsman! I have also referred Tom to my private clients and my University students, including everyday folk like myself, wanting the best, to movie stars and corporate leaders, hoping for the best. None have ever complained. All have sung his praises. That's quite a record!"



    -Will Paulsen, M.A 

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  • "Tom Williamson did a superior job of restoring and renewing many pieces of antique furniture at The Residence here at Woodberry Forest School. The Residence is a historic home designed by Thomas Jefferson for William Madison, younger brother of James Madison. The one William Madison piece of furniture that the school owns is the Madison buffet. Tom restored this piece to its original grandeur obliterating scratches, restoring color, and replacing small pieces on its trim. Now it is truly of museum quality. Watching Tom at work was watching a master craftsman."



    -Leesa Campbell

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