One bench, one piece at a time
Hartwell & Byrne Restoration started as a single bench rented inside a larger cabinet shop, taking on the pieces other shops turned down because they took too long to do properly. It moved into its own storefront on Auger Street after six years, and the bench came with it.
Only one piece is worked at a time, start to finish, rather than several moving through the shop at once. That is slower and it is the whole method - rushing a finish or a repair is how you lose the thing that made the piece worth saving.
Two people work the bench today. Between them they have handled furniture, clocks and paintings for a little over twenty years.
