Montalbano Furniture — Local services in Proviso Township

Hands down the best furniture restoration shop & upholstery shop in Chicago. Hands down the best!! My family has used Montalbano for years. They did a coffee table, an antique rolladesk for my sister, a dinner table, and 2 family antique living room tables. Mr. Richard Montalbano will look at your piece thoroughly and tell you if you have real wood or a fake. Every time he told my dad the actual cost upfront. There are no games or surprises in the price. Yea games many refinishing companies play to get you hook in, like they don't put the pick-up & delivery charges in the estimate and don't tell you about that until its too late. Not Mr. Montalbano he tells up straight-up. Most competitors don't strip apart the entire table, or chair, and then put it back together. The competitors cut corners. Never has Mr Montalbano cut corners on our furniture. When we dropped off our furniture and got it back... it looked freakin' new! You would be foolish not to bring your family antique to get Mr. Montalbano's opinion on it. If it's worth saving or not he will tell you straight up. No one beats their...

The work was fantastic and I cannot recommend Montalbano enough. It is always a leap of faith entrusting something that is important enough to be refinished or repaired, but you can't go wrong here. I had a large dining room table that needed refinishing, repairs to the legs, and staining to match dining room chairs. You can see the impeccable work from the before and after shots below (you can also see the reupholstered chairs as well). Also, they took our loveseat, which was held together by bungee cords, and made it solid and beautiful again. Pricing was competitive and the work was second to none. Also, the fact that they are super-nice people doesn't...

The owner is extremely knowledgeable in what he does and knows his inventory well. I came in with a color scheme I was looking for with pictures of my sofa and dimensions. He pulled out 10 fabric books for me to look at and offered me water. I comfortably sat at the table choosing fabric_designs. He checked if the fabrics I chose " would work" for what I needed it for, and after elimination, made calls to be sure the patterns remaining that I chose are available. He wrote up a very detailed quote. I've heard about his work being the most precise that the evaluators had ever seen. Thats why I went there.. Price...you pay for what...