Inside Our World Class Restoration Shop: H.J. Nick’s Historic Journal

Restoration is the process of repairing the degraded aspect of a classic or vintage furnishing or historic icon to return it to an overall “authentic” condition, and in our retro-shop we restored everything from antique gas pumps, to vintage Coca-Cola machines, antique furniture, and automobilia.

Our On-Site, World Class Restoration Shop is unique in that we are, as a flagship business, a fine art hand crafted door, furniture, and hand forged hardware manufacturer. This means that by extension, our Retro-Shop has direct access to, as needed, to be able to re-manufacture any item in the same hand and materials of any era; this includes both parts, and processes that cannot be found in the general market, or are not generally accessible. This allows us to restore most items to their original, factory fresh state, or better, regardless of the age or original condition of the item. This combination of attention to detail, experienced expert craftsmen, access to antiquated machines and processes, and attention to detail and originality allows for the most authentic restorations that can be done anywhere, worldwide, thus also allowing for the highest return on your investment.

At our retro facility, all restored antiques, or new products are guaranteed to be the restored to world class collector standards, or built to investment quality standards and guaranteed to last forever. Restoration is the process of repairing the degraded aspect of a classic or vintage furnishing or historic icon to return it to an overall “authentic” condition, and in our retro-shop we restored everything from antique gas pumps, to vintage Coca-Cola machines, antique furniture, and automobilia. At time we will also take artistic license in its presentation, without restoring the face. This is because many of these historic icons deserve to be presented as a museum quality piece (not just junk hanging on a wall ). Your satisfaction is always 100% guaranteed. All antiques, artifacts, or vintage restoration products are guaranteed to be as represented, upon delivery, and your inspection, or we will refund your money and pay the freight both ways! All of this is backed by over a century of doing business with these same practices, and fine master craftsmanship.