By MATT BARNARD Staff Photographer on Sep 15, 2013, at 11:38 AM Updated on 9/15 at 11:38 AM
Cole Brown works on a damaged rocking chair at his family's antique restoration shop in Tulsa.
Stepping into Antique Restorations conjures up a time when consumer goods were made to last.
The shop is cluttered but not dirty. Tools are everywhere, and old chairs hang from the ceiling, waiting for Tony Brown to bring them back to life.
He's had the business for about four decades, and his sons work there, too. They rehab lots of old furniture - the heavy kind made from real wood instead of particle board.
Recently Brown showed a finished piece to a client. The chair - used by hospital patients in the late 1800s - was damaged by fire and in sad shape.
But after a little work, the chair looked like new. The owner plans to pass it down when the time comes.
You can't really do that with stuff from Ikea.
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Tools and other supplies fill Tony Brown's workshop as he repairs a chair.
A filigree pattern covers a damaged piece of furniture before its restoration.
An aged nameplate indicates the London origin of a chair at Antique Restorations.
Tony Brown (right) shows a completed restoration to customer Jerry Perigo (left). The piece, a medical rehabilitation chair from the late 1800s, was damaged in a fire at Perigo's law office.
Sam Brown stains a piece of furniture.
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