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Est. 1987 • Boston, Massachusetts

Preserving Your Family's History, One Heirloom at a Time

For nearly four decades, Heritage Home Care has breathed new life into antique furniture, timepieces, and cherished family heirlooms. Our master craftsmen honor the past while ensuring your treasures endure for generations to come.

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37+ Years of Excellence 4,000+ Pieces Restored $500K Transit Insurance A+ BBB Rating 12 Full-Time Artisans
Our Specialties

What We Restore

From a Revolutionary-era writing desk to your grandmother's favorite rocking chair, our workshop handles pieces of every era and condition. Here are the three disciplines at the heart of what we do.

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Fine Furniture

Tables, chairs, desks, cabinets, dressers, sideboards, and secretaries. Whether it's a structural rebuild or a delicate surface refinish, we treat every piece as irreplaceable — because to your family, it is.

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Clocks & Timepieces

Grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, bracket clocks, and wall regulators. Our certified horologists rebuild movements to factory precision, restoring both function and the unmistakable sound of a ticking heirloom.

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Upholstery & Textiles

Settees, parlor chairs, chaise lounges, and ottomans. We use hand-tied springs, horsehair padding, and period-correct fabrics — the same materials and methods the original maker would have used.

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How We Work

The Artisan Process

Every restoration begins with a conversation. We listen to the story behind each piece — because understanding its history is the first step to preserving it.

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Discovery & Assessment

We perform a meticulous in-person or photographic assessment of your piece, documenting its origin, condition, and any areas of concern before recommending a restoration plan tailored to your goals and budget.

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Precision Restoration

Using a blend of time-honored techniques and carefully selected materials, our artisans address structural damage, surface imperfections, and missing components with painstaking care. Every step is photographed and documented.

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Reveal & Return

Your piece is hand-delivered with a detailed restoration certificate and personalized care instructions, so you can enjoy its renewed beauty for decades to come. We stay available for any follow-up questions.

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Proven Results

Before & After Highlights

Words only go so far. Here are two recent restorations that show the kind of transformation our team delivers — and the level of care behind every detail.

Worn Victorian settee before restoration
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Restored Victorian settee with reupholstered cushions
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1890s Victorian Parlor Settee

This family heirloom arrived with a collapsed frame, threadbare horsehair upholstery, and decades of accumulated varnish. Over six weeks, our team rebuilt the walnut frame using period-correct joinery, replaced the upholstery with hand-stitched velvet, and applied a traditional French polish finish. The settee now sits proudly in the client's Beacon Hill living room.

Damaged grandfather clock before repair
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Fully functional restored grandfather clock
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1920s Howard Miller Grandfather Clock

The movement had been silent for over thirty years. Rust had seized the escapement, and the oak case showed deep water stains from a basement flood. Our horologist rebuilt the movement entirely, sourcing new bushings and a period-appropriate pendulum bob. The case was carefully stripped, treated for moisture damage, and refinished to match the original stain profile.

Faded antique armchair before restoration
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Luxuriously restored antique armchair
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1870s Victorian Gentleman's Library Chair

The original green leather had cracked beyond repair, and the horsehair padding had compressed to almost nothing. Eleanor Hatch, our upholstery specialist, sourced vegetable-tanned leather from a heritage Pennsylvania tannery and rebuilt the eight-way hand-tied coil springs exactly as the Victorians would have done. The walnut frame was conserved and waxed to a rich glow.

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The Heritage Difference

Why Families Trust Us With Their Most Valued Possessions

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No Shortcuts, No Compromises

We don't use power sanders on delicate surfaces, spray-on polyurethane on antique wood, or staple guns on period upholstery. Every technique we employ is faithful to the era of the piece. If it takes longer, it takes longer — that's the cost of doing it right.

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Full Insurance From Door to Door

Every item in our care is covered by all-risk transit and workshop insurance up to $500,000 per piece, underwritten by The Hanover Insurance Group. From the moment a piece leaves your home until the moment it returns, you're protected.

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Certified Restoration Documentation

Every completed project comes with a Heritage Home Care Certificate detailing materials used, techniques applied, and the artisan(s) who performed the work. This document serves as a provenance record and is valuable for insurance and estate planning.

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Climate-Controlled Workshop, 365 Days a Year

Our Newbury Street workshop maintains 68–72°F and 45–50% relative humidity around the clock. Temperature and humidity are monitored by automated sensors with real-time alerts, ensuring optimal conditions for every finish, glue, and material we work with.

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Transparent Pricing, No Surprises

You receive a detailed written proposal before any work begins. The price we quote is the price you pay. If the scope needs to change during the project, we won't proceed without your written approval — ever.

Meet Our Founder

A Lifetime Devoted to the Craft

Robert Callahan, Master Restorer and Founder

Robert Callahan, Master Restorer

Robert began his apprenticeship in London's Bermondsey workshops at the age of seventeen. Under the guidance of Arthur Turner III — a third-generation cabinetmaker whose family shop had operated since 1843 — he learned the foundational principle that would define his career: patience is not a virtue in restoration — it is a requirement.

After fifteen years refining his skills across ateliers in Paris, Florence, and Edinburgh, Robert brought his expertise home to Boston in 1987 and founded Heritage Home Care in a converted carriage house on Newbury Street.

With over forty years of hands-on experience and a deep reverence for historical craftsmanship, Robert has personally overseen the restoration of more than 4,000 pieces — from Revolutionary-era secretaries to Art Deco vanities. His philosophy is simple: every item that passes through our workshop should leave in better condition than when it was first made.

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Client Voices

What Our Clients Say

"When they delivered the desk, I sat in front of it and cried for twenty minutes. It looked exactly the way I remembered it from my grandmother's study. My children will grow up knowing this desk, and that means more to me than I can express."

Catherine Whitfield

Concord, Massachusetts — Federal-Period Secretary Desk, c. 1795

"Elaine and I just stood there listening to it. That sound — I'd forgotten it, but the moment I heard it again, I was eight years old, sitting in the barber's chair, watching the pendulum swing. You didn't just fix a clock. You gave me back a piece of my childhood."

James Kowalski

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania — Seth Thomas No. 2 Regulator, c. 1885

"Eleanor understood that I didn't want a new chair. I wanted my father's chair, the way it felt when I was a girl climbing into his lap while he read to me. And that's exactly what she delivered."

Dr. Priya Anand

Wellesley, Massachusetts — Victorian Library Chair, c. 1870

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Well-maintained antique furniture in a warm living room setting
Free Resource

How to Care for Your Antiques at Home

Humidity control, cleaning techniques, and placement advice — our experts share everything you need to know to keep your heirlooms in peak condition between professional restorations.

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Serving All 50 States

Your Location Is Never an Obstacle

While our workshop is in Boston, we serve clients from coast to coast. We've restored pieces shipped from San Francisco, Miami, Minneapolis, Dallas, and Juneau. Every item is custom-crated with acid-free materials, transported in climate-controlled vehicles, and covered by full transit insurance — so your heirloom arrives at our workshop in the exact condition it left your home.

Local to Greater Boston? We offer complimentary pickup and delivery within a 30-mile radius of our Newbury Street workshop for items that can be safely transported by our team.

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Your Heirloom Deserves the Finest Care

Whether it's a grandmother's rocking chair, a grandfather clock that hasn't chimed in decades, or a writing desk that's seen better days — we'd love to hear the story behind your piece.

Our appraisals are always free, always thorough, and never come with pressure. Tell us about your piece and let us show you what's possible.

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