| Since our humble beginnings in the hallway of a house in Portland, Maine, The Lamp Repair Shop (back then known as Irving Repair & Metalwork) has striven to offer customers a business based on customer service and old world craftsmanship. The lamps we have repaired are returned in far better condition than when they were brought in. In fact, many times the lamp repairs are better than when the lamp was bought brand new. Whether it is a "box store" light needing cheap parts replaced with quality parts, or an eighteenth century chandelier needing a full restoration, every repair gets the same attention to detail that people have come to expect from us for over two decades. |
A repair done at another shop
The same lamp re-repaired at our shop
| Whenever we take on a lamp repair, our mission is to make sure you cannot tell the lamp has been in a repair shop (other than the fact that it works beautifully, of course!). Our repairs are usually invisible, and we can feather in a lamp's patina to further hide our work. Whether it's brazing, soldering, or epoxying, we will do our best to camouflage the repair. |
| For years The Lamp Repair Shop has offered custom built wall sconces from the early electric period(1895 - 1915). Crafted very much the way they were in Thomas Edison's day, we start with the best quality solid brass parts and use electrical components specifically designed for restoration work. We do not use standard, hardware store parts! This way, we can offer our LIFETIME GUARANTEE* |
| A custom reading light made in our studio |
* Our lifetime guarantee on custom lighting means that we will guarantee our lights will not fall apart, ever!
However, we cannot guarantee electrical components or glass as we have no control over how they were
made.
However, we cannot guarantee electrical components or glass as we have no control over how they were
made.
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| Did you know? One of the leading causes of house fires is faulty wiring in lamps. And what we have seen over the past years would keep many a firefighter up all night. Take a look at this and see if you might not have a problem in your home as well. |
| In The Lamp Repair Shop studio, the visitor will always find antiques and collectibles as well as a nice selection of recycled lighting from the late 19th century to the 1960s. But you will also find a collection of one-of-a-kind lighting designed and built right here. These lamps are created from unusual found objects and incorporate style and function like you have never seen before(At right is a light house made from a salvaged steam valve from the side-wheel steamship Cambridge, found off Port Clyde, Maine). |
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