About Us and our work doing antique restoration
Bill Oakley - Owner
Oakley Restoration & Finishing, llc has evolved over the past 30 years from Bill Oakley’s first antique furniture restoration business, Phoenix Restoration, which was based in Brooklyn, New York.
After relocating in 1994 to New Milford in Litchfield County Connecticut, Bill doubled the company’s size and expanded to a two man shop. Over the years he continued to grow the business, and Oakley now employs 3 full-time Restoration Artisans in addition to himself.
Nathan Meyer
Nathan has been working and honing his woodworking talents with us for close to 25 years. Over those years he has grown tremendously as a craftsman and artisan. He continuously displays his unique and exacting skills doing expert furniture repairs, refinishing and custom furniture making. If it can be made, Nathan will do it!
Scott Oshinski
Scott has been at this game for as long as Bill Oakley and has developed such excellent skills at not only specialized furniture repairs and antique restoration but he can fool any expert with his old looking finishes! He’s also skilled at repairing older locks and cutting new keys for them. I joke that there’s nothing that comes into the shop that he won’t figure a way to repair it. Scott has the patience to take on those difficult projects involving surgical-like skills.
Josh Lewis
Josh is our newest team member after coming to us to apprentice and learn about furniture restoration back in March 2023. He has come a long way in these few months, showing an innate aptitude for restoring and refinishing furniture. He's a natural talent and we're all so happy to have him with us in the workshop!