Little Shop

In the late 1950's Charles and Enid Anderson started The Little Shop to pursue their interests in furniture restoration and interior design. Charles was working in upper management in large corporations and frequent moving was too hard on their family.


His son, Erling Anderson, took over the business in 1994 and Gary Kovach (who joined "The Shop" in 1974) managed the company with Erling. We now operate out of a 6,000 square foot building near the Iowa City Airport.


The Little Shop offers full service furniture repair, restoration, refurbishing and refinishing on furniture of all ages (200 years old to modern) as well as `refurbishing- antiques. We also offer in-home and office touch-up. Further, The Little Shop offers complete upholstering and upholstery repair services.


Unusual for a furniture shop, we also restore, repair and rewire lamps and chandeliers. Our lamp services range from simple socket repairs to complete rewiring chandeliers. We refinish metal, wood, porcelain and stone lamps in a wide variety of finishes. We repair or replace clear, colored and stained glass pieces. We repair broken stone lamps (alabaster and marble). We also touch-up gilding and faux painted finishes on antique lamps.


Visit our web site to learn more about the Commercial Services we offer ranging from repairing conference room tables to making furniture for airplanes according to FAA Standards.


Call us today for all your furniture restoration needs!


Onsite Repair. * Furniture Repair
* Furniture Restoration
* Furniture Refinishing
* Furniture Design
* Antique Furniture Repair and Restoration
* Refinishing
* Upholstering
* Wicker Repair
* Rocking Chair Repair
* Veneer Repair
* Faux Finishing
* Lamp Repair
* Chandelier Repair
* Metal Furniture Repair
* Commercial Furniture Repair
* Reclining Chair Repair
* Office Chair Repair
* Picture Frame Restoration
* Marble Repair
* Cane and Rush Seats Repair / Replacement
* Airplane Furniture