28 places to buy restored vintage stoves

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I have been blogging about midcentury home design since 2006, but my very first piece of published writing about home design in 1995 — an article about vintage stoves for the now-defunct Ann Arbor News. Vintage stoves were first becoming popular around then. I have been a fan ever since and today, have a circa-1959 GE Pushbutton electric in my kitchen. When we did a story a while ago about where to get your vintage appliances fixed, a number of readers had suggestions and experiences to share about vintage stove restoration experts. Karl T. also suggested suppliers. I did some additional research and came up with an expanded list — and readers continue to more in their comments, below, be sure to read them — and we now have 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27  28 places to get your vintage stove restored… to buy a restored vintage stove… and to find parts and service for vintage stoves:

Note, before you buy, understand what you are paying for — this includes consulting with a properly licensed professional to assess the stove for environmental and safety issues. Be Safe / Renovate Safe — for more info see our Be Safe/Renovate Safe page. 

Restored vintage stoves — West and Southwest

• Buckeye Appliance — Stockton, Calif.
• AntiqueGasStoves.com — Alta Loma, Calif.
• Dream Stoves — Valley Springs, Calif.
• Antique Stove Heaven — Los Angeles
• Aiken’s Furniture — Inglewood, Calif.
• Antique Stove Shop — Ventura, Calif.
• Carolina’s Antique Appliances — East Los Angeles, Calif.
• Savon Appliances — Burbank and Hollywood, Calif.
• Lloyd’s Appliances — Irwindale, Calif.
• Antique Stoves — Culver City, Calif.
• Reliance Antiques — Berkeley, Calif
• Apple Stoves — Oakland, Calif.
• RMR Company — San Diego County
• Homestead Vintage Stoves — Centralia, Wash.
• Macy’s Classic Stoveworks — Houston, Texas
• Tulsa Stove Hospital (no website) — Tulsa, Okla.

Restored vintage stoves — Midwest

• Retro Stove & Gas Works — Chicago area
• Antique Stoves — Tekonsha, Mich.

Vintage stove restoration — Southeast

• Antique Appliances — Clayton, Georgia
• Aircon Vintage Appliances — Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill, NC

Vintage stove restoration — East Coast

• Belgrove Appliance — Westchester County, New York
• Central Range Service (no website) — Bayside, New York – NYC area
• Mattera Stove Works — Wakefield, RI
• Andrews Range Service (no website) — Pittsburg, Pa.
• Good Time Stove Co. — Goshen, Mass. — pre-war and earlier
• Antique Stove Hospital — Little Compton, Rhode Island… for folks preparing for peak oil!

Note: Thanks so many readers for the contributions to build this list — keep ’em coming. Also, thanks to Todd at chambers.net for a number of these leads. This seems to be the go-to place for Chambers’ info!

Please know: I do not have personal experience with these resources, so I am not endorsing them…. Please make sure that you do your own research to verify that you are working with safe, experienced, properly licensed professionals with a proven reputation. And, as Lara Jane commented in the original story:

To follow up on Pam’s post, I know a lot of people on other home improvement sites were scammed by a guy restoring vintage stoves (some they’d sent to him, some were advertised on his site). Be careful who you give your money to, and if possible, use a credit card with buyer protection!

Yes, as with any purchase of this magnitude — please do due diligence regarding the companies you are engaging with.

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• Parts, service and advice to fix old stoves and other vintage appliances — 9 online resources