Aikens’ Furniture and 40’s & 50’s Stoves

Love my O’Keefe & Merritt stove from Aiken Furniture. I’ve had it for 4 years and won’t part with it. It’s a cooking workhouse, beautiful and perfect at parties where everyone is using a burner or oven.

Wow! We went over to alike a today as a starting point for our upcoming antique stove purchase. The owner was incredibly helpful, kind, honest and knowledgeable. I will do business here. Great place.

Called John Aikens to see about fixing our «antique» Wedgewood stove oven. Before I could ask him about his rates, he said we can probably fix it over the phone. With his direction, I had the oven up and running in 3 minutes. Told him he made many people happy as I bake Scottish Shortbreads for Christmas and they would be terribly disappointed if they did not get one this Christmas. It is rarely — in this day and age — that you find a decent, helping person — especially in this trade.
I HIGHLY recommend him to everyone.
Thank you, John
Rich W

Dave was amazing. The oven in our old O’Keefe & Merritt wasn’t lighting, and even though Dave is Inglewood and I’m in Long Beach I thought I’d call and ask if he had any recommendations for repair people near me. After describing the problem, he said, «You probably don’t need a repairman. I can talk you through it.» I’m not mechanically inclined, but I gave it a shot. A flashlight, a small flathead screwdriver, Dave’s expert direction and about fifteen minutes later the problem was fixed and the stove was working perfectly (had to turn up the pilot light because it wasn’t connecting with the burner). Dave was friendly, knowledgable, generous with his time and patient with me. I wouldn’t hesitate for a second in calling him again for advice or if I need a repair. Wish I could rate higher than 5 stars!

Didn’t get a chance to actually go but I did talk to the owner he was really friendly and gave me a lot of information that I needed in regards to my old stove and wanting a new older stove. When I’m ready to purchase I definitely will go to him!

Right before Christmas taking out a batch of shortbread from our Okeith & merit stove the oven door kind dropped. For years I knew the springs were gone but door still opened easy & closed easy. Now it was stuck standing open & couldn’t be closed. After a disagreement with my husband who thought lets just buy a new stove — with me explaining why that wasn’t going to happen. As this was going to be fixed & if it wasn’t then a new stove was going to be a nice stove that was $$$ — in other words he wasn’t going to stick me with with a cheap stove! So looking & reading I saw negative on other vintage stove repair places etc. I found Dave’s to be all positive. Hubby called left message & Dave called back the next day now 4 days before Christmas. Asked questions about the stove so he knew what model. He told Scott how to open these little compartments to take the old broken springs out as one was now blocking the hinge so the door couldn’t close. He was great spending time with Scott sharing how to do it etc. Then just now this morning after the holidays he came out serviced the stove greasing all the valves, new springs and now I can turn any flame on without a match and he set the flames higher too! His price was very reasonable and as he was here over an hour & a half I seriously assumed it might well end up being double this! So yes go to the store or call him if you need service. He’s honest & helpful telling me of another store to get my burner grates refinished.

Wow! We were ready for a vintage stove for our home and had done much searching. After reading an LA Times article I gave David a call and explained what we were looking for. Basically an early 50’s six burner in excellent but unrestored condition.
Within 3 weeks he called me back and said he’d found something we might be interested in. And we were! A 6 burner O’Keefe & Merritt with chrome top in almost new condition. David said he wanted to service it and in the meantime we mailed a check for what seemed a very reasonable sum (priced a Viking recently)? A few weeks later we got a call that it had been delivered to the shippers for crating and transport to Texas.
The grand uncrating was this morning. The stove had been very professionally crated and obviously gently handled throughout the shipping process (Plycon were the forwarders). Now bear in mind, all we knew so far of the O’Keefe was a couple of cell phone pictures and telephone discussions but David sounded so knowledgeable and helpful we figured we were in good hands. He did not let us down. The stove is quite incredible, the doors open & close like a German sedan, the chrome shines with a deep lustre not seen on modern finishing and the porcelain gleams.
If you’re looking for a fancy website and kitchen designers Aikens may not be your place. But if you have an appreciation for these fantastic culinary tools I cannot more highly recommend David Aiken.

Came here looking to repair my 1950’s wedgewood stove. What I ended up getting was the best advice I could ask for! Dave (the owner) is incredibly friendly and helpful. I had called other places on quotes to repair my stove (the oven was not working as well as one burner) one was for $ 250 (not including any work) and one for $ 80. What I got from Dave was a lot of money saving advice. He told us what he thought the problem was and showed us how to fix it ourselves. If that didn’t fix it he would come to our place and check it for a fee (more reasonable then the other two). He had some great furniture and restored stoves for great prices.
Thank you Dave! You are the best!

Note: I did NOT get a standard service from Dave. I DID, however, have the pleasure of getting his earnest help over the phone. I called in with a question about a small stove restoration project. Instead of trying to get me to come in or upsell me, he opted to suggest that I go the more economical route and try to clean it up a bit myself. He even patiently described to me the products and processes he uses when doing a job. 5 Stars for a man that seems more interested in doing great work than making a quick buck. I will definitely be using his services if my project gets to be bigger than I can handle.

Dave is beyond friendly and helpful. Amazing selection of well-​cared for and rehabbed antique/​vintage stoves. Prices so reasonable your jaw will drop! He gives a year warranty too.
We went over to his place after browsing at the VERY expensive Antique Stove Heaven before Christmas and he helped explain all the features on his stoves, ovens and broilers, and helped us determine which were best for us. He even tipped us off that the replacement parts on our #1 choice would be unaffordable to us, and we narrowed down to 2 we were deciding between. He held the two models for us until we were ready to commit — even though another couple was interested in the same two. He wanted to make sure we got first pick, which was honorable.
He included free delivery and pick-​up of our old vintage stove.
Summary– Dave is a gentleman and a pro, and his prices are outstanding. He is a craftsman and cares about quality and your satisfaction. I wish we could purchase again from him (haha) because we enjoyed working with him so much!
Thumbs way up!