We love renovating pearl jewelry. Ultimately it depends if you feel you’ll enjoy wearing your pearls in an updated design. If you strongly dislike pearls, they may not be the right material to prioritize for your renovation project.

We're happy to have a gemologist on our team evaluate your pearls, or to bring them to our independent appraiser for you. A simple test at home that catches many simulated pearl (but is a little weird!) is to rub a pearl across your tooth. If it feels very smooth, it is likely not a cultured or freshwater pearl. If you feel grit, that is a good sign!

Yes, we can carefully remove the broken necklace, clean and restring your pearls into a new design.

Restringing pearls can be one element of a redesign project. However, there are many other options to give pearls a new look including replacing the clasp, mixing them in with chain, adding diamonds or colored gemstones, or considering sparse modern designs that use just a few pearls with fluid silhouettes.

If you never wear your heirloom pearls but they are sentimental, we love restringing them with a bright silk, working them into a charm holder so you can mix and match them with collected charms, or creating a modern pearl collage with our Assemblage style to create texture and visual interest. Another option is pearl hoops! Super fun and simple.