Furniture restoration and French polishing in Cornwall
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 3 furniture restorers and French polishers in Cornwall.
All 3 in Cornwall
Grouped by town, the towns with most first. Nobody can pay to move up it. Each card shows the work it covers, and a business with more than one address is listed once.
Questions people ask about Cornwall
How many furniture restorers are there in Cornwall?
We list 3: Robert Pywell Restorations in Wadebridge, GRH Furniture in St Columb and Cornwall Furniture Restoration in Lostwithiel. All 3 have a website of their own, all 3 show a phone number and 3 show opening hours.
Who does French polishing in Cornwall?
All 3 we list in Cornwall name French polishing: Robert Pywell Restorations in Wadebridge, GRH Furniture in St Columb and Cornwall Furniture Restoration in Lostwithiel.
Who is nearest if nobody on the Cornwall list can take the job?
The nearest furniture restorers we list beyond the 3 on this page are AA Eddy & Son French Polishers in Plymouth, about 31 miles away, Parkhouse Furniture Restoration & Upholstery in Exeter, about 61 miles away and Robert Thorpe French Polisher in Exeter, about 66 miles away. Distances are in a straight line from the middle of the Cornwall businesses listed here.
Can I learn restoration in South West England?
There are 76 woodworking courses in South West England on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in Cornwall, in numbers
3 restorers across 3 towns. 3 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (3), colour matching (2) and gilding (2).
3 have their own website. One works from more than one address, listed once rather than once per town.
The broadest range of skills we hold in Cornwall is at Robert Pywell Restorations in Wadebridge, which names colour matching, French polishing, gilding, period specialism, veneer repair, wax finishing and wood turning: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
Robert Pywell Restorations in Wadebridge, GRH Furniture in St Columb and Cornwall Furniture Restoration in Lostwithiel each describe their work in their own words. 2 businesses here name four or more separate techniques, which usually means a workshop rather than one person with a polishing kit.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.
The next nearest
The nearest furniture restorers we list beyond the 3 above, nearest first, measured in a straight line.