Furniture restoration and French polishing in Dorset

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.

7 restorers across 5 towns. 6 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (5), wax finishing (1) and marquetry (1).

5 have their own website, and for 2 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing. 5 describe their own work in their own words; for the other 2 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.

The towns with the most are Bournemouth (2) and Poole (2). A further 3 towns have a single restorer each, which is worth knowing if you would rather not put a piece in a van for an hour.

The broadest range of skills we hold in Dorset is at French Polishing and Restoration Services in Sherborne, which names French polishing, marquetry or inlay, veneer repair and wood turning: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.

Done and Dusted French Polishers, 45 Year's Experience in Blandford Forum, C T Bristow French Polisher in Poole and Alastair Thomas Furniture Restoration & French Polishers in Station each describe their work in their own words. 1 business here names 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.