Furniture restoration and French polishing in East Midlands
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 16 furniture restorers and French polishers across East Midlands.
16 furniture restorers across East Midlands. Pick your county: each row opens with five from that county, the ones you can reach and that say most about their own work, and the link beside it shows everybody there. Nobody can pay to be in a row.
Furniture restoration in Derbyshire
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See all 4 in NottinghamshireElsewhere in East Midlands
Questions people ask about East Midlands
How many furniture restorers are there in East Midlands?
16, of which 9 have their own website. Every one names the work it does rather than just calling itself a restorer, which is the bar for appearing here at all.
Who does French polishing in East Midlands?
14 of the 16 restorers we list in East Midlands name French polishing as part of what they do. It is the traditional shellac finish used on Georgian and Victorian furniture, and it is repair work as much as finishing: reviving a tired surface rather than stripping it back. The same firms often name french polishing and period specialism too. We take no fee and no commission from any of them.
Can I learn restoration in East Midlands?
There are 36 woodworking courses in East Midlands on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in East Midlands, in numbers
16 restorers across 12 towns. 14 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (12), wax finishing (2) and woodworm (1). Cane or rush seating, marquetry or inlay and veneer repair are scarce here, each offered by three businesses or fewer, so for those jobs expect to send a piece further than you would for a repolish.
6 have their own website, 3 run a Facebook page instead, and for 7 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing. 13 describe their own work in their own words; for the other 3 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so. One works from more than one address, listed once rather than once per town.
The towns with the most are Newark (3), Nottingham (2) and Chesterfield (2). A further 9 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 East Midlands is at Timothy Garland Restoration in Lincoln, which names marquetry or inlay, period specialism, veneer repair and wax finishing: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
Furniture Works 2 Ltd, Upholstery Services in Newark, Robert De Ruiter Antique Furniture Restoration in Newark and Warwickshirecentral French Polishers in Hinckley 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.
East Midlands holds 5% of the restorers we list nationally.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.