Furniture restoration and French polishing in East Sussex

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 4 towns. 7 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (5), spray finishing (3) and gilding (2).

5 have their own website, and for 2 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing.

The towns with the most are Seaford (2) and Lewes (2). A further 2 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 Sussex is at Heritage Antique Restoration and French Polishing, which names cane or rush seating, French polishing, gilding, marquetry or inlay, period specialism, spray finishing and veneer repair: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.

Heritage Antique Restoration and French Polishing, Nick Atkins Studio in Robertsbridge and George Justice in Lewes 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.