Furniture restoration and French polishing in Hampshire
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 9 furniture restorers and French polishers in Hampshire.
All 9 in Hampshire
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 Hampshire
How many furniture restorers are there in Hampshire?
We list 9: Freeland Restoration Ltd in Bordon, C.S. Embling, The Cabinet Repair Shop in Alton, Padouk Traditional French Polishing in Hindhead, Surridge French Polishers & Antique Furniture Restoration in Southsea, DW Hart French Polisher in Fareham, Dave’s French Polishing in Southampton, D N D French Polishers Ltd in Southsea and Hurst French Polishing Services in Southampton, and 1 more. 5 of them have a website of their own, 8 show a phone number and 5 show opening hours.
Who does French polishing in Hampshire?
8 of the 9 we list in Hampshire name French polishing: C.S. Embling, The Cabinet Repair Shop in Alton, Padouk Traditional French Polishing in Hindhead, Surridge French Polishers & Antique Furniture Restoration in Southsea, DW Hart French Polisher in Fareham, Dave’s French Polishing in Southampton, D N D French Polishers Ltd in Southsea, Hurst French Polishing Services in Southampton and Surridge French Polishers & Antique Restorers in Havant.
Who is nearest if nobody on the Hampshire list can take the job?
The nearest furniture restorers we list beyond the 9 on this page are Island Woodfinishing in Brighstone, about 26 miles away, Allwoods French Polishers in Worthing, about 30 miles away and Matthews Restoration in Newbury, about 31 miles away. Distances are in a straight line from the middle of the Hampshire businesses listed here.
Can I learn restoration in Hampshire?
There are 20 woodworking courses in Hampshire on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in Hampshire, in numbers
9 restorers across 7 towns. 8 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (3), cane seating (1) and gilding (1).
5 have their own website, and for 4 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 4 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.
The towns with the most are Southsea (2) and Southampton (2). A further 5 towns have a single restorer each, which is worth knowing if you would rather not put a piece in a van for an hour.
Freeland Restoration Ltd in Bordon, Padouk Traditional French Polishing in Hindhead and Surridge French Polishers & Antique Furniture Restoration in Southsea each describe their work in their own words.
Hampshire holds 3% of the restorers we list nationally.
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 9 above, nearest first, measured in a straight line.