Furniture restoration and French polishing in North East England
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 11 furniture restorers and French polishers across North East England.
All 11 in North East England
Mixed across North East England so no one part fills the top. 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 North East England
How many furniture restorers are there in North East England?
11, of which 8 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 North East England?
All 11 restorers we list in North East England 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 North East England?
There are 3 woodworking courses in North East England on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in North East England, in numbers
11 restorers across 8 towns. 11 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (5), veneer repair (2) and marquetry (2). Floor sanding and gilding 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.
8 have their own website, and for 3 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 6 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.
The broadest range of skills we hold in North East England is at Rumley Antiques in Crook, which names French polishing, marquetry or inlay, period specialism and veneer repair: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
Rumley Antiques in Crook, AM Conservation in Durham and Charles Newmarch French Polishing Ltd in Middlesbrough 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.
North East England holds 3% of the restorers we list nationally.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.