Furniture restoration and French polishing in North West England
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 24 furniture restorers and French polishers across North West England.
24 furniture restorers across North West England. 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 Cheshire
See all 7 in CheshireFurniture restoration in Greater Manchester
See all 7 in Greater ManchesterFurniture restoration in Lancashire
See all 6 in LancashireElsewhere in North West England
Questions people ask about North West England
How many furniture restorers are there in North West England?
24, of which 14 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 West England?
22 of the 24 restorers we list in North West 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 West England?
There are 44 woodworking courses in North West England on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in North West England, in numbers
24 restorers across 18 towns. 22 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (9), spray finishing (8) and wax finishing (2). Veneer repair and colour matching 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.
14 have their own website, and for 10 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 11 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.
The towns with the most are Macclesfield (4), Wigan (2), Lancaster (2) and Manchester (2). A further 14 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 North West England is at A J Murray Furniture Restorations in Wigan, which names French polishing, period specialism, spray finishing, veneer repair and wax finishing: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
A J Murray Furniture Restorations in Wigan, Simons Furniture and Staircases in Stockport and Roy Clark Furniture Repairs, Restoration and Polishing in Lancaster 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.
North West England holds 7% of the restorers we list nationally.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.