Furniture restoration and French polishing in North Yorkshire
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 8 furniture restorers and French polishers in North Yorkshire.
All 8 in North Yorkshire
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 North Yorkshire
How many furniture restorers are there in North Yorkshire?
We list 8: Woodfellas in Harrogate, The Old Polishing Shop in Grassington, Andrew G Podmore & Son Ltd in York, David Leach Furniture Restorer & Polisher in Easingwold, Nicholas Benn Furniture Restoration in York, Wards French Polishers in Knaresborough, John Cain French Polishers (Est.1977) in Harrogate and Aire Valley Antiques in Otley. 7 of them have a website of their own, all 8 show a phone number and 7 show opening hours.
Who does French polishing in North Yorkshire?
7 of the 8 we list in North Yorkshire name French polishing: Woodfellas in Harrogate, The Old Polishing Shop in Grassington, Andrew G Podmore & Son Ltd in York, Nicholas Benn Furniture Restoration in York, Wards French Polishers in Knaresborough, John Cain French Polishers (Est.1977) in Harrogate and Aire Valley Antiques in Otley.
Who is nearest if nobody on the North Yorkshire list can take the job?
The nearest furniture restorers we list beyond the 8 on this page are The Furniture Hospital Leeds in Leeds, about 11 miles away, Lee Howson French Polishers in Leeds, about 14 miles away and Abbey Upholstery and French Polishing in Leeds, about 15 miles away. Distances are in a straight line from the middle of the North Yorkshire businesses listed here.
Can I learn restoration in North Yorkshire?
There are 8 woodworking courses in North Yorkshire on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in North Yorkshire, in numbers
8 restorers across 6 towns. 7 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere.
5 have their own website, 2 run a Facebook page instead, and for 1 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing. 7 describe their own work in their own words; for the other one we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.
The towns with the most are Harrogate (2) and York (2). A further 4 towns have a single restorer each, which is worth knowing if you would rather not put a piece in a van for an hour.
Andrew G Podmore & Son Ltd in York, David Leach Furniture Restorer & Polisher in Easingwold and Nicholas Benn Furniture Restoration in York each describe their work in their own words.
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 8 above, nearest first, measured in a straight line.