Furniture restoration and French polishing in Wales
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 7 furniture restorers and French polishers across Wales.
All 7 in Wales
Mixed across Wales 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 Wales
How many furniture restorers are there in Wales?
7, of which 3 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 Wales?
All 7 restorers we list in Wales 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 Wales?
There are 10 woodworking courses in Wales on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in Wales, in numbers
7 restorers across 6 towns. 7 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (4), spray finishing (1) and wax finishing (1).
2 have their own website, 1 runs a Facebook page instead, and for 4 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing. 3 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 broadest range of skills we hold in Wales is at S & H French Polishers in Swansea, which names French polishing, period specialism, spray finishing and wax finishing: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.