Furniture restoration in Yorkshire and the Humber
The piece you have been meaning to sort out for years, put right by somebody who does this for a living. 39 furniture restorers and French polishers across Yorkshire and the Humber.
39 furniture restorers across Yorkshire and the Humber. 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 West Yorkshire
See all 18 in West YorkshireFurniture restoration in South Yorkshire
See all 10 in South YorkshireFurniture restoration in North Yorkshire
See all 8 in North YorkshireElsewhere in Yorkshire and the Humber
Questions people ask about Yorkshire and the Humber
How many furniture restorers are there in Yorkshire and the Humber?
39, of which 28 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 Yorkshire and the Humber?
38 of the 39 restorers we list in Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber?
There are 24 woodworking courses in Yorkshire and the Humber on this site. Finishing and repair come up on a good number of them.
Restoration in Yorkshire and the Humber, in numbers
39 restorers across 21 towns. 38 of them name French polishing, which makes it the common thread here as it is almost everywhere. After that it is antiques (13), spray finishing (6) and veneer repair (2). Colour matching, cane or rush seating, gilding, woodworm treatment and wax finishing 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.
25 have their own website, 3 run a Facebook page instead, and for 11 we hold no site of their own so the link goes to their Google listing. 29 describe their own work in their own words; for the other 10 we are going on the trading name alone, and the listing says so.
The towns with the most are Sheffield (5), Leeds (5), Doncaster (5), Wakefield (3) and Harrogate (2). A further 13 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 Yorkshire and the Humber is at The Furniture Repair Shop, Antique Furniture Restoration and French Polishing in Keighley, which names cane or rush seating, French polishing, gilding, period specialism, veneer repair and woodworm treatment: a sensible first call if your piece needs more than one thing doing to it.
The Furniture Repair Shop, Antique Furniture Restoration and French Polishing in Keighley, Simon Rickles Furniture Restoration in Leeds and The Furniture Hospital Leeds in Leeds 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.
Yorkshire and the Humber holds 12% of the restorers we list nationally.
What it costs, whether it is worth restoring, and the mistakes that cannot be undone.