So, all joints now secure, finish as light as possible, reupholstered.
An item from my client’s childhood brought back to life, and finished to fit into…

All(!) loose joints knocked apart. Client wanted it as light in colour as possible, and reupholstered in the fabric she supplied.

The finished new section I made to fit in the gap between the original two sections of panelling and the wall.

The client had bought some later seventeenth century oak panelling (2 sections) from an antique dealer and wanted it fitted to a wall in his…

This is a duet music stand I designed and made for a client, from American black walnut. Finished by French polishing with shellac button polish.…

Hi. Just wanted to say to you all that I haven’t forgotten you! In these strange times I have been a little preoccupied (!), as…

This was painted black when it came in. Stripped of paint, french polished with shellac. Various small repairs to damage to wood, stripped screw holes…

Veneered coffee table after preparation, and before polishing. Client wants a high-build, high gloss finish that won’t be marked by carelessly placed hot coffee cups…

Coffee table after polishing. Finished with acid-catalysed lacquer, 90% sheen. This fulfilled the client’s requirements as A/C lacquer is a cross-linking polymer that cures chemically…

Sofa back with it’s owners

Finished

Rope twist edging braid applied where wanted, sofa finished. At last!

White cotton wadding fitted over seat and arms. Top cover being applied.

Cotton wadding fitted over hessian, then Top cover cut and fitted to backrest.

Stuffing the backrest with horsehair

4 rows of stitching all round the seat, then rolled edge stitched up.
Hessian on the backrest to receive horsehair.

Hessian applied over horsehair. Edge stitching underway. There’s a lot of stitching in one of these!

Hessian fixed over springs, and horsehair carded and fixed to hessian with a running stitch loops of twine.

Seat webbing fixed on and coil springs lashed to the webbing, then the tops of the springs lashed together

All stripped out and ready for re-build

Stripping it out. Everything collapsed inside. Bit of a mess!

Here’s a rather tired Edwardian Sofa. Broken leg, collapsed upholstery, just old and tired. Ready to start. Following posts will go through the stages.

I can restore your dining table and make it a thing of beauty, ready to gather your family and friends around this Christmas.

If you want your dining table restored and/or French polished for Christmas you need to book it in before 7th December to make sure it…

Little spindle back armchair and a pierced seat rocker. Rocking chair had a broken rocker. Made a new one, fitted it and coloured and finished…

There’s still time to book your piece(s) in for restoration by Xmas. The Dining table is the very focal spot for the family Christmas Dinner.…

Little rocking chair: Rocker broken. Made and fitted and coloured new rocker. Small hoop-back Armchair: Left arm, rail, stretcher joints broken. Secured broken joints: built…

Not a special piece (except to the owner!) but just a nice little stool. Broken leg rebuilt and secured, cleaned and waxed. All it needed…

Large stool from the collection of matching furniture from Pakistan

Prepared and spray painted with pre-catalysed lacquer paint. Gold highlights. Upholstered and piped.

Inlaid with ivory and various woods.

Chair and stool after restoration

Broken wing repaired, new rubber mounts fitted, woodwork cleaned and finish revived, leather cleaned and colour and finish returned to it.

Before restoration. Break on one supporting wing of backrest.

Eames Chair before restoration. One backrest supporting wing is snapped off. Whole chair in very poor condition.

A little table, finished with a shellac high gloss/build finish, to the customer’s requirements.

Nice Victorian table. A tilt-top table on a pedestal base. Loo was a very popular card game amongst Victorian ladies. Rebuilt shellac finish after being…

Another view

Bringing beauty back to a classic car interior

Re-rushed in Dutch fresh water rush, then sealed to leave it cleanable in the future. We can create a new rush seat using traditional materials…

Nice little table; just cleaned, joints tightened, finish rebuilt (shellac) where missing and blended in, waxed.

The ‘after’ photo.

Little project given to me.

Here’s the mirror after restoration and gilding.

This pic is before restoration.

Dining suite ebonised and restored. Table made to order