The re-finishing side of our business has increased tremendously over the years. We initially offered French Polishing as part of the process of re-furbishing an item of upholstered furniture, for instance, a chaise-longue or dining chair frames. Through demand from our customers this developed into us providing a full French polishing service on all items of furniture, from the removal of marks and scratches, to completely stripping and re-polishing cabinets, tables and larger pieces.

During the 1990's, again due to customer demand, and the ever-increasing amount of modern furniture we were being asked to repair, we took it a stage further and had a spray booth installed. This has enabled us to offer lacquered finishes as a more durable alternative to traditional ones, which again has proved a great success.

On all work, whatever the finish, all preparation is done by hand, and the same care is taken to produce the best results. As we have mentioned before, we have always relied on customer satisfaction and recommendations to bring work to us, and we are always prepared to give help and advice to callers whenever we can. As well as carrying out work for private and commercial customers, we also carry out insurance repairs for furniture manufacturers and retailers. Some examples of our work follow

This chiffonier base was completely immersed in water during the Easter floods of 1998, as a result, we had to firstly disinfect and clean it thoroughly. The veneers on the plinth were repaired or replaced where necessary and the top layers of French polish removed, giving a clean and stable surface to work with.

The chiffonier was then French polished all round bringing it back to its former glory.

Here we see three generations of the Reed family working on one project, you have to train them young.
Adam is seen in the workshop, "helping" to re-assemble the base of a Victorian Mahogany Dining Table, which was damaged by a ceiling collapse. Two of the centre leaves of the table were damaged by falling masonry and water. They were stripped, planed, filled and sanded, then stained to their original colour. The remainder of the table was then de-waxed and cleaned, then the whole table was French polished.

In this picture Tom is seen with the table top in it's final stages of polishing.

The fabric on the chairs was also discoloured by water, and the polish on the frames was mildly damaged by masonry and water. The upholstered seating was removed from the frames, stripped, re-upholstered and re-covered. The framework was cleaned, revived and French polished.

The final picture shows John Reed with the finished table and chairs, returned to the customers house in London.