This sadly neglected and well used Victorian open-arm chair was given to us to restore and re-upholster by the well-known Ashton House interior designers. Since restoration, it now has pride of place in the drawing room at The Thurlestone Hotel.

A long time had passed since this antique Davenport had any furniture wax lovingly applied. Belonging to the same family for many years and sadly suffering from prolonged water damage. We were asked by the owner to restore it to as good a condition as possible. Hopefully as you can see we achieved this after many days of work, including the hand carving of the fretwork gallery.

This early Victorian mahogany chest of drawers had been well used over the years and the owners of this beautiful piece of antique furniture requested that our restorers bring back that 'well cared for' condition.

This Dutch tub chair had severe damage to it's leather when it arrived in the workshop. We would have liked to have preserved the original leather hide but it had perished beyond conservation. We removed the leather hide and the remaining upholstery to reveal the hardwood frame which we made secure and also at this point we revived the original polish on the legs. Over a period of three weeks the chair was traditionally re-upholstered as it would have been done over 200 years ago. Finished with a suitable hand-picked leather hide.

This Regency mahogany bow-fronted chest had been used in a garage to store tools. Although physically sound it was in need of pencil-beading around the drawers and re-polishing as there was no polish left.

This Edwardian solid pine table had been painted and was used in a workshop as a utilitarian piece of furniture. We stripped back the paint to reveal the beautiful natural pine grain on the drawer faces and top. The other areas were sanded back and re-finished with a white melamine lacquer and the drawer faces and top were French Polished.

A late Georgian mahogany tallboy chest came to us in an unusable state. The carcass was collapsing in on itself, and without our intervention would have ended up in our wood store. The whole chest was dismantled and rebuilt as close as possible to the original (exluding the handles). The finish was French Polished and later dulled and waxed.

The leather on this antique secretaire was perished beyond repair. We replaced it with a leather sheepskin skiver with an embossed gold edge.

This Georgian Regency commode was brought in after being in residence in an old barn for many years. Previously adapted in Victorian times, we carried out a major amount of restoration work to return it to as near original condition as possible. The flame mahogany veneer was reinstated along with ebony stringing and the added Victorian knobs were replaced with Regency ring-pull lionhead handles.

This mirror was pulled out from a reclaimation yard for a couple of pounds. We stripped the blue paint to reveal the solid mahogany on this Victorian dressing table mirror that was French Polished and wax finished.

A petite walnut crossbanded bureau suffering prolonged contact with flood-water had lifting veneer, blown joints and the drawers had swollen to the point where they could no longer be opened. After a long period of drying out, we were able to repair the blown joints, reattach the lifting veneer, plane the drawers to allow them to run smoothly again and strip the remaining bleached and damaged polish from all areas. It was then carefully stained and re-polished and the handles cleaned and buffed and the whole piece was wax finished.