Restoration of antiques around Guildford

If you are looking for an expert able to undertake the restoration of antiques around Guildford, then do contact us at Snelling Associates! We are based in Shere (where we have been working for over 25 years!) and we provide a top quality, personalised service. Just look at our web site and you will see the sheer variety of antiques that we have restored from objets d’art through to tables, cabinets, chests – and sometimes items that almost defy description! You will also see that we restore mirror and picture frames. Some of these have incredibly complicated details, both in wood and plaster, that have needed very specialised work to restore. Of course, we undertake a great deal of work as part of insurance claims where antiques have suffered from impact, fire or water damage. Often we receive family heirlooms that are in a terrible state and yet (almost invariably!)…

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Restoration of antique boxes and blanket chests in Surrey

Over the years we have undertaken a great deal of restoration of antique boxes and blanket chests in Surrey. These are often brought to us in an appalling state, with owners frequently asking whether they are worth restoring! In fact invariably boxes and blanket chests can be really worth restoring and, once restored, can become objects of great beauty – whilst also being very useful. They make great coffee tables or side tables and, of course, retain their original purpose of storing items. Recently a client brought in the box photographed here. It looked hideous, had been cruelly treated and was almost ready for the rubbish tip. However, you can see the difference some skilled work makes. Now it is, rightfully, a source of pride to the owner and for many years to come will grace their home as a useful and lovely object that will last for many generations…

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Furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey

Are you looking for expert furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey? Do you have furniture or objets d’art that need professional attention to return them to their past glory? Or have some of your favourite pieces suffered from impact, water or fire damage? At Snelling Associates we specialise in antique furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey. We have been operating from our workshop in Shere for thirty years now and during that time we have worked upon a bewildering array of furniture items and objets d’art. As a consequence, we have years of experience dealing with complex repairs and restoration from dining room tables, wardrobes and chests of drawers to gilded picture and mirror frames. Repairs and Restoration – Renew and repair veneers (together with re-colouring) – French polish and wax surfaces – Undertake cabinet making and reconstruction work – Reform defective and damaged filigree and plasterwork – Reset loose joints (on…

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Antique furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey

Are you looking for somewhere that undertakes superb antique furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey? If you do then please feel free to contact us at Snelling Associates in Shere, where we have our workshop.  Here you can meet us, see what we do and find out more about the high-quality service that we provide.  Transparent and professional, we are always keen to meet our clients before we start work so that we know exactly what you want. For over twenty-five years we have been undertaking antique furniture repairs and restoration in Surrey and we have worked for several well-known people – together with a number of insurance companies.  So, we have a long record of success and we can provide you with many references who can vouch for the excellence of our work. Over the years, we have undertaken a very wide range of repairs and restorations and these…

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Surrey antiques restorer

At Snelling Associates we pride ourselves on providing the best antiques restoration service in Surrey.  We have been operating in the same place now for over twenty five years and, over that time, we have developed a reputation for excellence.  Excellence with regard to both our work and the personal service that we provide.  So, if you are looking for a reliable and totally professional Surrey antiques restorer then you need look no further! WORK UNDERTAKEN BY SNELLING ASSOCIATES Renew and repair veneers (together with re-colouring) French polish and wax surfaces Undertake cabinet making and reconstruction work Reform defective and damaged filigree and plasterwork Reset loose joints (on chairs, tables etc.) Carve distressed fretwork and details Re-upholster and re-cane furniture Restore and strip pine furniture Make new turnings Restore antiques damaged by fire, water or impact Over the years we have tackled an incredibly wide range of restoration work on…

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Antique restoration and furniture repairs around Crawley

Are you looking for someone who can undertake antique restoration and furniture repairs around Crawley? Well, if you are – then look no further!  We can help you. Snelling Associates is a business based in Shere (near Dorking) that has been operating for many years now, with a team of expert craftsmen able to provide you with the top quality service that you need when you want your antiques or furniture restored – and restored properly.  We are able to deal with a wide variety of restoration and repair work, whether this involves objets d’art or furniture. We are able to remake broken or rotten parts, new turnings and filigree and, of course, we can re-veneer, colour and French polish – amongst much else.  Indeed, we have built up a solid and justified reputation for careful work that is notable for making invisible repairs, whilst preserving the precious patina of…

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Antique restoration of furniture in the Reigate area

I never cease to be surprised at the range of items that are brought into my workshop and this is as true of the requirement for antique restoration of furniture in the Reigate area as it is for anywhere else in Surrey!   Actually, as an antique restoration expert this is one of the joys of my work and few things delight me more than receiving extraordinary items of furniture to work upon. That said, recently, I have been kept much occupied in restoring the frames to a variety of different mirrors.  Of course, frames suffer though the passage of time.  Invariably they are delicate and any filigree rarely lasts more than the smallest knock.  Meanwhile, the advent of central heating has meant that any items made from plaster or wood dry out to an extent never imagined by the original craftsmen.  Central heating is great for us humans but generally…

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Antique repairs in Cranleigh, the best around!

At Snelling Associates we pride ourselves upon not just the personal service we provide for antique repairs in Cranleigh but also upon our superb quality of work.   This, of course, is essential particularly when we deal with the repair and restoration of valuable antiques – many of which are also much loved family heirlooms! As you can see from the many images on this site, we are professional restorers who have been doing antique repairs in Cranleigh and the local area for many years.  You may have seen us at various shows around the area or in some of the local papers and magazines, where we have been featured. Our workshop is in Shere and it is here that we undertake our restoration work and this covers a wide range of furniture repair and antique restoration issues from insurance claims through to the decay or damage of items due to…

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