Category: Furniture repair

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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Furniture repairs in the Cranleigh area

Are you looking for somewhere that deals with furniture repairs in the Cranleigh area? If you are – then do contact us at Snelling Associates.  We are specialists in antique restoration and furniture repairs, we have our workshop in Shere and we have been undertaking furniture repairs in the Cranleigh area for the past twenty or more years! At Snelling Associates we have a team of expert antique restorers and furniture repairers, who are able to undertake virtually any restoration or repair that you are likely to need – whether your item is an antique, an objet d’art or a piece of beloved furniture that needs professional attention. Of course, we can do any French polishing that you need or replace veneers.  However, we are also able to make new turnings or mouldings for your furniture and replace broken locks and keys.  Indeed, as you can see from the images…

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Furniture repairs in Surrey, expert restorers ready for you!

If you are looking for furniture repairs in Surrey then do contact us at Snelling Associates.  We are based in Shere (near Dorking) and we have been undertaking furniture repairs in Surrey for many years now.  Indeed, we believe that we have the finest furniture repairers in the country! Over the years, as you can see from our web site, we have tackled an enormous variety of furniture repairs in Surrey – along with the restoration of antiques and objets d’art.  We have worked extensively for insurers and antique shops and pride ourselves on a personal service, backed by old fashioned craftsmanship.  This, we believe, is a rare commodity now, with few restorers having the range of abilities that we possess, let alone our attention to detail. Certainly, we understand how to repair furniture so that you will be unable to tell that it was ever damaged.  Much of our…

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Furniture repairs specialist in the Surrey area

  Do you need a furniture repairs specialist in the Surrey area?  If you do – then come to us at Snelling Associates in Shere.  We have been here many years now and we have considerable experience in antique restoration and the repair of furniture.  In fact, we undertake a lot of work for insurance companies, as well as serving a very varied local client base. At Snelling Associates, we pride ourselves on providing a high level of personal service, which complements the excellence of our work.  Just look at our web site and you will see the type of work we do and how we can transform furniture and antiques that have been brought to us, often, in a terrible state. Indeed, over the years, we have undertaken an enormous variety of furniture repairs and restorations of antiques and objets d’art and this has provided us with invaluable experience…

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Furniture restoration in Surrey, not as expensive as you think!

The autumn always brings a remarkable amount of work into our workshop – with furniture restoration in Surrey in great demand as Christmas approaches!  At least, that is my theory but perhaps people just feel like to have a good ‘spring’ clean after the summer break. In any event, over the past couple of weeks we have had a great variety of furniture brought into our workshop for repair and restoration.  These items have ranged from blanket boxes, tables and chairs to corner cabinets and large dining tables that need extensive French polishing. Of course, we undertake a wide variety of furniture repairs in Surrey.  After many years in the business there are not many items, antique or otherwise that we cannot restore.  Indeed, as you know, we have a number of very skilled tradesman and artisans who specialise in different aspects of furniture repairs.  Sometimes we find something that…

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Furniture restoration in Surrey, examples of two items transformed!

As is always the case, thankfully(!), furniture restoration in Surrey is always in demand.  I suppose this is because there are so many beautiful properties in the area, many of which have a large selection of antiques and fine furniture.  Meanwhile, most Britons have a fondness for old items of furniture (whether wealthy or not) and implicitly appreciate their value.  Equally, there are few of us who have not inherited antiques that are either valuable in their own right or that lack real sentimental value. Recently, we have been working on many different items, amongst which has been the oak table and gilt mirror shown here. The oak table, when it was brought into our workshop was almost black!  It really was quite horrible and required considerable work to bring it back to its previous glory.  A good deal of careful cleaning was required and then we were able to…

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Professional restoration of antique furniture in the Guildford area

Recently a client brought into our workshop a gorgeous burr walnut card table, which has suffered badly over the years – not least from the lifting of its veneers. Well, as you can imagine, this card table is not only a valuable piece but also one that is treasured by the family concerned as an heirloom.  Indeed, it has been in the family for many generations now and is in need of expert attention from someone (like us) used to professional restoration of antique furniture in the Guildford area.  It is certainly not a piece of furniture that would retain its value if any repair work was ‘bodged’ (as so often happens when amateurs attempt to restore antiques!). In fact, professional restoration of antique furniture is required whenever a piece has inherent value.  This may seem obvious but we tend to receive a great many antiques that have been repaired…

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Furniture repair and restoration of antiques around Guildford

As always, the past few weeks have been hectic!  In fact, we have been exceptionally busy with furniture repair and restoration of antiques – given the extraordinary array of different items that have been brought into our workshop recently. Of course, chairs are a constant problem for everyone – not least because they get so much use and once joints start to work loose then the whole chair tends to quickly become unstable.  Sometimes, before a chair can be repaired spindles or supports break and therefore require new ones to be turned to match that broken.  Meanwhile, of course, the covering and support for chairs can deteriorate and need replacing.  All of this we undertake, helped by our superb upholsterer. Needless to say, our work consists (thankfully!) of doing a good deal more than the repair and restoration of chairs! In fact, we will be very busy with some chests…

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