Of course, at Snelling Associates, we specialise in antique restoration in Surrey but that should never put you off bringing your beloved objects or furniture to us for repair or restoration.  In fact, some of our most enjoyable and rewarding work has been returning someone’s possessions to their previous glory – despite the items concerned [...]

As I have said many times, there are certain furniture repairs that a reasonably skilled layman can do and there are other repairs that need real, time honoured skill, if they are to be completed satisfactorily.  French polishing is one of these together with veneer repair or restoration. Certainly, a considerable amount of our furniture [...]

Not all fine furniture has to be ‘brown’ (mahogany, oak, walnut etc.)! Indeed, pine furniture can look superb, particularly if it is aged and does not have the horrid (almost orange) lacquer common to much modern, mass manufactured pine furniture.  In fact, the antique restoration in Surrey that we undertake frequently involves pine furniture – [...]

French polishing is an almost daily part of our furniture repair in Surrey and it is, of course, an essential skill for anyone involved in antique restoration in Surrey – or elsewhere! French polishing is a ‘dying’ art and a skill that is particularly difficult to master.  It became popular in the 19th Century together [...]

One of the problems if you want furniture repair or restoration in Surrey is: who to use?  This is a vital question to ask yourself when you require restoration of an antique that has significant value – whether sentimental or monetary.  After all, the last thing you want is for your item to be repaired [...]

Do you need furniture repair and restoration in Surrey? Have your antiques suffered over the years and lost their past glory – are they tarnished or scratched, wobbly or losing their veneer? Worse still, has your furniture or antiques suffered from impact damage, water ingress or fire or smoke? Well, at Snelling Associates we can [...]