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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 repair Surrey, veneer repair and restoration

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 repair work in Surrey involves veneer repair and restoration and rarely is it completely straightforward! There are several reasons why veneer repair and replacement is awkward and a task only for the skilled.  One reason is that veneers differ in thickness with old veneers generally thicker than new veneers.  This can present a furniture repairer with obvious problems particularly when he is tasked with matching in new veneers with old veneers. The second problem is that veneers are often laid onto their surface to create a pattern – most obviously a mirror effect between the…

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Furniture Repair and restoration in Surrey

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 help you! We specialise in antique restoration in Surrey and have our workshops in the lovely village of Shere, where our specialised team of antique restorers work. We also repair contemporary furniture – although our real passion is for antique repair and restoration. We have a team of expert restorers who can do anything from French polishing to re-colouring, to turning and matching veneers, caning chairs and rebuilding decorative plasterwork on picture and mirror frames etc. If you have a problem and need furniture repair or antique restoration then contact us. We have been long…

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