Antique restoration in Surrey, it is all about patina!

One of the problems if you want antique 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 poorly or, almost as bad, unsympathetically. In fact, the repair and restoration of antiques is exceptionally challenging because the work involved goes well beyond ‘repair’ in the normal sense of the word.  Indeed, the actual ‘repair’ of an item can sometimes be the easy part of the work.  Much harder can be ensuring that the repair is invisible and that the orginal texture and patina of an item are recreated so that the value of the whole piece is preserved (both aestheically and monetarily). Of course, everyone knows about the importance of patina and the critical part it…

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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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