Restoring antique furniture is not a skill that you can learn quickly, it takes many years of training and experience. Simon and Les have trained and had vast experience working on and restoring quality antiques since the mid-eighties long before they formed Corwell. Their client base has included one of the largest antique furniture dealers in the South of England.

The secret of a good restorer is using traditional skills with experience, being sympathetic and understanding on how furniture is used and how it has aged.

With our skill and craftsmanship along with our stock of antique timber and fittings, you can be rest assured that you will be getting top quality and sympathetic restoration of your much loved piece of furniture.

We have continued to train and pass on those restoration skills to our trainee’s over the years, so we now have an expert team craftsmen whom you can rely on to restore to an excellent standard.

Of course it’s not just antique furniture that gets damaged, we can offer restoration, repairs and re-polishing to all types of modern furniture also.

Mahogany Bureau - Before Restoration
This bureau is in a sorry state, it is minus 2 drawers, a bottom and bracket feet. The drawers were 'thrown away' because its owner found mice dropping in them. The bottom had been lost at some point and a piece of chipboard fitted in its place, and the fall was detached as were several other edgings.

Mahogany Bureau - After Restoration
As you can see it has been transformed. We managed to find a couple of old drawer fronts with matching grain and other drawer parts so that the replacements match beautifully.
Also a botton was found in our stock of old timbers and the feet cut from an old drawer front, so all replaced timber is of a similar age to the bureau. Of course the final task on such a restoration project is the traditional French polish and wax finish.