Mahogany Boardroom Table
At the heart of the French Polishing trade you will find a genuine love for Mahogany. It’s the timber that the trade was originally invented for in the 18th century (French […]
Category Archives: French Polishing Examples
Large Hampstead Property French Polishing
In general, our French Polishing work tends to be focused on individual items or centred around one particular area of a property. We might, for instance, be asked to re-polish […]
French Polishing A Grey Oak Dining Table
A customer recently asked, if we French Polished her dining table, would it have to be shiny? It’s one of the questions we’re regularly asked, along with: Is French Polishing only suitable for old furniture? And can […]
Oak Doors French Polishing Makeover
One of the most exciting aspects of the work we do, is when we perform a complete transformation of the timber we’re working on. Sometimes there is nothing wrong with […]
French Polishing A Dark Handrail To Light
We show a lot of examples of handrails and furniture being French Polished from light to dark but here’s an example of a Sapele handrail polished from dark to light. The handrail was in […]
Restoring Grade II Listed Oak Entrance Doors
These huge English Oak doors are part of a project we’re currently working on. We’ve been asked to fully restore four sets of entrance doors, at the grade II listed […]
French Polishing Black Piano
Due to a big leak and years of wear and tear, the finish on this piano had been damaged quite badly. The owner was looking at how to get rid […]
French Polishing Repair – Heat Mark On Table
We get asked to fix these kinds of heat marks a lot. Sometimes the solution is to fully strip the old finish off and re-polish the item of furniture but […]
Converted Teak Boardroom Table to Rosewood Dining Table
An interior designer we often work for sent a photo of a Teak veneered, boardroom table, she’d bought from ebay. It’s a fairly boring looking table (see below image) but […]
Oak Staircase With Three Types of Finish
It’s great to celebrate a timber in its natural colour. To archive the desired look, we generally have to apply a stain or colour to the timber before polishing but […]
Oak Doors and Mahogany Handrail
The aim of this project in Barnes, London was to stain and polish twenty six newly built Oak doors and a brand new handrail (with newel posts), to a dark […]
Light to Dark Oak Handrail
Oak is a fantastic, versatile timber and it’s great to use for handrails as it’s strong and polishes up well. For a sharp modern look, it can be too light […]
Walnut Handrail
Walnut is a stunning timber and as this project shows, is a great choice for a handrail; it carves beautifully and takes a fantastic finish. This handrail spans 4 floors […]
Mahogany Doors
We recently took on this project in central London. The apartment was being refurbished and the owner wanted a design that would keep some of the traditional features. Unfortunately the […]
Richmond Job
This house in Richmond was a complete re-do, most of the building internals where removed and re-built and a new basement constructed. The designer on the project, came up with […]
50s Walnut Table
This was a very short project, one day in fact but I think it’s a great example of one of the different styles of furniture that we polish. French polishing […]
Oak Dinning Table
Just finished two days of work on this lovely solid Oak dinning table (base and top). The owner’s father had coated it in the 50s, with a very thick treacly […]
Black Handrail
A handrail can be a really striking centrepiece to any building however they are a really expensive thing to replace, as they are always solid wood and often have carved […]
Don’t Throw It Out
Repair it It’s really sad to see how much furniture gets thrown out. It’s such a waste and most of the time there’s really no need for it. Very seldom […]
Mahogany Panelled Rooms
The developers and owners of this apartment in Kensington were strongly considering ripping out all of these panelled rooms, as they felt that the rooms where beyond repair. The panels […]
