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: Stained
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 Handrail II
This Mahogany handrail on Eaton Square spans five floors. The existing finish needed to be completly stripped and the wood re-polish, as it was in extreemly poor repair. Much of […]
Mahogany Handrail
This Mahogany handrail is in a private residance. Looking at the photos before it was re-polished, the handrail is in poor repair and the finish has become very dull. The […]
Antique Pine Panelled Rooms
The panels and book shelves in this room are all made from new pine, some solid and some veneered. The challenge for us, in this project, was to make the […]
Mahogany Baby Grand Piano
This piano stood in the same position for over 30 years, in direct sunlight for much of the time. The top surface is covered with heat marks and has extensive […]
Wenge Floor
This Wenge floor is part of a project designed by Blanchard. They wanted the colour to be much darker than the natural Wenge colour, but still retain the figure of […]
