Furniture restoration workshop
We repair old wooden furniture so it can be used again.
Grain & Mend is a two-bench workshop. We take in tired chairs, wobbly tables, swollen drawers and water-stained tops, and send them home sound, clean and still recognisably themselves.
What we usually work on
Chairs
Loose joints, split rails, broken spindles and seats that have lost their shape. Chairs are most of our work, and the most satisfying.
Tables
Drop-leaf hinges, cupped tops, white rings and heat marks, lost veneer along the edges.
Chests & cabinets
Sticking drawers, worn runners, missing mouldings, replacement keys and escutcheons.
How we think about it
A good repair should be strong enough to last another fifty years and quiet enough that you have to look for it.
We keep as much of the original wood and finish as we can. Where something has to be replaced, we use timber of the same species, worked by hand where it shows. Have a look at some recent pieces, or read about what a repair involves.