Antique Furniture Restoration


Nowadays, antique furniture restoration is a full-time profession. Once it used to be part-time passion.  Professional furniture restorers and hobbyists alike all have one thing in common: the desire to pluck a piece of furniture and restore it to its former glory. If you are passionate about the antique furniture restoration, check out the list of books you should read :

Discovering and Restoring Antique Furniture: A Practical Illustrated Guide for the Buyer and Restorer of Period Antique Furniture by Michael Bennett
The book is designed for beginners and hobbyists, interested in the restoration of antique or period wooden furniture. The handbook provides step-by-step explanations of techniques and methods. It advises how to handle furniture, how to restore weathered structures and surfaces, and how to apply finishing touches.
The reader is not expected to be skilled restorer, but he or she will be taught, in step-by-step information about the most frequently encountered restoration tasks and problems.
The experienced amateur should have no difficulty in following the techniques and methods utilised, while the less experienced should find much practical information showing how objects can be restored.

Complete guide to restoring antique furniture by Richard A. Lyons
If you're one of hobbyists who like to restore antique pieces of furniture, then this is the book for you! Brimming with tips from a skilled craftsman, this much-illustrated woodworking guide would empower you to ascertain the age of an antique, evaluate its quality, learn how to restore and preserve it effectively and profitably.

The Complete Guide to Repairing & Restoring Furniture by William Cook
Its an essential guide to basic and advanced restoration techniques for antique furniture, and a comprehensive directory of tools, materials and equipment. It provides step-by-step details for common repairs such as repairing broken legs and fixing loose joints as well as specialist skills, such as turning, carving and upholstery, graining, gilding, marquetry and parquetry.

Repairing and restoring antique furniture by John Rodd
First published in 1954 as "The Repair and Restoration of Antique Furniture", this work has been revised, expanded and illustrated by V.J. Taylor, and is aimed at woodworkers, owners of traditionally crafted furniture, and antique enthusiasts. It reveals the professionals' techniques for repairing damaged furniture and restoring it authentically to prime condition. It describes the six necessary steps methodically - dismantling, cleaning joints, restoring components, glueing, levelling and sandpapering, and colouring and polishing. It includes the solutions to common problems and also some of the methods which the author devised to overcome more unusual difficulties. A classic work presented in a concise and readable style, this book is aimed at those interested in right working methods, background knowledge, and discovering how much work is performed which never shows on the surface

We understand that the process is time-consuming. While these furniture pieces may have been through the ravages of time, our furniture restoration services can breathe new life into them. So, sit back and relax. Let us take care of your precious belongings, and make them useful as new! With over 30 years of experience, Sofa Doctor based in the Gold Coast offers furniture restoration services to clients throughout Australia. Call (07) 5520 7979 for any queries and get started on your outdoor refurbishing project.

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