A big, heavy oak Victorian school cabinet that was bleached, broken and dry after having been dipped in a hot caustic soda …
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Transform your dream into a stunning reality with our expert craftsmanship and boundless creativity. With decades of experience, we specialise in creating durable, bespoke furniture designed to last a lifetime and reproducing cherished pieces to perfectly match your interior.
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We expertly repair, refinish, and restore your treasured heirlooms with comprehensive services, including structural and cosmetic repairs, refinishing and recolouring, recreating and replacing intricate components, and skilled metal work to restore missing parts.
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We repair and rejuvenate mid-century designer furniture, including iconic pieces by Ercol, Eames, Herman Miller by George Nelson, John and Sylvia Reid, Florence Knoll, E Gomme, Edward Barnsley, Nathan, and many others. We can source missing or damaged parts, or expertly recreate them to ensure your beloved furniture shines like new.
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Restoration of a sad little burr walnut and marquetry chess table. The original shellac finish has dried, faded and crackled, lots of …
Step back into Japan’s Meiji era with this stunning lacquered cabinet, meticulously restored to honour its timeless artistry. At Artabelle Furniture, we …
At Artabelle Furniture, we love breathing new life into cherished pieces, and our recent project is no exception! We transformed two ordinary …
The Ercol 406 Dressing Table, a hallmark of mid-century design, perfectly embodies the timeless elegance and craftsmanship that Ercol is renowned for. …
This 1930s chest of drawers was brought to us by a customer who wanted to give it a new lease of life. …
When the Florence Knoll company was approached in the 1970s to reimagine the office desk/workstation for the IBM company, their solution, executed …
This little revolving bookcase suffered from several issues including faded finish, missing veneer, broken slats, and a broken revolving mechanism. We first …
This little side table arrived in our workshop with heaps of problems: the finish was almost completely gone, the veneer was dry, …
This stunning 19th-century armchair is, unusually, made of three different kinds of timber: elm, beech and yew. Elm was traditionally used for …
A delightful Japanese Tansu cabinet from the Meiji dynasty circa 1880-1900. Tansu (箪笥) are traditional Japanese mobile storage cabinets. The original hinges …
This pretty little 19th-century table had a massive watermark on it. Sometimes, the simplest jobs bring the most effective changes: we cleaned …
This very handsome 1950s sideboard was looking very tired, with dried, cracked and missing veneer, and a faded finish. The veneer on …
How we created an elegant dining table with a timeless design, using repurposed timber from an old bookcase. A customer came to …
How we restored a stunning vintage Ercol coffee table by recreating two new stretchers and giving it its glorious finish back. This …
These 6 original Betwood bistro chairs, would have been made in Austria, at the beginning of the 19th century. Most of them …
This delightful mahogany table was in dire need of a full restoration job. The colouring was patchy and faded. The frame was …
This delightful early 20th century roll top desk was a bit of a surprise when we first saw it. Those kinds of …
Makeover of a vintage British mid-century ‘Ye oldy world’ piece: this project involved a full restoration as well as some furniture making. …
This beautiful, folding card table in rosewood and mahogany dates from around 1820. The surfaces and edges are expertly covered in intricate …
We don’t know their history, or their journey, but we are 99% sure that this pair of oak doors are French. The …
Professionally refinished and polished with original cushions and gold label mark on its underside. The seat is made from beautifully figured elm …
This heavy 1930s oak table was structurally fine, but the veneer on the top was worn through completely. On removing it, we …
This unusual desk came all the way from Vienna and, having spent a long time in a garage, it finally arrived in …
This little writing box had been stored away for a long time, unused, and suffering from various issues that needed resolving: the …
This antique rocking chair came to us in a sorry state, with parts missing, some joints broken, and its timber in dire …
A customer approached us wondering if we could build a cabinet stand for a doll’s house. The top would have to have …
This elegant Ercol table was in good condition structurally, but needed refinishing. The customer wanted the dark finish to be removed from …
A lovely and interesting little job landed in our workshop recently: a customer brought us a small bronze cannon in excellent condition. …
This gorgeous and unusual cabinet made of walnut veneer needed quite a lot of work done to bring it back to its …
A customer brought us this lovely low table with 4 stools which was damaged and held together with tape. We needed to …
This is the oldest piece we ever worked on: An oak, ‘joined chest’ made by someone with the initials CB in 1717. …
This armchair was brought to us due to one of its castors having fallen off: the timber broke just inside the castor …
A client approached us with an unusual and exciting challenge. He had a table made from timber salvaged from an eighteenth century …
This massive church pew in solid oak was 2.65 meters long, and the customer wanted it shortened to 1.93 meters. The aim …
This pine chest has been in the customer’s family for as long as she remembered. It used to be in her bedroom …
We occasionally do work for TV and movie production companies, providing props and giving advice. Please email us on isabelle@artabellefurniture.co.uk to forward …
When Horsey walked into our workshop, he was looking very sad but we knew we were going to have a lot of …
Sometimes, the simplest restoration jobs can completely rejuvenate a piece of furniture. This adorable ladies’ work box was in good condition structurally, …
We regularly have furniture brought to us that have suffered water damage. It could be something like water rings from placing a …
A simple but effective way to rejuvenate old armchairs is to clean up the timber structure and apply a fresh coat of …
A simple little coffee table with turned legs and a bottom shelf with slats. Ready for staining and finishing.
A customer came to us asking if we could recreate 2 dining chairs, exact copies of the ones they already had. We …
Restoration and refinishing of a big, handsome, nineteenth century bookcase in walnut and mahogany, replaced or repaired veneers, mouldings and cock beadings …
At Artabelle Furniture, we had the privilege of restoring a delicate miniature Japanese tansu cabinet adorned with bold floral and bird motifs, …
Tansu (箪笥) is the traditional mobile storage cabinetry indigenous to Japan. The original hinges and metal work are as delicate as birds …
We do seem to specialise in restoring unusual and wonderful objects. A customer brought us a gramophone from c. 1950s with a …
A classic and very well known piece of furniture, which arrived in our workshop in a terrible state: the timber was discoloured, …
This blanket chest had lost its shine and was looking rather dull. The legs were damaged by wood worm and the top …
A nice little job which highlights how cleaning up and repainting a piece of furniture, even in the simplest possible way, can …
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What our customers are saying
Stan
We asked for two 18th century chairs to be restored and were absolutely delighted by the craftsmanship and care to protect obvious use. From initial contact, collection and delivery coupled with Mike's personality and explanations as to what he had undertaken left us feeling as though we would continue with other furniture and give a strong endorsement and recommendation to this highly skilled, efficient and quality service.
Vicky
My mother’s Edwardian dressing table had been stored in a garage for many years and was desperately in need of extensive repair work. Isabelle and Mike were great to deal with from the outset. They really understood the sentimental value of this piece of furniture and the quality of the workmanship is first class. It’s finally on display in our bedroom and looks stunning! My mother would be over the moon!
Chris & Joan
A very big thank you for the tremendous transformation of our little hall table, it's hardly recognisable from the little table that has been in our side hallway for many years. Your workmanship is first class and we appreciate the additions you have made to our table to make it more sturdy and to last for many years to come. Thank you again and we would have no hesitation in recommending your company, Artabelle Furniture Restoration.
Jess
We own a very old Japanese Cabinet that had sadly lost a lot of its life and beauty through many decades of house moves and sun damage. Doors had fallen off, hinges were gone, colour was dull. The only reason we had held onto it is because of its priceless family history. I found Artabelle on google and the process was simple, bring the item to the workshop for inspection, see if it was salvageable, then an estimation was given a couple days later. The images speak for themselves. Mike is an artist. The cabinet is fully restored in its original beauty ready to be given back to my family this Christmas. How lucky I was to find this excellent local company. Thanks Mike, glad to see you in your own workshop doing what you love, Jess
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