Furniture restorer

Furniture restorers repair and restore furniture, bringing damaged and aged pieces back to life. The work involves assessing and repairing furniture, refinishing and matching surfaces, replacing or recreating parts, and restoring antique and valuable pieces, combining craftsmanship with knowledge of materials and period techniques.

They work in workshops and independently. The role suits skilled, patient, detail-oriented craftspeople with a love of furniture and materials who can repair and refinish to a high standard, recreate damaged elements, respect the integrity of antique pieces, and combine fine craft skill with the knowledge to restore furniture sympathetically and well.