With over 30 years experience in antique furniture restoration, conservation and French Polishing, Simon Lorkin offers his professional and friendly services to both private and business clients in Surrey, Sussex, London and all over the South East of England.
Simon Lorkin is very pleased to announce that he is now celebrating a quarter of a century running his own antique restoration and French polishing business, having established his business in Shere in Surrey in 1991. He is also celebrating over his relocation to Normandy in Northern France over a decade ago in 2004.
Antique Furniture Restoration Services
Antique Restoration Services
Restoration can be carried out on all types of period furniture. Restoration methods are traditional and are always in-keeping with the item, using over 30 years of experience in both restoration and conservation methods. Read More…
Expertise & History
“I realised early on that my dyslexia meant that I was never destined for a desk job and found my passion during the only lesson that I really enjoyed at school – woodwork”. So I trained at the London College of Furniture Read more…
Before & After Photos
Discover before and after photos for a variety of antique restoration projects, showing the difference between the item’s arrival in the workshop and when the restoration is complete, ready to take pride of place in the home. Read more…
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I come to England periodically for a few days at a time, visiting clients to return their lovingly restored items and to look at new items to give an estimate, free of charge. Apart from on-site work such as oak panelling renovation, all work is carried out in my workshop, that was built in 1624, situated behind my home in the quiet Normandy countryside, less than an hour from the Channel port of Caen (Ouistreham).
