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The Guardian Weekend Magazine - August
2006
In answer to the
question "Who can help me to restore rattan furniture?"
our emergency conservatory furniture repair kits, materials
and website were recommended to the readers. |
BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine
In answer to the
question "Who can help with restoring the rush
seat of my antique rocking chair?" we were recommended
by the editor. |
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January 2006 25 Beautiful Homes Magazine
An article in answer
to the question "where do I buy a good quality
antique footstool?" our website and selection of
footstools were recommended. |
November 2006 Period Living Magazine
A two page article
about the care, repair, purchase and restoration of
cane and rush chairs. Our DVD and website were highly
recommended, especially to beginners wishing to restore
their own chairs. |
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Godolphin School Salisbury - Assembly Hall
The
supply of 40 Oak Rush Seated Ladderback chairs for the
staff.
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Many
thanks, to your husband, for travelling so far to deliver
the chairs. I am working away from home and haven't
seen them yet. But my wife assures me they are
lovely.
Thanks again for
the excellent service and quality of the products. All
the best with your other items.
(Purchaser of restored
antiques) |
I ordered
the kit at around 3 pm on Friday and received
it here shortly after 9 am on Saturday - amazing service!
Following your instructions, my wife and I managed to
get the whole job done in about 3 hours. As you can
see from the attached photo, there was more than enough
seagrass - in fact I estimate we used less than 70%
of what was in the kit. Many thanks.
(Purchaser
of seagrass kit) |
Just over a week
ago I received a chair caning kit which I had ordered from
your company. I was hoping to repair a pretty chair
which I had found at my late parents' home and which
looked as if my father might have put his foot through
it (his eyesight failed towards the end of his life,
he probably tried to stand on it!)
I did a little
bit of the chair each day after work, and have
just finished it, and thanks to your excellent instruction
booklet and the quality of the materials supplied, it
looks really good, even though I say so myself! What's
more, I have really enjoyed doing it. I don't often
get the chance to do something practical and creative
and didn't have very much confidence in my ability to
complete the job successfully . So I'm sending this
email to say thank you - your kit was great, your instructions
were great and I'm now going to scour the second hand
furniture shops looking for broken cane furniture so
I can do it again!
Thank
you from a very satisfied customer,
(Our
response -What a lovely lady!!) |
A
Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you.
We
have, today, just completed reseating our dining room
chairs - given that we completed two chairs with you,
that works out at around a fortnight a chair for the
rest. Well, there were some major distractions
such as Xmas and family visits in between times.
Feeling
a bit smug with ourselves don't you know. We're
not going to sit on our chairs. Just stand and
gaze at them. Brilliant course, brilliant results!
(Rush
tuition client) |
Thanks for sending your stool restoration
kit - what an easy
kit to work with. The instructions were very clear and
easy to follow and kept me right all the way. I had
been aiming to restore this stool for a while - it belonged
to my late wife's grandmother and our cats had reduced
it to a sorry state.
No more! Stripped,
dyed, varnished with three coats, and now rewoven using
your kit. I'm delighted with the result.
Now I'm hatching
a wee plan in my head for a new stool with a difference.
If it works out I'll be in touch for another kit! But
first to make the stool framework. |
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