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Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration

Islington, London

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Furniture Repairing & Restoring Islington | Furniture Repairing & Restoring London | Antique Restoration Islington | Antique Restoration London | Upholsterers Islington | Upholsterers London
Have your furniture nursed back to health by experienced craftsmen. We can sensitively restore your furniture - services include French polishing, chair caning, desk leathers, upholstery. For a FRE... show more
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121 Upper Street, London N1 1QP

Tube:

  • Angel Station (0.6 km)
  • Angel Tube Station (0.8 km)
Contact us:
020 7359 4281
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matthewcrawford

www.crawfordrestoration.com

Opening hours:
10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm - 5pm on Sundays
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  • Air conditioning: No
  • Parking: Street
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10 reviews of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration in English

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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 11 April 2013
My battered (to say the least) Victorian stationary box looks like a more beautiful version of itself, with all it's character left in tact. Matthew did a great job and I was very pleased with the service I received. 


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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 30 March 2013
Matthew restored a Regency convex mirror for us- touching up the gilt work, replacing a missing decorative wooden ball etc. We're extremely pleased with the result. He has an obvious enthusiasm for his work, and is a pleasure to deal with; this compliments his skills.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 4 December 2012
My mahogany pedestal desk had seen better days, with bits broken, bits missing and the leather top badly scratched. However, I was attached to it, as one tends to be with heirlooms and antiques. Hence I decided to have it restored rather than buy a new desk and I made the right choice with Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration.

The people who came to collect it were punctual, friendly and efficient. My cherished desk came back within two weeks restored to the highest standard and beautifully french polished. I was extremely pleased with 
the job they had done and would give them a five star rating any time.  

Mr PI - London, WC1
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 22 November 2012
Fantastic service repairing a highly detailed wooden bench that I had broken. It came back absolutely perfect and they managed to replicate all the original detail using the broken panel as a reference. Incredibly quick and a decent price for such a good service. Highly recommended.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 6 September 2012
I presented Matthew with quite a challenge - a very beaten up, brass-covered chest of drawers of great sentimental value.  He rose to the occasion magnificently and restored the piece beyond my expectations.  It is as if he saw the inner beauty as the outer embodiment wasn't entirely apparent!  I would recommend him unreservedly.  Not only is he very, very good at what he does, he's also exceptionally pleasant to deal with.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 2 July 2012
Having been encouraged by the excellent After Noah website to make a not insignificant journey to Islington, I met Matthew in his workshop. His professionalism, ability and obvious love of things worth loving inspired me to entrust my two antique items, (not terribly exotic, but with enormous intrinsic value), to him for restoration. The outcome is wonderful, and two well loved items have had new life breathed into them. Thank you very much.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 10 June 2012
About 3 years ago, I reviewed After Noah in Islington (www.afternoah.com) - still probably the coolest toy shop ever. They also have an antique furniture side to their business and until a couple of weeks ago, I hadn't realised that they restored all the vintage stuff themselves in their own workshop, which is in their basement. It operates under the name of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration and is apparently how After Noah started. Anyway, I recently inherited a few pieces of antique furniture and one piece of which is a Georgian Library Chair. It was in a very sorry state, falling apart, polish was dull or non-existent and it needed the seat and sides re-caning. I had a chat to Matthew himself, who still works in the workshop and  he took on the job of bringing it back to life.  I can't tell you how pleased I am with the result - looks as good as new, but still looks old, if you know what I mean.  I quite often buy bits and pieces in auctions and fleamarkets and I'll almost certainly use them again.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 6 June 2012
Matthew recently restored a dining table and chairs for me. The pieces were quite rare and valuable and I was a little apprehensive about handing them over to a complete stranger. However, Matthew put me at ease immediately and the whole process from begininng to end was really enjoyable. Matthew took a great deal of time to explain options of what was achievable and what wasn't and also in explaining what he was doing as he went along. Anyway, the results were absolutely stunning and I couldn't recommend him highly enough.
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 28 May 2012
I recently had my deep-buttoned Victorian chesterfield re-covered by Matthew Crawford and have to say WOW!  It looks fantastic, the buttons and folds are so well done!  This is the third time (over a 30 year period) I've had it covered and I was worried I wouldn't find a sympathetic upholsterer.  I shouldn't have wasted my energy, it's a fantastic job.  They even sorted out the lumpy seat, it's been smoothed and firmed.  Sadly, I now have to fight my dog for space on it....
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Review of Matthew Crawford Furniture Restoration from 27 March 2011

I'd had a few friends over and broken my father's favourite chair that he always reads the paper in. I'd looked on the web for furniture restorers, but you never know who you're getting. Then, by accident, I found this little gem of a place.

An old-fashioned looking, but working workshop that looks like you might imagine one from days of old. I was wandering round After Noah and, hidden in the basement (it's an antique furniture and toy shop in Islington - www.afternoah.com) was their workshop - apparently been there for 20 years and I never noticed it before. You can look through the windows and see the restorers working. There's a photo of their workshop on the front page of their website at www.crawfordrestoration.com and it looks pretty much exactly what it's like.

They were very reasonable with their pricing and the mend was pretty much invisible too. They were straightforward, without being snobby and provided a really efficient service. You probably don't get much cause to use an antique furniture restorer these days with most people having horrid flat-packed stuff, but if you do, I would highly recommend them and their shop.

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