A breath of fresh air. Stuart was a real find when looking for restoration of a rush seat on a ladderback chair.
Stuart has learned the trade in furniture restoration the hard way from an early apprentice to working with a cabinetmaker/restorer, creating and taking courses in Furniture Restoration and woodwork associated projects.
From the initial phone call it was clear Stuart new his business, was helpful, very happy to give advice and understood what had to be done. Communication with Stuart was easy by phone, email and WhatsApp. A date and time was agreed to take the chair to Stuart and for him to show me how to do the work if that was what I was looking for or for him to take on the project. After seeing him at work for about 30 minutes, it was an easy decision to give the project to Stuart.
Despite having ongoing projects in his workshop, Stuart gave me a firm price and time to complete the job. I received a WhatsApp message including photographs of the completed chair which looked amazing. We agreed a collection date, time and payment method. I picked up the chair, made the payment received an invoice - job done.
From the first call on Saturday 8th August at around 13:00hrs to picking up the chair took 4 working days - amazing.
Stuart is a craftsman and it was a pleasure to have met him. read more