Tag Archive: history

Wood Restoration Consultant UK Water Timber Fire Damage Specialist Historical woodwork restored and preserved worldwide

Keeping History Authentic and Alive

When you work with your head firmly in the past and your nose only inches away from the well-turned leg you are repairing; or a section of 300 year old panelling...

MORE >

French polishing – another dying trade?

French polishing is a specialist trade that I learnt in my days as an antique restorer; but sadly, it’s a dying trade these days.

MORE >
Cracked wooden panelling repair restoration vincent reed

After Disaster – Can Ancient Timbers be Restored for Posterity?

Last month marked 35 years since fire gutted 7th century York Minster. Over a thousand years of history contained...

MORE >
Kiln Wood Restoration Consultant Flood Water Furniture Fire Damage Specialist Historical woodwork joinery timber flooring repairs solid oak tables

Logosol kiln adapted to preserve the past

Our Swedish kiln has been pivotal in the rescue of a flooded English manor house.

MORE >
Wood Restoration Consultant Flood Water Furniture Fire Damage Specialist Historical woodwork joinery timber flooring repairs solid oak tables

When it’s Fine Furniture’s Time to Shine

Over 30 years ago when I was a teenager learning my trade as an antique furniture restorer in Brighton, there was no...

MORE >

Flattening an antique panel

This is one of the methods we use to flatten cupped panels. This process takes time and patience - but it is very successful!

MORE >

Discovering and dismantling a flood damaged Tudor manor house

The owners did not discover the catastrophic effects of water cascading through the ceilings of their beautiful...

MORE >

Why preserve the patina on original flooring?

Your floor owes its beauty to the dirt and grime of past centuries. Never sand that away. This is why:

MORE >

Discovering and Dismantling a flooded Grade II listed home

We revealed a moisture reading of 80% and evidence that the panels were older than we first thought

MORE >

Win that business. Write as you speak.

Passion and experience drive Vincent Reed's business success. Miranda Birch Media tells how "Vincent Reed is an example of how persuasive you can be."

MORE >

Insight: Decoration and Styles of the 17th century

The 1600s included the deeply carved wood and strongly modelled silver of the Jacobean period.

MORE >

Splice joint repair on a 19th Century Chair Leg

Learn the techniques Vincent uses to process a Splice joint repair.

MORE >

Conserving and Restoring Wood Floors

Your floor owes its beauty to the dirt and grime of past centuries. Never sand that away. This is why:

MORE >

Auckland Castle Floor Samples

See how Vincent and his team breathe life back into floor boards at Auckland Castle.

MORE >

Oak floor restoration circa 1740

Witness sympathetic removal of bitumen where the historic patina of the floor has been maintained.

MORE >

Georgian Staircase Circa 1730 – Restoration of Stair Treads

See how Vincent Reed and his team restore and reinstate a this beautiful Georgian staircase.

MORE >

Floor Restoration Project

See the stunning results of this Pine floor restoration.

MORE >

Repairing a stair tread

A stimulated demonstration on how you would repair a warn stair tread.

MORE >

Lifting a floorboard the correct way

How to lift a floorboards evenly using hand tools, to prevent damage.

MORE >

Behind the scenes in the King’s Drawing Room

Take a tour around the King's Drawing Room whilst Vincent and his team restore the wood panelling.

MORE >
1 2 3