ANTIQUE RESTORATION
Antique restoration is the art of returning damaged, worn and tired antiques as near as possible to their original state, thus breathing new life into the antique.
Not only does this work give a much-loved antique a new lease of life, and increases your pleasure in the piece, it can enhance the value of your antique too.
Antique restoration is highly skilled work, best carried out by specialists in the field. The finest restorers carry out repairs so well that the untrained eye is unable to spot any restoration work that has been carried out.
It's very tempting to have a go at repairing an antique yourself, but the best advice we can give you is DON'T DIY!
Don't carry out repairs or restoration on your antiques yourself unless you really know what you are doing.
There is more to restoration than gluing a broken piece of pottery back together. Amateur repairs can do more harm than good and can be very costly to fix in the long run, costlier than if you had chosen a professional restorer to work on your antique in the first place.
Moreover, antique restoration is about more than simply repairing antiques. Conservation is a central principle in the restoration of antiques.
Not only will a skilled restorer repair your antique, the care the restorer shows to your antique goes beyond a simple repair to ensure that the antique is protected and preserved against further deterioration.