I’m Craig Williams. From my workshop in Bankfoot, near Perth, I recane and rush chairs, French polish, repair and restore furniture, and make new pieces to order.
5.0 from 10 reviews on Yell. “He recovered and restored a loved piece of family history.”
A hand-caned seat, from the day it arrives to the day it goes home. The new cane goes through the same holes in the frame, strand by strand, in six passes.
It comes in split and sagging.
The old cane is cut out.
New cane is woven in by hand.
It goes home tight and even.
Seat weaving is slow, fiddly work, and there aren’t many folk left who do it. The chair you’ve sat on for years gets to stay in the family.
The classic six-way pattern on bedroom, dining and nursery chairs, woven through holes drilled round the seat.
Deep armchairs and suites with caned backs, sides and seats. A great many holes, and very much worth saving.
Twisted rush worked from the corners in, so four triangles meet in the middle. Ladder-backs, stools and Orkney-style chairs.
Paper and Danish cord seats on mid-century chairs, rewoven tight and even.
Further afield in Scotland? Send a photo and ask.
Drag the handle to see the same table, on dust sheets and then finished.
A twin pedestal D-end table, restored and polished in its own dining room.
Water rings, lifting veneer, a leg knocked loose in a house move, a finish gone dull. All types of repair and restoration, antique and modern.
The aim is always the same: keep as much of the original as possible, and make the repair disappear into it.
Shellac, a cotton rubber and a great many thin coats, until the grain looks deep enough to dive into. Modern finishes too, where they suit how a piece is used.
Perthshire is full of bonny old tables that just need their shine back.
Farmhouse tables, benches, beds, fitted shelving and wee boxes, made to order and made to fit.
Perthshire is Big Tree Country. Oak, ash, elm and Scots pine all grow within sight of the workshop, and if you have a timber in mind, ask.
Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews on Yell, as listed in June 2025.
“The removal company dropped my antique Grandfather’s oak extension dining table and smashed the joint on one leg. Craig responded to my desperate plea for help... He recovered and restored a loved piece of family history.”
“My Uncle Charles’ nursery chair was in a sad state. Scruffy, loose inlay and a seat that needed re-caning big-time... would recommend this master craftsman to anyone.”
“I also have a cherished birds-eye maple dressing table that he repaired and managed to turn into an even lovelier side table.”
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The workshop is in Bankfoot, between Perth and Dunkeld, so Stanley, Scone, Blairgowrie, Pitlochry and Crieff are all close by.
