Furniture Repair Directory™

The Wickerfixer and Chair Recaner’s owners Cheri and Mike Russell in Ozark, Missouri have served the antique wicker furniture world nationwide since 1976. They are also mentioned in all of Richard Saunders’ antique wicker books and price guides.

They specialize in minor to major restoration of wicker furniture, and all types of chair seat weaving, hole & pressed cane, rush, splint, Danish cord, herringbone, and seagrass weaving. Family heirloom restoration is their specialty! They buy and sell at shows and through http://www.WickerFixer.com shop.

The Wicker Fixer will locate that special piece of furniture for you, paint your wicker and even travel to do on-site wicker repairs! Pick-up and delivery service is available, call for areas covered, and remember shipping is an option, too.

Judging from their slogan “Get your dog chewed, cat clawed, bird pecked, family abused, wicker fixed today!” The Wicker Fixer can do just about anything for your wicker and cane furniture.

(2-SUB 3/4/25)

BeSeated.ca has been providing seatweaving services to Canada’s national capital area for over fifty years.

NEW OWNER & NEW LOCATION: In 2019 Michael Freen acquired the business from Pierre Amyotte, the previous owner, and relocated Be Seated to Ottawa, Ontario.

We provide quality repairs to furniture woven in a variety of materials, including hand and pre-woven cane, Danish cord, rush, seagrass, reed, splint and rawhide.

We also carry seatweaving supplies for customers who would like to repair their own furniture.

Please have a look at our website for a full list of supplies and services we have available and check out our Instagram for photos of our latest work.

Proud Cottage Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.® (TSWG)

(Sub-2/18/25)

WICKER, CANE & RUSH WORK   “Sagging Seats – Our Specialty”

Heirloom pieces are always resurrected with museum-quality work. All types of cane work, ash and reed splint woven seats, and rattan furniture lovingly restored. Owner Tricia Vandewater learned chair seat weaving from her mom over 45 years ago as a child.

“We’ve never met a piece of furniture we couldn’t bring back to pristine condition.”

(SUB-1/21/24)

Cane and Able is a repair and restoration service that for over ten years has worked in the local community offering individual attention to each project.

Customers are private clients, local museums and area antique dealers in Monmouth County. Services are woven and pressed cane, fibre rush, natural rush, Shaker tape, and splint weaving. Also chair repair, part replacements and duplication, stripping and refinishing. Free estimates, pick-up and delivery additional.

Charter Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.® (TSWG)

(4/1/23)

At Doug Werner Seatweaving and Furniture Repair we have been providing seatweaving including Cane, Rush, Splint, Danish Cord and Wicker since 2005.

We serve SE and Central Texas, including the Houston Metro area.

(12/29 TC)

Supplying quality Seatweaving and Basketweaving supplies for over a century, since 1917!  Also repair all types of chair repairs, hand cane, cane webbing, Danish Cord, binder cane, Shaker tape, wicker repair, fibre rush, natural rush etc.

Regluing service, pickup and delivery available, also complete weaving supplies.

Remember, “A chair is only as good as the seat that is in it.”

Founding Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(7/1/23)

Rodney Stearns, owner of Rodney’s Caning, has recently relocated from Priest River, Idaho to Alliance, Ohio to be close to family.

With over 50 years in the seat weaving business, Rodney’s Caning provides a variety of seat weaving techniques such as; hand cane, machine cane, blind cane, reed and ash splints, Shaker tapes, slab rattan, Danish cord, and fiber rush services.

Rodney can also give your chairs, rockers, and couches a bit of TLC with light chair repair and re-gluing in the new and fully equipped workshop.

Reasonable rates and free estimates are provided through submitted photos with adjustments made after actual examination if necessary.

Call or text today to schedule an appointment to get your pieces back in tip-top shape so you can enjoy your furniture again!

(7/10-TC)

Citizen Cane Chair Restoration is a full service furniture restoration shop providing heirloom quality furniture restoration services including chair caning, rushing, wicker/rattan work, furniture refinishing and repair work including upholstery services.

We offer free inspections and quotes at our Westminster shop by appointment. We also operate out of our Kern River shop biweekly.

We are Frwy close to all southern California counties.

We service all areas by receiving shipped items. Removable seats for instance can easily by mailed to us.

Feel free to email us pictures and/or questions about your project to: [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you and your furniture!

Thank you for your opportunity!

(TC-MO-12/19/23)

Two shops in one–The Chair Man specializing in antique chair restoration; chair caning, fiber and natural rush, splint, Shaker tape and regluing the joints of chairs. The Tea Lady specializes in antique and vintage porcelain, pottery and glassware.

Over 20+ years of seatweaving experience and service. Pickup and delivery available for local Boston area.

Keeping wonderful (sometimes very old) chairs in use and circulation is our goal. We love the stories of how many chairs have been handed down within families or found on the side of the road.

Visit our website, see our work samples and us at antique shows!

Business Level Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(12/24 GFSUBTC)

Sissel’s Chair Renewal provides furniture repair, cabinetmaking and chair seatweaving with quality work and attention to detail, since 1988. Specializing in Danish cord, hand cane, pressed cane, splint, Shaker tape and rush weaving. Pick up and delivery service available.

Minneapolis-based Norwegian artisan with 20+ years experience in repair and renewal of chairs with wicker & cane seats and backing, especially those from Scandinavia.

If you need an authentic restoration/reweaving of a Wegner chair or a Møller, perhaps? I work in conjunction with other woodworkers, cabinet makers, and high-end craftsmen in the area to offer the finest quality work on seating and related projects. Call or email today and we’ll work together.

Business Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(11/10/TC)

Celebrating 50 years, Dovetail Antique Wicker, established in 1974, has offered for sale a variety of styles of the highest quality, authentic American period wicker furniture (circa 1870-1930) available in the marketplace today.

Dovetail Antiques has been featured in many of Richard Saunders’ antique wicker books, such as: The Official Price Guide to Wicker 1985, Wicker Furniture: A Guide to Restoring and Collecting 1990, and Living with Wicker 1992.

We also specialize in superior-quality wicker repair and restoration with exceptional attention to detail.

We provide personal service, custom painting, and assistance with shipping.

Contact us today to purchase wicker furniture from our vast inventory or to have your antique wicker professionally restored.

Visit our website at Dovetail Antique Wicker for more articles like this one on antique wicker restoration by owner Peter Tanzini.

(10/27-TC)

Saggy Bottom Girls Caning has moved location! In August 2022 we moved our residence and business from Greenwood, Indiana to Salem, Alabama! We are now offering our chair seat weaving services in and around the Salem, AL area, which is 1 1/2 hours south of Atlanta between Columbus, GA and Auburn, AL. 

We specialize in cane, fiber rush, seagrass, flat reed, binding cane, and others.  We are a home-based family business and I personally weave each chair.  We also work with local restoration companies should your chair need structural repairs.

I started this business several years ago as a way to spend time with my dad.  People began asking me to fix their chairs with saggy bottoms and that is how the business began.

This is also how I came up with the name. It’s a play on the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” starring George Clooney, and my Saggy Bottom Girls Caning seemed like an interesting twist to their Soggy Bottom Boys band.

Business Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(4/01/23)

Chairperson-Antiques–Owner Mical Wilmoth Carton is a chair seat weaving expert with nearly 50 years of seat weaving experience. She specializes in the repair of all types of hand woven furniture including:

• Hand and Machine Cane
• Danish Cord and Danish Weave Cane
• Fibre, Natural and Pretwisted Rush
• Shaker Tape
• Binder Cane and Porch Weave
• Hong Kong Seagrass
• Cotton Cord
• Wicker & more!

Please visit the “Chairs” page on my website for additional pictures of chairs reseated over the years. Contact by phone or email is welcome.

Founder & Cottage Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®
(TC-2/13/26)

The Professional Upholsterers’ Association of Minnesota (PUAM) is an organization of individuals and firms, joined together to advance, support, and promote the field of Upholstery in Minnesota.

We meet monthly to share and learn techniques that will help us better serve our clients. Our website lists our members so clients can find a business in their area. Also, each member’s listing focuses on their specialty to help prospective clients find an upholstery shop that fits their project.

Join our organization today so you can take advantage of these benefits that we provide for our members:

• PUAM Newsletter with free classified Ads
• Listing on the PUAM website
• Networking Opportunities
• Educational Presentations
• Resource List of Services
• Swap and Sell Meets
• Group Marketing Discounts
• Group Buys
• Trade Show Participation

Richard Saunders is the author of five books on antique wicker furniture, a former wicker furniture restoration specialist, and one of the only certified wicker furniture appraisers in the country.

Richard and his wife Paula, relocated from California to Savannah, Georgia several years ago. Richard has over 45 years of hands-on experience in repairing and restoring wicker furniture and writing about and appraising antique wicker furniture.

One of Richard’s books, Collecting and Restoring Wicker Furniture — was the first book published with a how-to chapter on wicker repair. Several other books explain the history of the wicker furniture industry, give general pricing estimates, illustrate the different types of wicker furniture, and show examples of manufacturing methods and company warehouses.

Thinking of selling or throwing out your old wicker furniture? STOP! Don’t throw out a potentially valuable and irreplaceable piece of our American wicker history.

Before you toss your wicker–get an appraisal from Richard first! His appraisals include historical information, notes on style and design, dating the piece, and either proving the manufacturer or giving a likely manufacturer of the piece.

Richard provides certified, fee-based wicker furniture appraisals at $35 per piece. His appraisals can be used to establish the value of your wicker pieces for a variety of purposes:

• establish family heirloom/inheritance value
• estate resale value
• resale value
• insurance value
• moving damage claims
• and even court cases if necessary

Richard Saunders is one of only a few appraisers whose appraisal certification specialty is antique wicker furniture. Certified appraisals are given only after a physical inspection or through a series of good-quality photos sent to him via email or postal mail.

Contact Richard today for an appointment so you will be knowledgeable about your wicker furniture.

Mr. Saunders is also offering BRAND NEW copies of WICKER FURNITURE: A GUIDE TO RESTORING AND COLLECTING (Crown Publishers; 1990), which has been out of print for many years.

This is a 245-page, large-format paperback book that includes an 8-page color photo section, hundreds of black and white photos and lots of fascinating information on antique wicker furniture. It’s a perfect addition to anyone’s personal or seatweaving business reference library.

This book went out of print several years ago but Richard has a limited supply of NEW copies which he purchased from the publisher’s warehouse. He would be happy to personally sign your copy, just ask. The price of this special book is $30.00, which includes shipping and handling.

Contact Richard today to order your signed book, WICKER FURNITURE: A GUIDE TO RESTORING AND COLLECTING or to get your wicker piece evaluated and appraised for its proper value.

Directions to his shop will be given when your appointment is booked.

Honorary Lifetime Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(11/1/24/CK-TC)

B-Reseated Chair Weaving has 25+ years experience in all forms of woven seating repair & restoration: hand cane, pressed cane, fiber rush, natural rush (hand-twisted & pre-twisted), Danish cord, splint, leather, etc.

We also offer our customers stripping and refinishing services and free estimates.

Our customers include:

• PQ Brands/David Iatesta Studios in Stevensville, MD
• Martin’s Chair Company, New Holland PA
• McLain-Wiesand Home Furnishings, Baltimore MD
• The Dobbin House Restaurant, Gettysburg PA

Our seat weaving work for Smilow Design has been featured in Martha Stewart Living (September 2015) and Elle Decor (December 2014).

Charter & Business Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild Inc.®

(SUB-TCGF-9/19/25)

Welcome to Seats on the Beach. We are a small family chair caning and seat weaving business, providing chair caning and other seat weaving services primarily in Charleston, South Carolina, also including the  Midlands and Lowcountry of SC.

We work with most weaving media, rattan strand hand caning, press cane mesh, fibre rush, pre-twisted natural rush (which is a good substitute for cattail rush and bulrush), Danish cord, Kevlar cord, and twisted seagrass.

We provide basic chair repair services of replacing broken rails and rungs and tightening loose joints. We also provide minor touch-up staining and refinishing but we are not skilled in full refinishing.

We do not do upholstery and wicker but will occasionally rewrap wicker joints on a chair-by-chair basis.

Call or email today for an appointment and to discuss your chair seat weaving needs!

We now have two locations for drop-off: 2995 Highway 174 Edisto Island, SC, 29438 and 10 Warren Ct, Sumter, SC 29150 (Appointments required)

We are a proud Cottage level member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(11/26/TC)

David W. Dick Chair Caning has performed expert cane seat weaving and restoration, serving Illinois, Indiana, and the greater Midwest, since 1975.

We weave strand cane, sometimes called lace cane, and loom-woven (pressed cane), wide binding cane, and splints.

We gladly stain to match the original material and furniture. And are always more than willing to discuss your seat weaving needs including giving free estimates.

Nothing leaves our shop until it’s perfect — count on it! References available upon request.

Please call for an appointment, leave a message and I’ll get back to you. Drop-off locations in Bloomington, IL, Paris, IL, Seymour, IN.

Proud Charter and Cottage Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.® (TSWG)

(12/24 GFSUBTC)

Jan’s Chair Caning & Wicker Repair is a home-based business owned by Janet Noall, with 50 years of experience in ALL TYPES of chair seat weaving and basket repair.

Want to learn how to cane chairs yourself? Jan also teaches FREE chair caning classes through the Park and Recreation Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH on Mondays from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Make an appointment today to get seatweaving TLC for your precious possessions today or to find out more about the FREE chair caning classes so you can DIY and learn from a Master chair caner!

Founding Member of The SeatWeavers’Guild, Inc.®

(11/5/24 GF-SUB-TC)

Den of Antiquity specializes in hand, French and insert cane, all types of antique and modern wicker, natural and fiber rush, splint seats, Danish cord, bamboo, rattan, and outdoor plastic patio furniture restoration.

Owner Sandra Rosar, has been weaving for over 45 years and worked at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, VA and has restored pieces for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. There is not much that she hasn’t seen or done in the world of weaving with her numerous years of experience.

Sandra receives projects from many areas of the country that require imagination, creativity, engineering, and fine, detailed restoration to skillfully bring the piece back to its original condition. She maintains a shop with a master woodworker who assists with projects if needed and has just as many years of experience in refinishing, gluing, repairing, and restoration as Sandra.

Den of Antiquity works on all types of furniture, from antique to modern, in homes, hotels, offices, restaurants, yachts, and will travel to your location when requested to do so. No job is too big or small, simple or complicated!

(TC-4/3/25)