Furniture Repair Directory™

The Crooked Rim Chair Caning & Seat Weaving is a home-based business owned by the husband and wife team, Robbin and Jeff Huss. They started caning and other types of seat weaving several years ago and fell in love with the craft. Robbin has been weaving baskets and chair seats for over 30 years.  Jeff has been seatweaving for over 15 years.

The Crooked Rim offers traditional 7-step hand cane, pressed cane, binder cane, natural and fiber rush, seagrass, splint, reed, Shaker tape, and some wicker repair. They also provide some minor chair repair such as gluing, etc. and pick up and delivery is also possible.

Pictures of your project may be sent via text or email for a rough estimate. A final quote will then be given upon a physical inspection of the project.

Members of The SeatWeavers’ Guild Inc.® (TSWG)

(7/1/22)

Mosden’s Antique Restoration & Chair Caning, located in Fort Bragg, California, has been servicing the needs of antique furniture lovers since 1970.

We are one of the oldest restoration shops in Northern California, specializing in Chair Caning, Repairing and Refinishing Antiques of family heirlooms. Whether your piece requires major repairs or simply a good cleaning, we can do it!

(SUB Seat 12/30/22)
(SUB Refinish 12/30/22)

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.

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

(Seatweaving SUB 1/04/22)

Kathleen’s Caning is a home-based business serving central and north-central Indiana, specializing in hole-to-hole cane seats and pressed caning.

Minor repairs are available. Pick up or delivery available, too. Call, text, or email for free estimates and directions to my location.

(3/01/22)

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

Fran’s Chair Caning in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a home-based chair caning business has specialized in seat weaving and repairing chair seat patterns for over 30+ years.

Skills are in weaving fiber rush and natural rush products, cattail rush, seagrass, pressed cane, seven-step traditional hand cane and splint weaves.  Quality work and reliable, call today for the TLC your chairs need!

Founding Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(6/1/22)

V.R. Weaving has over 15+ years of experience doing cane, fiber rush, splint wood seats, Danish cord, and teach classes. Most reweaving can be completed within a two-week period. Pick-up and/or delivery in the DC area, Richmond, and others for an additional fee. Bring in more than two chairs–get a 10% discount!

(12/01/22)

Edie Zalas Chair Caning & Seatweaving is a home-based seat weaving service located in northern Indiana. Specializing in hand-woven cane seat replacement, pressed cane, natural and fiber rush, and Danish cord.

I take pride in doing quality work at reasonable prices, done in a timely manner. Call, text or email for prices, quotes and directions to my shop. Feel free to send photographs with your text message or email.

Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.® 

(3/01/22)

Michael Mascelli Upholstery with 40+ Years Experience – Highest Quality Work, specializing in traditional hand-sewn upholstery for period and reproduction pieces, automobile seats, and upholstery conservation, including minimally intrusive treatments as per AIC standards.

Lower cost hybrid treatments with modern materials also available. Complete service including restoration and refinishing of frames. Challenging pieces welcomed, impossible pieces considered. He is also co-Director of the Professional Refinisher’s Group, a national organization founded in 1998.

Michael teaches others the craft with upholstery classes offered at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Franklin IN and at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, ME. Other classes, including lecture-demonstrations upon request.

(4/01/22)

Rodney’s Caning has been providing chair caning and seatweaving since 1972. Our specialties are hole caning, machine caning, splint, Danish cord, wicker, fiber rush, Shaker tape, slab rattan, and almost any other kind of woven seat, including unusual patterns.

We also offer some gluing and minor repair, plus FREE estimates with fair prices. Home shop serving Colorado for over 20 years! Give us a call for jobs big or small!

(1/1/23)

(1/01/23)

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!

(SUB-4/25/22)

Barbara’s Caning and Weaving, also known in the region as Broward Furniture Refinishing & Caning is located in Fort Lauderdale and has served Broward County and the surrounding area for over 25 years, reweaving chair seats.

Owner Barbara Marx, started weaving many years ago when she needed her own four chairs re-caned. She was living in New York City at the time, in the 1980s, and decided to learn the chair caning craft on her own.

Barbara liked caning so much that she later went into the seat weaving business, providing services of hole caning, pressed cane webbing, paper rush and repairs to wicker furniture, too.

Always up for a challenge, not only do we work on chair seats, but also love seats, benches, and even cabinet doors on yachts!

Our services also include repair and re-gluing of chairs. We do work for several local antique dealers in Florida and New York, too.

Call or email today so we can discuss your chair caning needs. Then we’ll set up an appointment and give directions to our shop!

(4/01/22)

Rick’s Wood & Wire, a family business offers chair caning and seat weaving services as well as 30+ years of full-service professional furniture refinishing and repair.

We are located in northwest Ohio in Pemberville, servicing northwest OH and southeast MI. Pickup and delivery services are available on request.

Does your chair have some damage? We are a full-service shop, meaning we can take care of repairs and refinishing as well as the routine gluing and tightening of those wobbly chairs.

Whatever type of weaving your chairs need, we offer hand caning, press caning, porch cane weaves, rush and Danish cord patterns and techniques.  Want a splash of color – try having your chair woven in Shaker Tape.

We see all the possibilities and can make creative suggestions for you, too!

Charter, Cottage, & Newsletter Editor Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild Inc.®

(8/01/22)

Richard Saunders is a former antique wicker furniture repair expert with over 40 years of hands-on restoration experience. He is also the author of five books on antique wicker furniture, including Collecting and Restoring Wicker Furniture — the first book published with a how-to chapter on wicker repair.

Several years ago, Richard relocated from California to Savannah, Georgia, bringing with him over 40 years of experience in restoring, writing about and appraising antique wicker furniture. Although he has now retired entirely from the wicker restoration part of his business, he does continue to serve the antique wicker field as a certified wicker furniture appraiser.

Are you curious about a piece of wicker you have but doubt its value and are thinking of taking it to the dump? STOP! Don’t throw out what just might be a valuable and irreplaceable piece of our American wicker history. Before you toss your wicker–get it appraised first by the certified wicker appraiser expert!

Saunders provides certified, fee-based wicker furniture appraisals at $25 per piece.

His appraisals can be used to establish the value of your wicker pieces for a variety of purposes:

• heirloom/inheritance
• estate sales
• marketplace resale
• insurance
• moving damage claims
• court cases if necessary

Richard’s appraisals also include historical information, notes on style and design, dating the piece and proven or likely manufacturer.

Certified wicker furniture appraisals are given only after a physical inspection or through a series of good-quality photos sent via email or postal mail.

Saunders is one of only a few whose appraisal certification specialty is antique wicker furniture. Contact Richard today for an appointment so you will be knowledgeable about your wicker furniture, too.

Mr. Saunders is also offering brand new copies of WICKER FURNITURE: A GUIDE TO RESTORING AND COLLECTING (Crown Publishers; 1990). This is a 245-page, large-format paperback book which includes an 8-page color photo section, hundreds of black and white photos and lots of fascinating information on antique wicker furniture. This is a perfect addition to anyone’s personal reference library.

This book went out of print several years ago but he has a limited supply of NEW copies which he purchased from the publisher’s warehouse. He would be happy to personally sign your copy. Price is $20, including 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!

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

(2/01/22)

Chair Caning, Splint, Rush, Danish Cord, Rawhide, Rattan and Wicker Repair are the specialties of The Caning Shop Restoration since 1969. Chair caning and basketry classes are available, too.

Jim Widess, owner of The Caning Shop in Berkeley, CA sells chair caning and basketry supplies and is the author of two best-selling weaving books: The Caner’s Handbook and The Complete Guide to Chair Caning.

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

(11/01/22)

Debbie Weckwerth Chair Caning is a home-based shop with over 30 years experience, offering all types of chair seatweaving, hand caning, prewoven cane, splint, porch cane and wicker repair. Sample patterns on display.

Easy one hour drive from Minneapolis with a south-central location.”Quality work with reasonable prices keeps repairing your antiques affordable.” 

(3/1/22)

Chairperson-Antiques–Owner Mical Wilmoth Carton is a chair seat weaving expert with 40 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.®
(2/01/22)

WOVEN FURNITURE REPAIR–

JC Caning, LLC specializes in hand caning, pressed cane, wide binding cane, rush, splint, and Danish modern cord.

Minor repairs will only be made if needed and chair finish will be cleaned and refreshed. Seats will be stained and/or sealed as needed. Estimates are given after physical inspection of the piece, as each project is unique and may provide certain challenges.

Pickup and delivery are available for New Kent, James City County, Williamsburg, King William, Petersburg and Colonial Heights in Virginia. Call or email to discuss your restoration and/or make an appointment and get directions to my shop.

Business Member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc.®

(3/01/22)

Established in 2002, Excel Shop provides the best in quality furniture refinishing, upholstery, chair caning and custom wood craftsmanship.

Excel Shop does all types of chair seat weaving replacements including hand cane, sheet caning, and rush bottoms. If your furniture has lost its luster and is showing its age, call us for a complete restoration, too.

When your favorite sofa or chair is worn out, our craftsmen can make it new again. Our woodworking and finishing departments can properly restore your upholstered furniture.

Antiques are a specialty. We will carefully restore your heirlooms. We repair everything from loose chairs to veneer damage. No job is too small.

(SUB-6/05/22)