Any visitor to Prague will tell you of the city’s picture-box beauty, and in the heart of the old town is a real gem for tourists – the medieval astronomical clock. 
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Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 22. The Statues of the Apostles, Prague
full listCall in the wood restoration experts for your bar or restaurant
If there’s one place where the use of wood can really have an impact, it’s in a bar. We recently visited London bar Callooh Callay which featured, among other items, a bar area with unusual wooden decking underneath the main counter; parquet flooring in some places and wide stained shabby-chic floorboards in others; highly-polished retro veneer tables for diners and antique-style carved wooden occasional tables for drinkers. Phew! Not only is that a whole lotta wood, it’s a whole lot of mis-matched styles and types of wood, too!
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 18. Shakin’ Stevens’ Green Door
Ah, Shaky – Wales’s answer to Elvis. Who could forget Shakin’ Stevens’ number one 1981 hit, Green Door? With its enigmatic lyrics, suggesting the door was keeping secrets and hiding behind it a smokin’ hot rock ‘n’ roll piano – why, it’s no wonder this slice of musical genius spent four weeks topping the UK charts.
Bespoke French polishing – we tell you how
So, you’ve had a look around our website and you know about the services Terry Waters French Polishing can offer. You know that we can help whether you require a spray-finish for bulk items, or a more bespoke service for a treasured antique. But you might still be wondering exactly what “French polishing” consists of. What is this ancient and mysterious art involving the lac beetle, building up layers of shine, and bringing out the grain in something called “chatoyancy”?
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