Wow – what IS the trend for wooden forms of transport? No sooner have we discovered a Carlos Alberto’s beautiful wooden Vespa than we find a wooden racing car right here in the UK! 
Welcome to the latest Terry Waters French Polishing News and Blogs
First a wooden Vespa – now a wooden car! Our wood restoration dreams move from two wheels to four
full listLet Terry Waters French Polishing put your house in order with our restoration services
If you’ve ever watched TV programmes such as Grand Designs, Property Ladder or DIY SOS, you might well have picked up on an important – indeed, a crucial fact when embarking on any sort of major restoration project – and that’s the order in which things are done.
Turning our French polishing expertise to country houses
Oh how we love watching Channel 4’s Country House Rescue here at Terry Waters French Polishing.
Let us work our magic on your wooden floor
Such is the pervasiveness of the continuing trend for exposed wooden floorboards, it seems unthinkable that once pretty much every pub, restaurant and home you walked into had wall-to-wall carpets throughout.
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 24. The Ishtar Gate
Constructed in about 575BC, the Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed using a rare blue stone and decorated with rows of dragons. And this Wonder really was a wonder, too – some lists mark it as one of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World, before it was usurped by the lighthouse at Alexandria in the 6th century AD!
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 23. Rolf Harris’s didgeridoo
Ah, Rolf Harris. A national institution if ever there was one. And as well as Animal Hospital, Jake the Peg and royal portrait-painting, the multi-talented Rolf is famous for playing the didgeridoo. Perhaps he could do with our specialist French polishing services to help ensure his didgeridoo doesn’t become a didgeridon’t?
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 22. The Statues of the Apostles, Prague
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.
French Polishing and you – the perfect match!
It’s only natural that, before you’ve taken advantage of the kind of specialist French polishing and wood restoration services we offer here at Terry Waters French Polishing, you might be a little sceptical.
Let us display our expert wood finishing services
When you’ve got something special to display, it can be all too easy to focus on the treasured item you want to show off, and overlook the wooden cabinet, wood dresser or wooden unit you want to display it in.
Wooden Wonders we’d like to have French polished: 21. The Spruce Goose
The nickname “spruce goose” refers to a giant aircraft constructed almost entirely out of wood, designed by American aviation legend Howard Hughes (yes, that’s right – he’s the one played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film, The Aviator).
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