Craft
Booking software for Furniture restorers
The photograph sent at booking prepares the quote, drop-off and collection bracket weeks of workshop time, and the Saturday paint workshop brings in a different audience.
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The challenges facing furniture restorers
The quote gets prepared from a photograph
A Victorian chest to refinish and an oak sideboard to strip need neither the same time nor the same price. Described and photographed beforehand, the piece gets quoted in one visit instead of three.
Drop-off and collection bracket weeks
In between, the workshop works. Without a collection date booked, the piece stays at the back and there is no room for the next one.
The Saturday paint workshop is a different trade
A capacity, aprons, materials prepared, and an audience who are not there to have furniture restored. Two activities in one place.
Floor space is the real constraint
A workshop does not store ten wardrobes. The number of jobs in progress limits drop-offs, not the number of hours available.
The client rings to ask where their piece has got to
Three weeks with no news and the phone goes. A message when the work is finished beats three calls during it.
How Kagenda helps
The problem
The quote gets prepared from a photograph
With Kagenda
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Custom fields
The problem
Drop-off and collection bracket weeks
With Kagenda
Book a whole course of sessions at once, one after another.
Recurring appointments
The problem
The Saturday paint workshop is a different trade
With Kagenda
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
One central calendar
The problem
Floor space is the real constraint
With Kagenda
Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.
Hours per service
The problem
The client rings to ask where their piece has got to
With Kagenda
Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.
Email notifications
The features that matter to you
24/7 online booking
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
One central calendar
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
Custom fields
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Email notifications
Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.
Hours per service
Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.
Client records
History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.
Recurring appointments
Book a whole course of sessions at once, one after another.
Deposits and payments
Take a deposit at booking time and get paid online before the session.
Practical guide: Furniture restorers
- A required "type of piece, period, timber, condition, work wanted" field when the appointment is made. The quote gets prepared before the visit.
- Collection booked at the moment of drop-off, even if it moves.
- The number of simultaneous drop-offs limited by a capacity: floor space is what commands.
- The paint workshop as a separate service, with its capacity and its Saturdays.
- An automatic message when the piece is ready. It replaces three calls.
- A separate "home valuation" service, with its travel charges, for pieces that do not travel.
Frequently asked questions
How much does furniture restoration cost in the UK?
Around £80 to £180 for a home valuation visit, often deducted from the work, and £300 to £2,500 for a full restoration depending on the piece. Set your own prices.
What should a UK furniture restorer watch for?
One regulation catches restorers out more than any other. The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 apply to upholstered furniture supplied in the course of business, including reupholstered pieces: fillings and covers must meet the ignition tests and carry the required labels, and supplying non-compliant furniture is a criminal offence enforced by Trading Standards. Furniture manufactured before 1950 is exempt, which is why genuine antiques are treated differently — but a mid-century piece recovered for a client is not. Add COSHH for strippers and finishes with proper ventilation, lead paint precautions on pre-1960s painted work, and hazardous waste disposal for solvent residues.
Can I have the piece described before the appointment?
Yes, with required custom fields including photographs.
Can I book collection at the same time as drop-off?
Yes, as two linked appointments.
How do I cap the number of pieces in the workshop?
With a capacity on drop-offs.
How do I tell a client their piece is ready?
With an automatic message when you mark it ready.
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