W. Patrick Edwards

Information and gallery of photos covering French marquetry, upholstery, designer furniture, consulting, teaching, and conservation.
http://home.pacbell.net/ebeniste/

Allwood Furniture

Information includes company profile, stains and finishes, unfinished furniture sales, showroom, services, finishing tips, furniture care, photo album, FAQs, and links.
http://www.allwood.net/

Furniture Articles

A large collection of articles written by people in the furniture restoration and conservation field. Articles cover various kinds of finishes, refinishing tips on furniture as well as pianos and cabinets.
http://www.antiquerestorers.com/Articles/FURNITURE_ARTICLES.htm

Preparing Furniture for Refinishing

A detailed and comprehensive article from the Department of Environmental Design, University of Missouri-Columbia.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/intdes/gh2415.htm

American Wood Finishing Institute

Hands on training facility for wood finishing including individual seminars.
http://www.awfi.org

Free Furniture Refinishing Tips

Free tips and information to restore, refinish, clean, or paint, wood, indoor, patio and wicker furniture.
http://www.refinishfurniture.com/

Peter Hotton Archives

From the Boston Globe, an archive of Q&A on various aspects of refinishing furniture, from logistical problems in refinishing pieces in an apartment to dealing with particle board furniture.
http://www.boston.com/globe/search/realestate/hotton/furniture.htm

DCTC Wood Finishing Program

Information on the Wood Finishing program offered at Dakota County Technical College.
http://www.woodfinishing.org

Finishing

Published articles on finishing by professional, Mac Simmons, a thirty year veteran of the trade.
http://macsimmons.homestead.com/finishingpg1.html

Ask Lee - Antique Furniture Repair and Restoration

A series of articles and information.
http://www.ask.com/main/metaAnswer.asp?t=m&s=a&metaEngine=directhit&origin=0&MetaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fask%2Edirecthit%2Ecom%2Ffcgi%2Dbin%2FRedirURL%2Efcg%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcolonialantiquemall%2Ecom%2Fasklee%2Ehtm%26qry%3DAntique%2BFurniture%2BRestoration%2

Caring For Furniture

An article by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, the AIC.
http://websearch.cs.com/gateway/results/gateway-frameset.adp?type=I&first=191&dfirst=1&sTerm=furniture%20refinishing&type=I&brand=GWY&uType=&gfirst=0&hit_url=http%3a%2f%2fpalimpsest%2estanford%2eedu%2faic%2ftreasure%2ffurn%2ehtml

Furniture Knowledge Tip Archive

An archive of furniture related articles, including how to remove waxy build-up, how to remove water spots, removing dark stains, determining if the piece is really solid wood.
http://www.furnitureknowledge.com/tiparkiv.htm

StripAll Antique Sales and Refinishing

Extensive information on a variety of subjects, including various methods of stripping, a FAQs page, caring for wood products, and free how to videos.
http://www.stripall.com/

Antique Restoration Courses

Education, training, resources, and schools for the restoration and conservation of antique furniture.
http://www.antiquerestorers.com/Courses/Courses.htm

Campbell Center Historic Preservation Courses

Offers a program of mid-career training for those in the museum, library, archives, and historic preservation fields.
http://www.campbellcenter.org/courses/histpres1.shtml

French Polishing

A hands-on tutorial by Orville and Robert Milburn, including photos.
http://www.milburnguitars.com/fpbannerframes.html

Refinishing Wood Furniture

Detailed instructions and advice on stripping, staining, and finishing furniture, provided by a home improvement retailer.
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=howTo&p=HomeDecor/RefnWdFurn&topic=howToLibrary

Professional Refinishers Email Exchange Group

Moderated email exchange between hundreds of professional refinishing shops, including searchable libraries, pictures, weekly news clips, and articles.
http://www.alan.net/prg/index.html

Leather Medic

Franchises in leather and vinyl repairs specializing in the automotive, furniture, marine, and commercial industries.
http://www.leathermedic.com/moo.html

Mac's Finishing Notebook

Published articles on finishing by professional, Mac Simmons, a 40 year veteran of the trade.
http://www.macsimmons.com/macsnotebookindex.html

Strip-Clean

Hands on instruction in furniture refinishing. Offers an instructional video for sale.
http://stripclean.onsmartpages.com./

Interior Images Inc.

Faux finishing, furniture finishing, staining, clear coating, glazing, spraying, and production spraying for the do-it-yourselfer or professional.
http://www.fauxinteriors.com/

Creative Painting Techniques

Offers faux finishing kits and includes gallery of pictures.
http://www.CREATIVEPAINT.COM/

D and J Patio Furniture Repair

Information, instruction, and supplies for do-it-yourself patio furniture repairs.
http://www.djpatio.com/

The Furniture Guys

Information regarding the stars of a humorous furniture finishing television show, their book, and products they have available.
http://www.furnitureguys.com/

The Chippendale International School of Furniture

Carries out furniture restoration as well as teaching furniture restoration, design, and construction.
http://www.chippendale.co.uk/

The Finishing School

Information covers classes, workshops, seminars, books, and videos concerning the art and business of decorative painting, including wood graining, glazing, marbling, and fantasy finishes.
http://www.thefinishingschool.com/

K Restorations Antique Leathers

Information, instruction, and ordering information for made to measure antique desk leathers with gold tooling for do-it-yourself mounting , suitable for antique, reproduction or modern furniture.
http://www.antiqueleathers.com/

Jasco Chemical Corporation

Small section of instruction on furniture stripping and a line of products for sale.
http://www.jasco-help.com/

Conservation Consortium.com

Websearch that puts you in direct contact with professional conservators and restorers for the purpose of servicing valuable antiques.
http://www.conservationconsortium.com/

J. Saunders Leathers Restoration Services

Information covers company history, loose leather, bookshelf edging, tooling, colors, order form, and map.
http://www.jsaunders-leathers.com/

National Repair and Restoration Hotline

A nationwide referral service linking companies in need to highly qualified furniture repair and restoration professionals.
http://www.furniture-hotline.com/

Old World French Polishing

Extensive information covering conservation projects, refinishing and restoration, gallery of pictures, and detailed instructions in the art of French polishing. Also, the sale of refinishing and French polishing supplies.
http://www.artreasures.com/

Ackerman's Furniture Workshops

Providing information about services, an instruction page on stripping and refinishing for the do-it-yourselfer, and other tips.
http://www.ackermans.com/refinish/

Lindsey Foam Company

Provides Reflex Foam for cushions, mattresses, RVs, and boats. Includes instructions on how to measure and cut it.
http://www.lindseyfoam.com/

Furniture Wizard

Contains an open discussion group, refinishing and repair techniques, home improvement tips, care and maintenance tips, and recommended books, videos, and supplies aimed at the home do-it-yourselfer.
http://www.refinishwizard.com/