Restored Furniture

Restored Furniture: furniture with history, restored with purpose

Restored Furniture is a charitable business selling restored, painted, shabby chic and classic furniture, operated by Betel UK. The company presents itself as part of Betel's mission to offer long-term freedom and restoration to people whose lives have been affected by drug and alcohol abuse. Restored's workshops and stores are staffed and managed by men and women who live and work within the Betel community and who are learning to live restored lives, free from addiction and homelessness.

Restored furniture catalogue

The catalogue is organised by room and type of furniture. In the living room, bookcases, bureau bookcases, coffee tables, magazine racks, nests of tables, side tables, sideboards, TV cabinets and writing bureaus are offered. For the dining room, there are court cupboards, dining tables and chairs, dressers, display units, side tables and sideboards. The kitchen includes tables and chairs, dressers and sideboards. In the bedroom, there are bedside tables, blanket boxes, chests of drawers, dressing tables, side tables, wardrobes and writing bureaus. For the hallway and office, there are bookcases, bureau bookcases, desks and writing bureaus.

Styles and finishes

Furniture is classified by style and by finish. Styles include Ercol, Old Charm, Victorian, French, Art Deco, Webber, Jaycee, Stag and Barley Twist. Available finishes include oak, mahogany, walnut, pine, painted, glazed and mirrored. The shop has an outlet section and a sale section.

Unique pieces and offers

The company highlights that it has hundreds of items open to negotiation and encourages customers to make offers on pieces they are interested in. The site shows examples such as a restored oak bureau, a painted Stag chest, a restored carved corner unit, a small linenfold hallrobe, a restored Greenman bureau, a restored Ercol sideboard, a small side table, a restored magazine rack, a restored nest of tables, a two-drawer chest, a small vintage cabinet, a restored mahogany sideboard, an Ercol dresser, a flamed mahogany chest of drawers, a shabby chic painted sideboard, a carved mahogany sideboard, an Ercol dresser, a large oak mirrored sideboard, an Ercol 'Pandora' coffee table, a painted Priory Welsh dresser, an antique oak chest and a farmhouse-style table and four chairs set. Some of these items appear with discounts ranging from 24% to 48%.

Restoration service

The site mentions a restoration service among its navigation links, without detailing conditions or scope in the material analysed.

Shipping and returns

The company has informative sections on shipping and returns, as well as on privacy policy, although the scanned text does not develop their conditions.

Link with Betel UK

Restored Furniture is a trading name of Betel of Britain, a registered charity (no. 1081462) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 3998028). The company operates as part of Betel UK and its activity is framed within this entity's mission to support people affected by addictions and homelessness.

Location and contact

Windmill House, Weatheroak Hill, Alvechurch, B48 7EA · Phone: 0300 302 3002 · Email: info@restoredfurniture.co.uk