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Furniture Restoration Course

What will I learn?

Improve your carpentry skills with our Furniture Fix-Up Course, made for professionals who want to learn how to fix up old furniture well-well. Learn the basics of working with wood, find out about old-time furniture styles, and learn special techniques for decorating furniture with inlays and marquetry. Get good at finishing wood and fixing it up, including how to repair joints and get surfaces ready. Learn how to talk to customers properly and keep good records so you can give them proper reports on the furniture. Join us and turn your love for carpentry into proper, proper craftsmanship.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Learn how to talk to customers proper-proper: Get better at talking to people clearly and properly.

Write proper reports: Keep records of how you fix up furniture clearly and properly.

Do inlay work: Design and fit fancy patterns on furniture properly.

Put on wood finishes: Get good at using stains, varnishes, and other things to protect the wood.

Fix up old furniture: Repair joints and surfaces to bring old furniture back to life.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.