Carpenter in Łódź: old wood and furniture for crooked walls

Renovated tenements in the centre often leave behind something too good to throw out: an old table, your grandparents' chairs, a wooden worktop. Restoration means sanding off the old lacquer, filling the damage and refinishing. From the photos the carpenter will tell whether it's solid wood or veneer, because that decides how much can be sanded away. Veneer that has come unstuck can be glued back too, as long as the piece hasn't gone missing. Chairs with sagging seats can get new upholstery.

Flats in Łódź are on average a quarter smaller than in Poland as a whole, so made-to-measure furniture makes practical sense here. Crooked walls in tenements and odd-sized recesses in Bałuty blocks of flats mean a shop-bought wardrobe leaves gaps or doesn't fit at all. The carpenter measures, draws a design and fits the carcass to whatever they find. Say in the job where the piece should go and whether you want it up to the ceiling.