Welcome to the NEW Website!

Hello and Welcome to the New (and improved) website for Oakes Restoration.

You may see another David pop-up on this site from time to time.

I'm David Cousins - often referred to by Mr Oakes as “Little David”.

My father, Melvyn Cousins of A.G. Cousins & Son, gave David Oakes some of his earliest opportunities to display and restore antiques via his furniture store in Hertford. In turn, Mr Oakes gave me my start; over the years I've helped out with client visits and drop offs, assisted him with photography and with his technological queries; including his early days on social media and the original website / blogspot during my student days.

The old site had become an antique in itself... David deserved a better website to reflect the quality and breadth of his work today.

The website as it currently stands is just to get it up and running... there may be the odd glitch as we continue refining things, but we felt it was important to share the new site now and build on it properly. I'm excited to build upon this foundation to allow David to better showcase the services he offers and his skills as a craftsman.

Please look forward to:

• A greatly expanded "Workshop" section with case studies old and new

• An expanded services section with additional information and images

• Higher resolution images and videos across the site

On that last point... I hope to arrange a photoshoot with David in the near future... I think some of those photos of him working are closer to my age now than his!

Thank you for visiting and for your continued support of Oakes Restoration. It is a pleasure to play a small part in helping showcase David’s work and I'm excited to add more to the site soon!

"Little" David

On Behalf of Oakes Restoration