Chair caning in Saint Paul, MN is a traditional craft that fewer and fewer shops still offer, and Dale’s Furniture Refinishing keeps it alive by hand. If you have a chair with a worn, sagging, or broken woven seat, Dale can reweave it the original way, whether that’s cane, rush, Danish cord, or splint. He serves Saint Paul and the wider Twin Cities, and brings over 40 years of craftsmanship to every seat.
Our seat weaving process
Dale first identifies how the seat was originally made, because each method has its own materials and technique. He carefully removes the old, failing material, inspects and repairs the chair frame as needed, and then weaves a new seat by hand using quality materials suited to the chair.
This is patient, skilled work. Hand caning is woven strand by strand through holes drilled in the frame; rush seats are twisted and wrapped; Danish cord and splint each follow their own traditional pattern. The result is a seat that’s both beautiful and built to be sat in for years.
Seat weaving we offer
- Hand caning (strand cane woven through drilled holes)
- Pressed or sheet cane (set into a groove with spline)
- Natural and fiber rush seats
- Danish cord (mid-century and Danish modern chairs)
- Splint seat weaving
- Frame repair and refinishing on the same chair
Why choose Dale’s for chair caning
- Traditional hand weaving in the original method for your chair
- A rare local skill few Twin Cities shops still offer
- Frame repair and refinishing available in one stop
- Fair pricing and FREE estimates
- We always guarantee our work
- 40+ years of craftsmanship, local to Saint Paul
Restore a chair worth keeping
A well-made caned or rush chair is worth restoring. The frames are often antique or solid hardwood, and a freshly woven seat can give the chair another generation of use, for far less than a comparable replacement.
Call Dale at (651) 748-9465 for a FREE estimate, or contact us here. If the chair also needs structural work or a new finish, see our furniture repair and furniture refinishing services, or view pricing.