Mark Wilson, Owner/Partner Touch Ups Plus in shop working
It all started when…
Mark Wilson found his love for refinishing antiques in his teens in the ‘60’s … along with his love of motorcycles. . He continued to learn and develop his refinishing skills throughout the 1970’s and early 80’s … refining his skills in touch ups, French polishing, teak oil burnishing, veneer repairs, hand stripping, working with precatalyzed lacquers and solvent based wiping stains to hone in on his custom matching abilities.
Mark moved to the Ottawa area in the late 70’s. He helped run an antique refinishing and retail operation and then moved on to working in a refinishing business that included government customers. Through that contact, he was called in to 24 Sussex Drive to touch up the antique sofas in the main living room area (while he was touching up the sofas, then Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau was upstairs pacing, deciding on whether he would run for a second term!).
Mark also had the honour of being included on the team that refinished Glenn Gould’s piano for the CBC Museum.
He met Lynn in the mid 80’s. They started work the same day … at a company in Toronto. Eventually Lynn moved on … continuing to hone her skills working in a design, project based corporate, hospitality and residential based firm. They married in 1983 and started their own furniture refinishing, restoration and repair business.
Their son Michael, joined the family owned business in 2013, apprenticing with his Dad and now manages the ongoing projects in the business. Many (long time) customers are very pleased to know that Michael will continue on with our family business, and has accomplished living up to Mark’s reputation! Michael now has a stellar reputation in the industry!!
We are very proud that we provide outstanding, quality levels of work in Touch Ups Plus, serving corporate and residential customers in the Toronto and surrounding GTA areas.
Check out all of 10/10 reviews on HomeStars.com and our customer testimonials here.
We’ve won the Best Of The Best Award for 2024 and 2023 and Best Of Award for 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019….. since joining HomeStars in December 2018.
Michael Wilson at work in a kitchen refacing project
