When stripping this chair ready to recover for our customer we noticed the chair’s arms were loose as was the back. Scott Hill explains in this video what the problem is and how we can rectify it.
Category: Reupholstery
Looking for a new sofa or chair?
Lured by the sales?
THIS time of year almost every furniture shop will be trying to lure people in with their sales. But while your existing sofas or chairs may have seen better days, buying replacements is not the only (or the best) option.
No doubt you like your existing suite. It fits your room, it fits your family and it fits your needs. But will you be able to find the perfect replacement?
And how many superstores will you have to traipse around before your luck drops and you actually find it?
There is an easier solution, of course, and that is reupholstery.
As long as your furniture has a solid frame, then it can be upgraded, rebuilt or recovered to take it back to its prime or give it a new lease of life. Think about it. Your sofa or chair, the one that fits all your needs, back again as good as new.
It must be said that reupholstery is not the cheap option. But what you get back is a real quality item to your exact specifications. You can choose the colour and type of fabric, some examples on this page. You could change the type of cushions if you wanted or have a firmer seat. How about leather instead of fabric. Any and all options are open – the world is your oyster!
Why not design your own upholstered furniture from scratch – to fit perfectly in the spot you have in mind, ticking all the right boxes.
So, if you have a unique personality that your average store doesn’t cater for or you just want your chair back to its former glory, then an upholsterer is your perfect choice.
Get in touch with us today and see how Hill Upholstery & Design can help you.
Feel inspired by these photos, let us send you some fabric samples to consider…
- Title image: Yarwood Leather, Tribe Collection
- Image top right: Swaffer, Panache collection
- Image bottom left: Osborne & Little, Maude Check collection
- Image on News page: Swaffer, Fitz collection
What is reupholstery?
What is Reupholstery?
Here’s a thought, inspiring interiors are an essential ingredient to a happy life.
Whether it’s an occasional chair that’s been passed down through generations of the family, or a feature piece in the reception of your business, it is something that has become uniquely yours.
Whatever it is, there will ultimately come a time when a question mark hangs over its future. There’s a tear in the fabric, for instance, or the webbing is way past its best. Perhaps the pattern just doesn’t go with how you want your room – any of your rooms – to look these days.
Sometimes buying new furniture is not an option – the wrong colour or perhaps the wrong style – perhaps it just doesn’t tick all the boxes.
Quality furniture is not always easy to come by, but the good news is that as long as your existing piece has a solid frame to work from, then it can be given a new lease of life.
A simple recovering is the thing that will come to most people’s minds. That’s when an upholsterer changes the fabric on the outside, while leaving the rest of the chair alone. This can just be a straight replacement for an existing fabric that has seen better days or something entirely new totally suited to your lifestyle, your personality or your room decor. You can now spend many more Christmases entertaining your family on your newly recovered chairs or the change in colour scheme in your business can also spread to your office or restaurant seating.
It’s like when Doctor Who regenerates. He gets a new face and character, but is essentially the same dependable chap you know and love underneath.
Quite often, though, other things can go wrong with a piece of furniture on the inside. It may be the webbing, springs, fillings or a combination of all that go wrong. But as we said before, as long as there is a good quality solid base to work from, an upholsterer can strip the piece back to the frame and build it back up again to mint condition. That there is the art of reupholstery.
That family heirloom can be restored to the glory that your ancestors enjoyed it in, or it can take on your personality for many more years to come.
But an expert upholsterer’s skills can go even further than that. So once that occasional chair has taken pride of place in the corner of your bedroom, they could manufacture an identical one for the other side of the room or maybe a padded headboard for your bed to match.
Of course Hill Upholstery & Design can help with all of these examples and many more. So get in touch with any queries about what we do and what we could do for you on 01375 361155 or email [email protected]