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About BJ Upholstery

We restore and reupholster quality, important, historic, antique, and retro soft furnishings. Sherborne – Duresta – Vale Bridgecraft – Parker knoll – Ercol – Cintique – George Smith – Wesley-Barrell - Tetrad Furniture - Delcore - Heals designer sofa - Jane Churchill - Multiyork - Howard and Sons Exceptional repair, alteration, restoration, manufacture, and reupholstery services. Our experts are available nationwide to cater to your needs. Whether you require reupholstery, repairs, alterations, or a complete restoration, we have you covered. Our skilled craftsmen pay attention to every detail to ensure that your furniture is impeccably crafted and restored to its former glory - maybe better. - for when it needs to be perfect - We offer expert upholstery services. Let me or my team know any questions - always glad to help. Jo Griffiths.

Antique Chaise Restored

Antique – Chaise we restored including the before and after photos – take a look below:

Howard Chair

Howard Chairs have the international reputation of being the ‘Rolls Royce of chairs. Established in 1820 as Howard & Sons, made in London to order they are built using traditional methods. The timeless design we have seen these chairs occasionally for 30 years.

This one we restored in blue velvet for our customer.

We make and fit Loose Covers

Here is an example of a sofa we made loose covers in Linwood fabric, Damaske.

Cintique Chair restored including fresh french polishing.

Cintique Chair Wood Frame Restoration

Stylish Retro Dining Chairs reupholstered in Leather Type fabric

The colour combination with the chrome frame is really stunning.

See the detail stitching – the feel of this fabric feels just like a high-grade leather.

Lovely!

A very delightful small Knole Sofa

A Small Knole Sofa

This is quite a rare Knole Sofa – I’ve never seen one of this size and it is quite unique in that the styling is squared. Possibly a 1930’s bespoke made to order piece. Great to fit our modern homes with timeless elegance.

Artist chair by Ed Luz

A lambing chair that we reupholstered for artist Ed Kluz. Ed is a painter, illustrator, and printmaker. He designed the fabric for this chair for an exhibition in The Scottish Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh. 3rd – 27th October 2018.

His work explores our relationship with the past through notions of English Romanticism. Read more about Ed.

Reupholster and Restoration – Detail of the quality of work

Here are two occasional chairs we restored and reupholstered.

I’ve added nice close-up photographs to show the detailed quality of our work.

I am often asked ‘what will it look like when it comes back’. Our reupholstery service is not a second option to buying new. When we restore a chair or sofa etc we re-manufacture to the highest standard. In some cases actually better than the original mass produced furniture or as close as we can when restoring ancient and antique furniture. For example, we will use tacks and horse hair to match ancient reupholstery work.

A Restored Circa 1972 Bridgecraft suite

Bridgecraft suite bought in 1972 rarely used only on special occasions. Fully refurbished in beautiful Linwood fabric. A complete transformation from the original dralon with ruching. We now have this modern woven fabric with simple piping and no fringe.

The 2 fireside chairs were fully restored in Linwood woolen tartan fabulous compliment to the suite.

And a lovely touch child’s rocking chair long in the family covered in the tartan. Very cute and perfect for the new arrival when she grows into it.

Very happy customers ??

Little and Large Matching Chairs

Really cute sat side by side

Part of a Bridgecraft set refurbished and reupholstered in Linwood fabric.

Loose Coves made for a Sofa

Our customer requested loose covers for her sofa. The requirements were: very simple covers, no piping, and no skirt. Below are the results, I think this style works well with the simple yet chic fabric choice and the pleasing lines of the sofa.

Looks rather ‘French chic’ I think.

Tub Chairs – before and after

You see these chairs often. If the frame is good – and due to the structural shape they usually are – these are a great basis to make your own bespoke bedroom or occasional chair – I have one in my office.

Our customer decided on this lovely blue that really looks great.

Before on the left by the way 🙂

1930’s Fluted Back sofa

We often talk here about the value of buying older quality furniture and restoring it to your style and taste.

This 1930’s Fluted back sofa is a perfect example. With a matching pair of chairs.

Our customer selected the combination of carved and plain high-quality velore to create a stunning one-off showpiece that you can sit on and look at to enjoy. And of course, if you were to order a new version of this quality the total investment will be about double.

Just amazing!

Victorian chaise lounge

Our customer purchased this Victorian chaise at auction and we collected it for her. On inspection, it had been reupholstered in the past but probably fifty years ago. So some restoration work was required to resume the chaise back to how it was when new.

Our customer had a vision of an art deco look fabric in black with white highlights. She selected the Linwood fabric with snow braid and we think it looks stunning.

G-Plan Chair

Really fashionable now and don’t take much to update and reupholster with a new fabric and foams to make as new.

G-Plan chair offers lasting quality and comfort as this lovely example.

Very clean lines and a fresh fabric choice by our customer.

Loose Covers made for a Kingston Chair

We make lose covers for all types of furniture. Here is an example of a custom made loose cover made for a high back Kingston chair – it’s leather underneath.