Category Archives: Reupholstery
Kingston High Back Dining Chairs
We reupholster quite a lot of these lovely high back Kingston chairs.
Reupholstered Kingston High Back Dining Chairs.
Lovely coordinated set of Kingston chairs.
The Kingston Chair High Back Dining Chair features clean contours and a scrolled back. The Kingston is an elegant design that is suited to most homes. The quality of this style of chair varies by manufacturer, indeed low price copies of the original can be found online. The better levels of quality are worth reupholstering. We strip to the frame, check and repair, re-web and spring, re-foam/pad and upholster as required.
More reupholstered Kingston chairs
This example has an oak frame and polished legs.
This is an original Kingston High Back dining chair – circa 1930s. The set was lovingly restored in our workshop.
Great to work on an original.
A loose cover set made for six Kingston chairs
Our customer designed the large pleated skirt that hides the legs to produce a very stylish looking chair. The fabric chosen was a ‘Linen Look’ Aqua Clean fabric that can be cleaned with just water. I want some just like this!
Retro sofa restoration
This is a 1960’s large squared design four seared sofa during restoration.
See the button detail and the very 1960’s / 70’s original colour – Dark lime green.
Linwood Fabrics
B J Upholstery is proud to be a partner stockist of Linwood Fabrics. Linwood Fabrics are available by the meter or can be ordered for a reupholstery project.
View the full Linwood Fabrics range at our shop
Superior reupholstery and restoration of upholstered furniture. Celebrating 30 years reupholstering soft furniture, antique, modern, retro and historic upholstered, all types of furniture professionally reupholstered.
A video of Barry Griffiths talking with David Harper on TV.
BJ Upholstery on TV | A video of Barry Griffiths talking with David Harper on TV about reupholstery of two retro chair.
North East and North Yorkshire Upholsterer on BBC ‘Put Your Money’
BJ Upholstery on BBC’ TV.
Celebrating 30 Years
The restoration and reupholstery of an Antique Chaise Lounge
A chaise lounge is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs.
This rather lovely 100 year old chaise was restored and reupholstered by BJ Upholstery – below you can see it on its journey.
As it started.
Removeing the dislodged coil springs.
Frame re-structured and webbed. Deep button back completed. Spring. were re-tied in
chaise longue. Now fully restored and upholstered ready to last another 100 years.
Bespoke craftsman reupholstery
We are restoring a 19th century button back fireside chair.
Antique upholstery restoration and reupholstery a specialism – contact us for a quote.
Restoring antique button-back fireside chair. Bespoke-craftsman-reupholstery.
And the restored and reupholstered button back fireside chair…
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We post photos and updates about the upholstery work we have completed and now we will post on Facebook also
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High back dining chairs, restored and reupholstered.
High back dining chairs
Contemporary high back dining chairs. Restored and reupholstered in a modern contemporary fabric. Part of a set of six.
And the before:
Bespoke bench for a breakfast room
Breakfast room bench. Bespoke made by the joiner and upholstered by BJ Upholstery.
Detail
Completed December 2016.
Wingback Chair reupholstered
Our reupholstery policy
This fine wingback chair was delivered today. As with most of our reupholstery jobs we strip the chair back to its wood frame, fix and correct the joints as needed and replace the springs and webbing.
Body Foam padding – should I replace it?
We replace the body foam on nearly all reupholstery jobs as its best advice to do so while the furniture is stripped down. Also old foam is not fire retardant and it is often fatigued and can turn to almost dust when exposed. Yes always replace the body foam padding. It also shapes the furniture better to look better.
Library Sofa and Chairs
Library Sofa and Chairs
Originally upholstered in leather we reupholstered this lovely set of study or library sofa and two chairs. The chairs are of a different style and the padding is firm for this type of seating.
We are reupholstery experts with now 30 years experience, Offering simple repairs, domestic reupholstery and commercial reupholstery contracts. Based in Darlington we cover North East England and North Yorkshire.
Newly Re Upholstered Antique Sofa in crushed velvet.
A beautiful quality antique sofa restored and reupholstered in Linwood crushed velvet.
Sold from our showroom as soon as it went on the shop floor.
A pair of matching Kilim sofa in Chesterfield style re upholstered and restored
A pair of matching originally Kilim fabric sofas in a Chesterfield style. Re upholstered and restored.
Delivered this week. Kilims are flat tapestry-woven fabric. Our customer wanted a plan blue fabric – see the original scatter Kilim fabric cushions.
Latest Photo’s: Before and After Photo’s of reupholstered furniture.
Fabulous upholstered furniture looking tired and in need of a revamp. And look at the wonderful result after our re-upholstery. Recycle your sad looking furniture with a full re-upholstery work of art.
Single Chair restored and re-upholstered –
A Four Seater sofa restored and re-upholstered –
Chesterfield sofa –
Repairs to sofas and chairs – helpful tips.
Is My Sofa Worth Repairing?
Good quality sofas and chairs are usually worth repairing or recovering. Antique furniture is almost always worth it and 1920s to 1950s upholstered furniture tends to be so well made it will probably outlast you and me and possibly appreciate in value after a restoration. 1960s and 70s furniture is in high demand and can fetch some astonishing prices, especially designer pieces like an Egg chair.
Good quality furniture restored and reupholstered with new springs, fillings and foams can really bring a great design back to life, or indeed look better than when new – a unique design statement piece you can use every day. I have a 1920s drop-arm sofa that we reupholstered 20 years ago, it has lived in my living room, and kitchen and now sits in a bedroom. It cost me just £200 plus the reupholster and fabric costs, it is still as good as new and worth double my investment. In addition to all the good use and financial benefits, it still looks beautiful today.
Brands like Sherborne – Duresta – Vale Bridgecraft – Parker knoll – Ercol – Cintique – George Smith – Wesley-Barrell – Howard and Sons for many years have been through our workshop and today appeal to all ages – always worth restoring and reupholstering.
Lesser quality sofas and chairs like the Argos range or DFS and SCS sofas usually are not worth the repair or recovery costs. However; more often we find customers will invest in this type of upholstery due to the fact that the sofa ‘fits in the area just right’ or it is very comfortable and worth re-investing and keeping. And do consider that a reupholstered sofa will actually be better quality once completed than a factory-produced item.
Re-spring a sofa or chair. Often sofas will just sag and the platform under the sear cushions will rip. A platform refit and replacement of modern ‘zig-zag’ springs is a straightforward job and will give you some extra years of use. The cost for this is about £250 plus up-lift and delivery. Great value and often will add some ten years more use from a piece.
By BJ Upholstery Restoration Manager.
Cottage Sofa Restored and reupholstered
Cosy Cottage Sofa in North Yorkshire.
A cosy cottage in North Yorkshire had a a perfectly proportioned two seater cottage sofa but it was passed its best. We restored, re-padded and reupholstered in a fresh new fire retardant fabric to ‘as-new’ standard. Cosy!
A beautifully reupholstered library chair
Here is an example of an interesting occasional chair restored and reupholstered for a small study or library.
