Category Archives: Reupholstery
Antique Chaise Restored
Antique – Chaise we restored including the before and after photos – take a look below:
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.
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.
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 🙂
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.
Curved Arm Chesterfield Sofa
This Chesterfield sofa is unique in that the arms curve away, camel-backed and it has an additional detail curved upholstered rail at the front.
An exceptional example of a slightly new take on a classic.
And here is the before
Commercial seating
Doctors’ office seating for surgery in Darlington.
Looks bright and clean in a sea foam blue.
Drop Arm Sofa. 1920’s Antique sofa restored and reupholstered – the story
Our customer in Durham asked us to restore and reupholster this lovely 1920’s sofa
Below is its story as we restore in our workshop with the finished item delivered to our customers home. A pleasure to work with.
Historic Chair
A Historic chair with a story. Originally a retirement gift to an Oxford Professor in 1930s and discovered by our customer in a cottage attic in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Our customer provided the in-keeping fabric and it looks rather amazing.
If only it could talk 🙂
Bespoke Italian Genre Sofa in Gold
Bespoke upholstery restoration. Our customer saved this amazing 17th-century Italian genre sofa and two chairs. She designed the frame color change to gold and the button back shield panel along with her own fabric. Wonderful!
Chesterfield Sofa
A forever piece of furniture that was a classic when I was a girl and will be a classic when my grandchildren are grownups.
Restored for our client in the Yorkshire Dales
Pub and restaurant seating – this one in a Linwood fabric
Cosy pub that serves bistro food – reupholstered seating area.
Nothing wrong with the ‘old style red vinyl seating’ but this is rather refreshing – our customer had an upmarket vision for her pub and it looks lovely – who’d want to go home!
Ercol Studio Sofa
Delighted to restore this quite rare Ercol Studio Sofa – from probably the 1960’s
Very special!
Traditional wingback chair restored and updated with an ‘on-trend’ fabric.
We often talk with customers who want to update or change the fabric on a chair or sofa.
The hurdle often can be the price. It costs more to reupholster say a Next Interiors or Laura Ashley chair than it does to buy a new one. The great thing about the likes of Next Interiors or Laura Ashley is that they are ‘on-trend’ and the fabrics used are very lovely to look at. The negative is that they are made to a price and probably mass produced in China or India – nothing wrong with that as it gives us a great deal – but they are made to a price and engineered to last just a few years with average use.
For value for money and a piece of furniture that will last much longer your better off buying an older quality chair and investing in a restoration of your design.
Here is an example of a fairly standard traditional wingback chair restored and updated with an ‘on-trend’ fabric. Costs a bit more, take a little more time to instigate but made to your style using British craftsmen and quality fabrics. There is no other like it!
200 year old antique dining chairs
What a pleasure to work with these fine and robust 200-year-old antique dining chairs.
Chaise Long restoration
Chaise Long restored and reupholstered to ‘as-new’.
Ready to serve and look stylish in any home for another 100 years
We restore antique furniture as originally built using tie-in coil springs and modernised wadding with rubberised ‘horse hair’. So the result is a classic handmade piece of historic furniture you can use every day and will last far longer than a modern version. I’m in love!