Duresta Reupholstery Specialist.

At BJ Upholstery, we prioritise your satisfaction. That’s why we offer a complimentary estimate to help your journey towards restoring your beloved Duresta furniture. To discuss your needs, book a call with Jo Griffiths for personalised advice. Rest assured, we’re here to guide you through every step of the process, ensuring your furniture receives the care and attention it deserves.

Duresta Sofas and Chair: We recently replaced all the outside arms and face covers for a set of Duresta sofas and one chair, restoring them to new condition. To ensure a seamless match, the fabric was sourced from Duresta direct, resulting in a flawless finish.

Alteration and Repair Duresta: We can alter and repair. We expertly resized a Duresta sofa, reducing its width by 2 feet to perfectly fit into a bay window. Our precise craftsmanship ensures a tailored fit that seamlessly integrates into the space, enhancing both functionality and aesthetics.

★★★★★

‘ Delighted with the reupholstering of our 2 sofas which are 20 years old but now look brand new. The workmanship is of the highest standard, couldn’t have asked for a better job plus the work was completed on time. Many thanks.‘

Antique Restoration and Antique Reupholstery

Here is a really lovely antique 1920’s Drop Arm sofa as we restored it.

A Pair of Sofas – Contrasting wool piping.

An outstanding pair of classic sofas. In steel grey Linwood Italian velvet.

Its a really well-proportioned pair of sofas reupholstered in Linwood velvet with wool contrast piping.

Wool Fireside Chair

Although I’d say this is a more winter type chair it will sit cool in your home. Wool is cool in the heat and warm in the winter. Also, isn’t it a good idea to get all your reupholstery done now, in the summer, while we are traditionally quieter, it’s easier to move furniture around too – fewer draughts and muddy feet.

1930’s Oak Rocking Chair

We are delighted to restore this sprung rocking chair.

Our customer loved the chair but it was past its best. To buy a new chair or restore the old was the question. It fits nicely in the conservatory, the customer liked the style so she decided to instruct us to restore the wood back to its original colour, re-web (under seat springing) and reupholster with all new foam padding.

The result is a fine quality bespoke restored chair.

Dark wood rocking chair - detail of new webbing

We used Ross fabric as selected and think it works really well.

Note the all new webbing and fabric under cushion sleeve as it was originally.

A Stunning Bergère set

Restored and reupholstered in a luscious rich claret velvet. Perfect for a library. Bergère Chairs are very comfortable due to the deep and wide seats, usually feather filled cushions and a slightly lower height.

Above is the Bergere set in the workshop. An older reupholstery had made the cushions a little too narrow and our customer wanted the cushions firmed-up and to be made comfortable. So as you can see on the above photo we made the new red cushion cases a little wider to fit snug with the frame.

Cafe Seating – Commercial

We are proud to work on this brand new – soon to open a cafe in Reeth, North Yorkshire. Located in a basement, this new cafe has tiled wood floors and contemporary bench seating. Our customer selected the AquClean commercial fabric that can be cleaned with just water. The pistachio colour looks great against the ‘wood’ floor. Upholstered new bench seating.

Cafe Seating

We made the frame and the bespoke foams for this too.

Tub Chair in Velour

Restored including new wood bun feet.

A Lovely Fireside Wingback chair

Parker Knoll made this style of chair famous. Wingback chairs have been made for hundreds of years – the wing to shelter you from draughts and to rest your head. Our customer selected a lovely wool mix plaid tartan and asked us to self pipe the edges.

It looks really elegant and styling, now updated and more fitting to a contemporary or traditional home.

A chair like this is a valuable asset to any family and it may live in a number of rooms in the future. Very lovely.

Kitchen Dining Chairs in Tartan

I love this dark green tartan.

Sofa Reupholstered with highlighted piping

Knockout looks!

Chaise Longe

In a Linwood damask weave.

And delivered to the customers home where it looked even better.

Parker Knoll Sofa

Lovely design.

Pub work

All types of pub and restaurant work completed

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We are really pleased with the look o the traditional green on these benches.

Loose Covers tailor made for a chair.

This was originally a loose covered chair but the loose covers were lost or mislaid. So we re-made a bespoke cover to fit.

Hi from Jo at ‘BJ Upholstery’. View our latest work and let us know any questions.

Best regards, Jo,

BJ Upholstery.

Ball and Claw feet, fireside wing chair

Reupholstered in Black Velvet – amazing style.

Knole Sofas

A pair of classic Knoll Sofa in Italian Velvet.

We had a little debate recently on how to spell ‘Knole’ when referring to a Knole Sofa. With a little help from the Internet, we confirmed the correct spelling and decided to share some history – you can view the original Knole sofa in Knole in Kent.

The Knole sofa was made in the 17th century. Originally used not as a comfortable sofa but as a formal throne on which the monarch would have sat to receive visitors. It is housed at Knole in Kent, a house owned by the Sackville-Wests since 1605 but now in the care of the National Trust.

To identify a Knole sofa it usually has exposed wooden finials at the rear corner tops. The arms are sides and are of the same height as the back. The side arms are tied to the sofa back by means of heavy decorative braid, often with an elaborate tassel.

See another Knole sofa we reupholstered.