A modern chair restored and reupholstered in Ross fabrics.
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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!
Antique Dining Chairs
We restore and reupholster all types and all age antique dining chairs.
Here are a lovely set of Georgian spoon-back dining chairs ready for reupholstery. And some below too.
Dining Chair Seat Pads Reupholstered
Dining chairs come in many styles
This one is dark teak framed chair with a heavy rubberised and foam seat pad which is very firm to sit on but extremely comfortable for all sizes and weights – adults and children alike.
A super quality chair that is part of a ten-set we reupholstered in a beige weave durable fabric for a long dinner service!
Here are two Antique Dining chairs with reupholstered seats and pin edged corners.
Lovely!
What our customers say | reupholstered Conservatory Furniture
“I am thrilled with the result, they are wonderful. I have ordered new blinds and am looking for “pieces” to finish dressing the room.
I would thank you all for your friendliness and professional attitude.
I would have no problem recommending you to anyone thinking of reupholstering furniture.”
Best wishes,
Customer in Manfield near Darlington.
See photos of the completed conservatory furniture
Fantastic Fireside 1950’s Chair Reupholstered in Plaid Check
Older Fireside Chairs are great quality.
Look at this restored reupholstered high quality chair in an American wool mix check fabric. Linwood fabric check.
Lovely!
A perfect neat occasional chair
See the detail on this perfect neat occasional chair
Reupholstered in a stylish woven fabric.
Footstool in leather
An antique footstool reupholstered in leather
To match a fireside chair we reupholstered.
We recently restored an antique fireside chair in this leather hide. There was just enough leather to cover this footstool also. So here it is about completed waiting on the bench for the finishing touches of upholstery round headed pins in each corner. See the ‘Rolls Royce’ corner stitch in the detailed photo – Lovely!
Leather Button Back Chair
One of the most lovely chairs I have seen for a while.
Leather Button Back Chair
It was in bad condition but the frame structure was good and most importantly the owner found it so very comfortable. Indeed we had to wait till after a comfortable Christmas to collect and start the restoration.
Leather is not always leather
Many of us have modern leather chairs – we repair and reupholster a lot of them. Sometimes the ‘leather’ is not actually leather though. Modern factory produced leather furniture can sometimes be a treatment cover to look, feels and smell like leather but its not. Sometimes the leather is only on the parts you touch and sometimes it is very thin rolled leather.
Genuine Leather Tanned Hide
The ‘leather tanned hide’ we use is about 1/4 cm thick, tanned from a genuine hide and will last as long as Sherlock Holmes leather library chair.
Pub, Bar and Restaurant Work
Professional and Long-Lasting Quality Reupholstery for the Commercial Business; Pub, Bar and Restaurant Work
We work for ‘Toby Carvery’ through the North East and many of our amazing Pubs, Bars, Hotels and Restaurants. Commercial work is completed as and when required to fit with the business schedules. Nearly all jobs will need to be uplifted to our workshop and in some cases we can provide loan chairs – for a hotel for example so you can keep on trading.
Here is an example of a restaurant where the designer included some upholstered button back walls – quite effective.
Edwardian chair restoration
Edwardian chair restoration
Edwardian chair fully restored and upholstered in fabric supplied by customer.
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!
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.
Replacement Cushion Foams
Replacing cushion foams on your sofa/chair can bring it back to life, and make your furniture look better and more comfortable.
Replacement, cushion, foams.
All our replacement cushions are made to order in our workshop, bespoke to each case and your preferences. We fit the replacement foams correctly to your cushion cases and can collect and deliver if required. The replacement foams are fire retardant and come with a fibre wrap and a stockinette outer for a soft touch.
Pricing
Depending on the size and shape the price for an average 26″ x 23″ x 6″ is in the region of £125 each. A large two seater sofa pair of seat foams tend to be about £275 – less if we can. Please contact us for an accurate price – remember to include dimensions and your location if you require collection and delivery. Our prices include the correct fitting to the case but not the disposal of the old foams. *Due to recent price increases, I am afraid, please check with us for the updated pricing.
Ask questions about Replacement cushion foams:
Bespoke built-to-fit replacement seat foams.
Above is a fixed-seat leather sofa. We replaced all the seat foams and boosted the arm foams.
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.
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!
Free Home Visit Reupholstery Quote
Reupholstery Services in North East England and North Yorkshire
Are you considering reupholstering a chair or sofa, restoring a valuable antique, or reinventing a historic piece?
Older furniture often boasts far superior frame quality and structure compared to most modern pieces. When professionally restored and upholstered, an older chair or sofa not only outlasts its contemporary counterparts but also offers a unique charm, retains its value, and often provides more generous proportions for added comfort.
At BJ Upholstery, we bring your furniture back to life with expert craftsmanship.
Free Home Visits and Quotes in the North East and North Yorkshire
We’re proud to offer free home visits and quotes for customers across the North East and North Yorkshire. Simply request a quote here.
Serving Darlington and Beyond
Based in Darlington, we provide professional reupholstery services and repairs throughout the region, including:
•Darlington
•Newcastle
•Barnard Castle
•Leyburn
•Durham
•Middlesbrough
•Stokesley
•Sunderland
For other areas, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss your needs.
Here are some photos of Loose Covers we have produced.
We custom-make and fit loose covers to the soft frame of your sofa or chair. This approach ensures a perfect fit, as replicating from the old loose covers tends not to fit correctly due to years of distortion or shrinkage, and the soft frame may have altered or changed over time. By tailoring the covers to fit and hang correctly on your furniture, we ensure the best possible outcome.
