Need furniture re-upholstered

[WLD]

Looking for excellent quality re-upholstery service for expensive couch. Must have references and photos of work. Prefer someone who works regularly with high-end decorators.

Thanks!

 

[Matt J]

I've only ever known of one in PCB and he went out of business a few years back. Good luck.

 

[meigsart]

There use to be a guy on 331 in Freeport named, I think it was Barnes. I believe he moved to DeFuniak. As far as quality...haven't used him so don't know. I'd just keep asking people.

 

[Franny]

Contact Becky and Richard Green 850-763-6716. They are excellent and the nicest people. They restructured and reupholstered an antique sofa for me several years ago and I could not have been happier. I just hope they are still in business. Becky also brought numerous fabrics books for me to choose from.

 

[custom sewing]

Upholstery Shop

Pleasure to Measure Custom Sewing provides custom upholstery work as well.

We have been in the custom sewing trade for 30+ years. 850-836-6225

We do both upholstery and slipcovers. We retie springs and rebuild foundations if needed. Have worked on many antique pieces of furniture over the years.

We also do marine interiors-upholstery & loose deck cushions. Outdoor Sunbrella cushions and Sunbrella outdoor drapery panels.

We did drapery work in a Governor's Mansion in the Midwest prior to moving here. Been in the area now 8 years, shop located in Ponce de Leon, next to DeFuniak Springs right off of I-10

We work directly with several Interior Designers in the area and with clients directly. We are used to high end fabrics and do carry insurance.

Drapery, grommet panels, roman shades, bed linens, shams and pillows.

You can see many photos of our sewing at our website, link below.
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Thanks for the shameless plug section, great way to get our name out there circulating.

 

[Matt J]

Ra'mona and David, what would be a rough estimate on 2 chairs (lazy boy style, but smaller) and a standard couch. I realize the fabric is the big variable.

Thanks

 

[custom sewing]

Ra'mona and David, what would be a rough estimate on 2 chairs (lazy boy style, but smaller) and a standard couch. I realize the fabric is the big variable.

Thanks

Hi


We do not recover any recliners. The labor for us to recover them is so time consuming we simply can not compete cost wise. Therefore we stopped doing them twenty years ago.

Rough cost
Side chair and ottoman - around 650.00 + fabric cost/pick up & delivery
Standard 84" sofa - around 875.00 + fabric cost/pick up & delivery.
Any repair work is additional, as new cushions if needed. Each piece varies to yardage, our labor is charged out by actual yardage of fabric used. Tight back style of back or loose cushions, all these facts affect yardage - cost.

The style, size of furniture and location of the furniture are factors in cost. Say, is the sofa on a third floor or first floor. Does it need any repair work?

Fabric cost can vary greatly in the cost of upholstery. Each piece of furniture is unique with a unique amount of fabric needed for that particular piece. We measure each piece for square footage. Printed fabrics also require more fabric, therefore add to the overall cost. We have fabrics that range from 40.00 to 200.00 a yard.

We do more antique restoration, favorite chairs and custom made furniture such as ottomans, booths, banquettes, etc. We slipcover as well as upholster. We charge the same cost for both upholstery or slipcovers. We also do marine projects.

There are always upholstery shops who will do it for less. We strive to produce high quality work on every piece, our price reflects that fact.

Here's the deal with furniture upholstery. Most small upholstery shops can not compete with mass furniture production in cost of production. Therefore higher prices from small shops. For decades upholstery shops have been closing all across the country because they simply are not able to make enough money to stay afloat.

Furniture companies buy fabric by the case - 500-1000 yards minimum at a time which reduces the cost per yard for their project. Small upholstery shops do not have that advantage of getting a better price based on quantity. Generally a small shop is ordering what is called cut yardage - 25 yards or less. Plus inflation is killing all of us! Cost on foam went up by 30% in one month last year. We are all saying WOW!

There are some factors that need to be taken into consideration about furniture before deciding if a piece of furniture is worth spending the money to reupholster it.

Sometimes You can find something on sale cheaper than we can recover your furniture for. We try to be honest with folks about that fact. But there are times when you simply want something reupholstered. You love it and want to keep it.

Like your favorite chair, or your grandma's rocking chair. Or if the furniture fits your space so well and it is worth it to you to recover what you know works well to save your time looking-finding new replacements.

Furniture facts:
Most important fact - how heavy the furniture is will tell you if the frame was made with quality hard woods. Lots of furniture today is being produced with fiber board. Or using cardboard on inside arms as opposed to burlap webbing straps. Metal staples used rather than screws/wood dowels in crucial joints. Price sometimes conveys quality, but not always. Beware of what you are buying, ask questions.

You can tell alot about the frame of your furniture by lifting up one corner and twisting or applying torq on the frame. If your frame is loose, you can feel the looseness. Or the furniture will squeak. Frame-spring work can get expensive adding dollars to the project cost. What type of springs does a piece have. Old time coil springs are better, but do require retieing once in a great while. Ask for high density foam, as it endures years of use.

Much of the furniture produced these days or on sale is not quality produced. Consumers never know what is underneath the outer cloth on furniture. For the last few decades we keep seeing things underneath the fabric that makes us sad! Where did quality go?

If the furniture is a high end, or very good quality, than yes it is frequently less costly to reupholster than buy new. Gotta compare apples with apples.

Sorry to be so windy, but hope this helps people understand more about upholstery versus buying new furniture.

Ra'mona 850-836-6225
Pleasure to Measure Custom Sewing
http://www.pleasuretomesure.com

 

[Matt J]

That wasn't windy at all, very complete post. Thank you thank you thank you.