Laura Ashley Chair

This modern Laura Ashley Chair had a grubby cover and it needed to be replaced.

The old cover was removed and fortunately the frame lent itself to being recovered.

With a clean and vibrant cover on, this chair will give many more years of comfortable service.

To see more details of how it was recovered, click an image or HERE.

JBerryUpholstery has many examples of furniture Recovering and Restoration and also Soft Furnishings to add to or complement the finished items. You can see pictures of these in the Galleries – Recovering Gallery, Restoration Gallery, Soft Furnishings Gallery and Transformations.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Library Chair

This Art Deco Library Chair is one of a pair – the other got it’s new cover over 4 years ago.

They are the only chairs with a built in bar I have ever seen!

For more details of this interesting project, click an image or HERE.

You can see the other half of the pair on THIS LINK.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Parker Knoll

This Parker Knoll, model #731, was in need of a new vibrant cover.

The seat pad was replaced and the stuffings at the top of the back were reshaped but otherwise the chair was in good condition.

You can see the entire story by clicking on any image or using this LINK.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Victorian Tub Chair

The finished chair with new seat cover in place

This delightful chair, with new fabric and revived polish work, will give many more years of service.

Mind you, the seat needed some attention and a new seat pad was needed as well.

Whether or not this is a tub chair is a bit moot since the arms are much lower than the back.

If you would like to see the details of work done, just click HERE!

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Regency Library Chair

This beautifully restored and cared for Regency Mahogany Library Chair arrived with everything in place except a new covers for chair and cushion.

The fabric provided for those covers was a striped, textured velvet giving an uneven fabric surface to work with.

To see more of the story please click an image or this LINK.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Oak Bench

Sometimes a project has some to and fro – like this one!

Working with the owner, the old but treasured embroidered cover was removed, cleaned and remains on the Oak Bench – although hidden from sight!

The tapestry was probably added by W Frank Gadsby who are still in business in Leicester. The price of £11.55 tells us this was after decimalisation – so later than 1971.

To see the story, click an image or follow this LINK.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Two Seater Sofa

Sofa in original cover with new seat cushion and cover

This Two Seater Sofa needed a new cover.

A new seat cushion had already been made with the Winged Chair project – a seemingly similar design but in practice there were many differences.

The sofa was stripped, then the new cover added, trimmed with decorative nails. To see the details follow this LINK or click on any of the images.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Dining Chairs

Dining chairs are ‘simple’, as there is just one upholstered section. Fabric to top and bottom with stuffings between – same story as for stools.

These dining chairs were given new covers – spicing up the dining room! You can see the details following this link or clicking on either of the images.

A simple change with dramatic results!

Our website has several other examples where the seat is attached to the frame with fabric or screwed on or fitted in a frame or held with pegs – and many varieties of those. A ‘simple’ idea made complicated!

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Reclining Chair

Logistics!

Reclining Chairs of this style use a simple pivot and sliding base. This chair needed to be recovered but additionally the frame needed to be repainted – not really practical with the seat attached.

The details of how that was achieved are in the project page – click any image.

One step was to take the chair out of the frame and then recover it.

But the frame still needed to be painted! Check out the very different final result HERE!

The finished chair - but unpainted frame.

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.

Online Projects

There are now well over 100 projects on the JBerryUpholstery website! A wide ranging selection and it continues to grow!

Projects included are only those I find enjoyable, have great results or include interesting and informative details.

Projects range from reasonably straightforward – stools and cushions – to the very complicated – winged armchairs!

There are well known makes – Multiyork, Parker Knoll, Lloyd Loom, G-Plan, Ercol, Finn Juhl, Cintique, Gordon Russell of Broadway.

Then particular types – Art Deco, Prie Dieu, Slipper, Marquetry, Ironback, Reclining, Rattan, Chesterfield.

Also different periods – Regency, Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, 20C – even 21st!

And some don’t fit such groups – Canapé, Rocking Horses, Ottoman.

Could be confusing! Posts like this give an introduction with pictures and links to the full story. While the posts are removed a few weeks later, the pages remain.

Click any image here to see their story. Once on the website, use the search box at the bottom of every page to look for items you are interested in – or send me an email asking for help!

And while you’re at it, please, please, do the decent thing and ‘like’ or ‘comment’ on these posts. I hope you enjoy reading them. After all, they come with pictures!

If you have some upholstery that is in need of a bit of TLC or you are interested in Soft Furnishings then please contact us.