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.

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.

Dining Chairs

These four elegant dining chairs needed new covers – but finished up having new seats.

The curiously unused sides to the base frame remains a puzzle but the new covers were added to make an elegant dining set.

Materials used were a mixture of traditional and new. To see the full 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.

Nursing Chair

This reproduction Nursing Chair with much sentimental value needed a new cover to fit to different decor. The chair was made by Wade spring which introduced the zig-zag springs used here in the 70’s.

The project held surprises – typical of more modern furniture!

To see lots more about this chair, 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.

Bentwood Chair

A new cover to fit in with new decor was wanted for this modern Bentwood Chair.

The chair was manufactured by TON, the Czech heir to the legacy of bentwood innovator Michael Thonet, who established a furniture factory in 1861 and still bending wood!

The way the upholstery was held in place again surprised, showing the innovative ideas applied to modern furniture.

To see more of the story, please click either 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.

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.

Bedroom Ironback

Original chair - loose cover, no buttons.

This delightful chair with its very floppy back, held, as for so many projects, a host of surprises.

The chair had a loose cover, using an identical fabric to the fixed cover below – but with buttons.

Iron backs were very popular in Victorian times but while this chair was old, it was still much newer.

To restore the chair, the back and seat had to be separated, then rejoined. That’s unusual!

The end result, covered in a heavy, robust fabric, was quite a sight.

If you are curious as to how this chair was restored, click this LINK or any of the 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.

Iron Back

Iron Back chairs were popular in Victorian times. The back was made from bent iron bars – cheaper than wood at the time – making upholstering a challenge.

This lovely example needed a new seat and back castors as well as a new cover.

Read the full story of its restoration HERE 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.