Keep the frame. Change how the room feels.

Traditional upholstery for chairs and sofas worth keeping: the frame mended, the seat rebuilt and a cloth you chose with us.

Sample studio. Your services, fabrics and prices replace every line.

A chair in section

Six layers, from the frame up.

What we check in each, and whether it stays or is renewed. Most of an old chair is worth keeping.

Top clothThe fabric you choose, cut and pattern-matchedRenewed
CalicoA fitted inner cover that holds the shapeRenewed
StuffingHorsehair kept if it is sound; foam and fibre where it is notKept or renewed
WebbingJute or elastic webbing under the seatRenewed
SpringsCoil springs re-tied, or replaced where they have lost their shapeKept or renewed
FrameJoints, dowels and any woodworm; reglued and repairedKept

Cloth, by the metre

A patterned cloth needs more, so the pattern lines up across the seat and back. Sample figures.

The commission

Photographs in
You send the whole piece, the underside and any damage; we reply with a likely range
Half-way
The frame mended and the seat rebuilt in calico, photographed before the cloth goes on
Anything found
A cracked rail or tired springs, priced before we carry on
Returned
Brought back within eight miles and set in place

Soft Frame (sample business) is a sample business. Its forms, bookings and basket are switched off — nothing you do here is sent, saved or sold.

Pick how you'd start from it. We'll keep your choice — this design, the page you were on and anything you tell us.

Installing designs opens after their review, with your own account. Nothing is installed or created from this page, and previewing is free.