Considering Whether to Reupholster Furniture
You are considering whether to reupholster furniture. This usually is a long term investment. Whatever your decision, it should be the one that is best for you and you will be happy with for some time to come.
Over the years customers have mentioned to us some of their reasons for reupholstering their existing furniture. Maybe one or more of these reasons might be helpful to you as you are making your decision.
1. It is their favorite chair, sofa, ottoman or other piece of furniture.
2. It has sentimental value to them, so they don't want to part with it.
3. Its cover is faded or worn. In other words, it just needed some attention.
4. It is so comfortable. Several people have said that if they can't sleep, for one reason or another, they just go lay on their sofa or lay in their chair. And just like magic, they can rest and sleep.
5. It has a good frame. It is heavy. Although they have used it for years, it is still sturdy and with no wobbles or creaks.
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6. In their mind they can picture how it would look with a few changes and in the new fabric they have picked out specifically for this piece of furniture.
Some of the changes they visualize could have been changing the style of the cushion. If it had a skirt, they considered reupholstering it without a skirt. On the other hand, some customers have wanted to add a skirt if it didn't have one already.
With these changes, a decision to reupholster would result in a customized piece of furniture.
7. This item of furniture was originally custom built or purchased to fit a
specific place in their room.
8. It is an antique with an interesting history. They plan to eventually give it
to a special person. Over the years a couple of our customers told us about receiving telephone calls periodically from a museum. The museum wanted to obtain this antique for their collection because of its history.
9. Many times over the years a customer would have a piece of furniture reupholstered before they gave it to a child, grandchild or friend.
These are just a few of the reasons we have heard about over the years. Undoubtedly, there many more reasons.
How To Upholster Furniture can be a helpful resource if you have never reupolstered furniture before. Even if you do know how to reupholster furniture, this book will offer some valuable tips you probably never thought of.
