The 10 best upholsterers in Glasgow

Furniture that is worn, damaged or worth keeping can be restored by Nu-Rest Upholstery through reupholstery, repairs and French polishing. The family-run workshop handles sofas, three-piece suites and commercial seating, with fabric choices that can match existing colours, styles and branding. Its commercial service is designed for offices, hospitality and healthcare environments, including high-use seating and ongoing maintenance contracts.

Nu-Rest also provides collection and delivery, home visits for made-to-measure covers and free quotations. French polishing uses traditional wood-finishing techniques to refresh antique and modern pieces across Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Central Belt. Leather repairs and loose covers extend the service for household furniture and business interiors.

Furniture recovery, repair and restoration gives Gems Re-Upholstery a broad remit, from a small dining chair to a complete suite. The Glasgow business restores sofas, armchairs and other furniture, with cushion replacement, leather repairs and French polishing available.

Its custom-cut foam service is designed for seat and back cushions that have lost support. The workshop can also rebuild damaged pieces and create matching cushions, while its stated service area covers Glasgow and Ayrshire within a 30-mile radius of Glasgow. This suits owners restoring family furniture, refreshing worn seating or changing the fabric and finish of existing pieces rather than replacing them.

Furniture restoration and reupholstery are the main services at The Glasgow Upholsterer, extending the life of sofas, dining chairs, stools and other upholstered pieces. The workshop can restuff cushions, recover chair pads, replace cushions and reupholster leather or fabric furniture.

Customers can take fabric sample books home when choosing a new finish, and leftover material may be turned into small cushions. The service suits people whose furniture frame remains useful but whose seating needs renewal. Restuffing and recovering chair pads is one practical example of the work undertaken.

Altered Image Upholstery repairs chairs and reupholsters larger furniture such as two-piece suites, dining chairs and Parker Knoll seating. It also creates smaller items including pelmets, making the service suitable for restoring worn furniture or changing its appearance with new fabric.

Furniture can be collected and returned after the work, with examples of completed jobs coming back within a week and dining chairs returned within three working days. The service covers both a simple repair and a full upholstery project.

Limitless upholstery restores and refreshes household furniture, from older suites and dining chairs to ottomans, cushions and headboards. Re-upholstering can transform an existing piece rather than replacing it, while antique and tired furniture can be repaired and recovered.

The team can source fabric and offers a range of materials for different projects. Work is quoted with an expected timescale, and some jobs have been completed ahead of estimate. Re-upholstering can transform an existing piece for homes seeking a renewed look without buying entirely new furniture.

Furniture is reupholstered and restored by Bobbin and Fleck using traditional, mid-century and modern methods. The service covers antiques, mid-century pieces and contemporary furniture, with canework and Danish cord also available. Traditional upholstery may use springs, coir fibre and cotton wadding, while modern and mid-century pieces can be assessed for replacement foam, including FR foam or Ultraflex options.

Sarah offers a free fabric consultation to help shape a distinctive result around a room’s colours, patterns, materials and practical needs. Customers can explore fabrics from suppliers including Bute Fabrics, Sanderson, Designers Guild, House of Hackney and Timorous Beasties. Free fabric consultation makes the process useful for anyone unsure how to update a chair, stool or other piece without losing its character.