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A New Year, And A New Look For Your Upholstered Furniture
January 27, 2016 08:20:16pm
You probably made several New Year’s resolutions for yourself, but did you make any that include your favorite upholstered furniture? This is the perfect time to upholster your well-worn sofa or favorite overstuffed chair in a brand new fabric, and ring in the new year with an entirely new look!
The Benefits Of Reupholstering
Are the cushions in your sofa lumpy? When you try to relax on your favorite easy chair, can you feel the springs underneath the padding? Does the fabric pattern feel dated, or has it lost its luster? There are countless reasons to consider reupholstering your furniture pieces. Fabric and upholstery will fade, tear, collect dust, and eventually become downright dingy. Don’t get rid of it, even when you are tempted to just buy a brand new set.
Here’s why:
1) Superior quality: Older furniture is almost always far superior in quality than furniture that is produced today. A dining room chair from a set built decades ago will have a sturdy, solid wood frame. Your antique chaise lounge includes detailed hand engraving that is simply not done in today’s furniture market. Furniture built decades ago featured solid wood, luxurious detail, and was finished by hand. Today, most furniture is cranked out on conveyer belts, and made up of composite board. Hang onto your higher quality pieces and get them refinished or reupholstered, either in a fabric that is representational of the era, or in a stunning new contemporary pattern.
2) Sentimental value: Upholstering your furniture lets you keep using your favorite pieces. There’s a reason your favorite chair is your favorite chair. When the fabric fades and the foam padding loses its support, a great furniture upholstery shop will replace the padding and recover the chair, and you’ll get to continue enjoying it for years to come.
3) New fabric for a new look: You can still enjoy the patterns, colors, and designs that are trending, and style your home to be as modern and contemporary as you like. Of course, you can also maintain a historic home, using period-specific fabrics and motifs. With the countless fabrics available in stores and online, every look is possible. There’s no need to get rid of a piece you no longer like, when you can just turn it into something you do like!
4) Affordable: Refinishing and reupholstering your furniture is often less expensive than buying new furniture. In the case of a refinishing job costing more than new furniture, remember that you are making the wise choice by refinishing your piece, which is surely higher quality than what you would be buying new.
5) Furniture refinishers are artists: When you find the best furniture upholsterer and upholstery shop, you can rest assured your furniture will be worked on by true artists. Think of a high quality refinishing job on your favorite heirloom antique as a work of art, and your home as the gallery.
Fine Furniture Upholstering & Refinishing
Jax Furniture Refinishing & Upholstering is the best upholstery shop in Northeast FL, serving clients in downtown Jacksonville, Ortega, St. Augustine, Fleming Island, and throughout the region. Fine furniture is our specialty, and our expertise in upholstering fabric furniture is unmatched. Our skilled technicians have years of experience working on every type of upholstered furniture project imaginable. Let us give your favorite piece of furniture a new look – you’ll love it even more
