An upholsterer can quote faster when it knows the piece, its condition, the fabric you want and whether it must be collected. Say it once in a request for dining chair reupholstery in Kimberley and we pass it to upholsterers working in Kimberley and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Dining Chair Reupholstery in Kimberley
Looking for dining chair upholsterers in Kimberley? Say how many chairs, whether the seats are drop-in pads or fixed, whether the backs are upholstered, and if any joints are loose. Send a photo of one chair, your suburb in Kimberley, and ask upholsterers in Northern Cape to quote per chair.
New to this? Read the dining chair reupholstery guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Kimberley notes on furniture reupholstery
Old houses in Belgravia and Beaconsfield hold antique chairs with horsehair or coir stuffing, sprung seats and tacked covers, and the right upholsterer will rebuild them the traditional way. Dining sets with ball and claw feet often need regluing and refinishing as well. In Hadison Park the job is a modern lounge suite or a headboard, and in Galeshewe and Roodepan home upholsterers recover couches with new foam.
Upholstery work in Kimberley
Kimberley's diamond rush left behind a town of old houses, and their furniture is the most interesting upholstery work for many kilometres. Victorian and Edwardian homes in Belgravia and Beaconsfield, with corrugated iron roofs and wide stoeps, still hold horsehair-stuffed armchairs, button-back chaises and dining sets on ball and claw feet that need careful restoration rather than a quick recover. Hadison Park and the newer suburbs bring lounge suites and headboards, Galeshewe and Roodepan have home upholsterers recovering couches, and farms out towards Ritchie and Barkly West send bakkie seats and stoep benches. Workshops are few, so fabric and foam often come from Bloemfontein or Johannesburg. The dry heat and dust are hard on leather and fabric.
The requests we see from Kimberley usually come from:
- Homeowners and tenants: a set of six or eight stained dining chairs recovered and reglued for family meals
- Churches, schools and halls: church hall, school staff room and municipal canteen chairs recovered in bulk
- Car, bakkie and taxi owners: the chairs in a dealership's customer lounge or canteen given new seat pads
Local tips for Kimberley
Asked for most in Kimberley: antique armchairs and chaises, lounge suites, bakkie seats and stoep benches. Where the workshops are: workshops in the town centre and industrial area, home upholsterers in Galeshewe. A useful tip: for antiques, ask whether the upholsterer keeps the original stuffing where possible.
Around Kimberley the largest group asking is homeowners and tenants, which usually means a set of six or eight stained dining chairs recovered and reglued for family meals. Before you agree to anything: check the joints before recovering the seat. Collection here: fabric and foam often come from Bloemfontein or Johannesburg; local collection.
Service area: Kimberley and surrounds
Upholsterers and suppliers on our network work in Kimberley and surrounding areas, including Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield. Give the suburb and say whether the pieces must be collected, so the collection fee can be quoted honestly.