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Upholstery Leather and Vinyl in Kimberley
Looking for leather or vinyl in Kimberley? Say what you are covering, genuine hide or faux leather, the colour and finish, and whether it is for indoor, car, boat or medical use. Give the piece size or number of seats so leather merchants in Northern Cape can quote.
Want to know more first? Our upholstery leather and vinyl guide covers the materials, the work involved and what affects the price.
Kimberley notes on supplies & care
Kimberley has a limited range of foam and fabric locally, so many people order upholstery fabric, leather and specialist supplies like horsehair or coir from Bloemfontein or Johannesburg. Foam can usually be cut to size in town. Dust makes upholstery cleaning a regular job, and extraction machines can be hired for a weekend, though they are not suitable for antique pieces with traditional stuffing.
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.
Typical upholstery leather and vinyl requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners and tenants: leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats
- Offices and businesses: faux leather for boardroom and executive chairs and reception couches
- Churches, schools and halls: hard-wearing vinyl for church pews, auditorium seats and school hall chairs
Local tips for Kimberley
Common here: antique armchairs and chaises, lounge suites, bakkie seats and stoep benches. Ask each workshop about this: for antiques, ask whether the upholsterer keeps the original stuffing where possible. Where they work from: workshops in the town centre and industrial area, home upholsterers in Galeshewe.
Upholstery Leather and Vinyl usually suits couches, car seats, boats and salon chairs. The job: per hide, by area, or vinyl by the metre. For homeowners and tenants, the biggest group here, that usually means leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats. On the climate side: hot, dry summers and dust crack leather and fade fabric; cold winter nights.
Service area: Kimberley and surrounds
Requests from Kimberley go to workshops and suppliers that already serve Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield and the rest of the area. Mention stairs, a narrow door or a big corner couch, because they change how a piece is moved.