New leather will not fix how a chair sits.
Members complain about the sinking seat, not the hide. Reupholstery that stops at the cover puts new leather over the same collapsed chair.
Five layers, and you only see the last one.
Country club furniture reupholstery is judged on the hide, but it lives or dies on what is underneath it.
- 01
The frame
Usually the best thing in the room. Joints are re-glued and pegged so the chair stops racking when a member drops into it.
- 02
The webbing
Stretched and sagging after decades. Re-webbed before anything above it is touched.
- 03
The springs
Re-tied by hand where the ties have gone. This is what gives a club chair its settled, low sit.
- 04
The foam and padding
Cut new to the original profile, so the seat height matches the chairs that are staying. See foam replacement.
- 05
The cover
Cut from the old panels as the pattern, in hide chosen against the room. The only layer anyone photographs.
A pair of lounge chairs, rebuilt from the frame out.
Both sat low and rocked. The hide was tired, but in country club furniture reupholstery that is the least of it.
01Strip and keep the pattern
Every panel comes off labeled. The old cover becomes the pattern for the new one.
02Frame and joints
Loose joints re-glued and clamped, blocks replaced where they have split.
03Webbing and springs
New webbing, springs re-tied, so the seat carries weight the way it did when it was bought.
04Foam to the old profile
Cut to the shape that was there, not to a standard block, so the set still matches in height.
05Cut and sew the new hide
Panels cut from one lot and sewn on the original seam lines, nailheads set back where they were.
06Back in the room
Returned to the same spot, sitting at the same height as the chairs beside them.
Chairs travel in batches through pickup and delivery, with a certificate of insurance to the club before the first collection.
The set has to survive being done in phases.
Clubs rarely do every chair at once, so country club furniture reupholstery is planned to let next year's batch match this year's, the way member-owned clubs phase any capital work.
- Hide chosen against the chairs that are staying, in the room's own light
- One lot cut for the whole phase, with the spec kept on file
- Spare hide held back for later repairs to the same set
- Seam lines, piping and nailheads copied from the original panels
- Color and grain confirmed through material matching before anything is cut
What usually needs the full rebuild.
| Piece | Why it goes | What is rebuilt | Room impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lounge and club chairs | Sits low, rocks, hide cracked through | Frame, webbing, springs, foam, cover | Half the room at a time |
| Sofas and settees | Middle seat collapsed first | Springs and foam across the whole seat | One piece per visit |
| Dining and card chairs | Seats worn through, frames still sound | Seat pads and covers, frames re-glued | Done as a set, overnight |
| Banquettes | Fixed seating, worn along the run | Foam and covers on the frame in place | Section by section |
| Bar stools | Tops flattened, swivel worn | Seat pad and cover; the base goes to your dealer | After last call |
Same frame, new everything else.
More in the before and after gallery.
Lounge chair. Re-webbed and re-sprung, then covered from the old pattern.
Dining chair. New pad and cover, matched to the chairs left in the room.
We will tell you before it is stripped.
Around the clubhouse.
Country club furniture reupholstery sits under the private and country clubs hub, which plans the building room by room.
The work itself
Hides and venues
Where we work
What clubs ask before we strip a chair.
Why does a reupholstered chair still sit wrong sometimes?
Because only the cover was replaced. If the webbing, springs and foam are not rebuilt underneath, a new hide sits on the same collapsed seat.
Do we keep the original frames?
Yes. Club frames are usually better than anything sold today. Joints are re-glued and pegged, and the chair keeps its shape and its height.
Will the new chairs match the ones we keep?
The hide is chosen against the chairs staying in the room and cut from one lot for the whole set, with the spec kept on file for later phases.
How much of the set goes at once?
Half a room at a time, so members always have somewhere to sit. The first batch is back before the second leaves.
Can you copy a chair that is past saving?
Yes. The old panels are used as the pattern, so a replacement matches the rest of the set rather than looking like a new purchase.
Photograph two chairs from the set together.
One that members avoid and one they fight over. The difference between them tells us how much country club furniture reupholstery the set actually needs. Or book a walkthrough.
