A sofa that sags in the middle seats two.
Members will not take the dipped seat between two others. The sofa is still in the room, still upholstered, and the club has quietly lost a seat.
The lounge holds fewer members than the inventory says.
Walk the room at a busy hour and count the seats members choose. Lounge chair reupholstery starts from that number, not the one on the asset list, which is the same reason clubs track usable capacity through club benchmarking rather than inventory counts.
The dipped middle
Lower than its neighbors, so it is taken last and only when the room is full.
The end everyone takes
An arm to lean on and a view of the door. It ages at twice the rate of the seat beside it.
The chair nobody rises from easily
Once the seat drops, older members avoid it. The chair is full but unused.
The one in the sun
Faded along one end. Comfortable, but it makes the whole run look mismatched.
No arm, no warning.
On the outer seats, members push down on an arm to stand. In the middle there is nothing to push on, so the whole load goes through the seat itself, twice per sitting.
- Ties let go under the middle first, and the springs splay
- The filling packs down and stops coming back overnight
- The leather is often still sound, which is why nobody reports it
- By the time it is obvious, the frame rail beneath is carrying the load
- Fixed by rebuilding the seat, not by refinishing the hide
Three seats rebuilt, one cover.
The middle had dropped, the ends were sound, and the hide had years left in it: lounge chair reupholstery aimed at one seat.
- 01
Sit in every seat
Each seat tested and measured against the others, so the work is priced to what has actually gone.
- 02
Open the middle seat
Only the failed seat is opened. The outer two keep their original build.
- 03
Re-tie and re-pad
Springs re-tied to the rails and new filling built to the height of the seats either side.
- 04
Cover the run together
Where the hide is going, the whole run is recovered at once so no seat reads newer than its neighbors.
- 05
Level, then back in the room
The three seats sit at one height again, and the sofa seats three.
Work runs through off-hours service and pickup and delivery, with a certificate of insurance to the club first.
Measure the doorway before promising anything.
Some club settees were carried in before the stairs were rebuilt around them, so lounge chair reupholstery starts with a tape measure.
| Piece | Usual job | Where it happens | Room impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long settees | Seats rebuilt, run recovered | Shop if the doorway allows; otherwise in the room | One piece at a time |
| Two-seat settees | Both seats, same visit | Shop | Out and back in a batch |
| Lounge armchairs | Seat and cushion rebuild | Shop | In pairs, so the room stays balanced |
| Loose cushions | New filling in the existing cover | Covers travel alone | None: the frame stays in use |
| Ottomans and stools | Top rebuilt and recovered | Shop | None |
Level again, and the seat gets used.
More in the before and after gallery.
Three-seat settee. Middle seat re-tied and re-padded, the run recovered together.
Lounge armchair. New filling to the original height, so members can get out of it again.
Three other answers.
Around the clubhouse.
Lounge chair reupholstery is one service on the private and country clubs hub, which plans the building room by room.
The work itself
Pieces and venues
Where we work
What clubs ask about the lounge.
Why does the middle seat always go first?
It has no arm to take weight as people sit and stand, so the load goes straight into the springs, and nobody notices until the seat has dropped below the two beside it.
Can you rebuild one seat rather than the whole sofa?
The springs and foam can be rebuilt seat by seat. The cover is another matter: a single recovered seat rarely matches the panels either side, so we usually recover the run together.
Does the sofa have to leave the room?
Cushions and loose seats travel on their own. A frame only leaves when the springs need re-tying, and we measure the doorway and stair turn before anything is promised.
How do you keep the room usable meanwhile?
One piece at a time, worked after hours, with the rest of the seating left in service. The room never loses all of its sofas at once.
What do you need to quote it?
Sit in the middle seat, then photograph the sofa from the front and from the end. That tells us whether it is a cushion job or a spring job.
Sit in the middle seat, then send two photos.
One from the front, one from the end, where a dropped seat shows. That is enough to say whether the lounge chair reupholstery is a cushion job or a spring job. Or book a walkthrough.
