Furniture reupholstery

General recommendations:

Furniture reupholstery may appear tricky to an unexpirienced person. Upholstery fabrics qualities should differ from that of drapery fabrics. Sometimes certain fabrics can be used for both upholstery and drapery, but usually they cannot. The main difference of upholstery fabric is its mechanical durability.

That is why you should consider the frequency of furniture usage before purchasing the fabric. For example, if you need to reupholster an arm chair, choose durable upholstery, but if you know for sure that arm chair will not be used much you can choose silk or suede. Anyway when choosing a fabric pay attention to the label, it often contains information concerning fabric’s usage.

It is not that easy to choose right upholstery fabric. First of all you need to decide on the character of the renewed furniture. Try to understand what is the current upholstery and what you like about it. What is the type of the furniture? Is it decorative, solid, elegant, miniature or florid? Is it necessary to use self-colored fabric in order to accentuate wooden details? Has the furniture itself a peculiar design that might be extinguished by the upholstery?

Self-colored fabrics allow to emphasize on small details and accents with the help of accessories and finishing: pins, ribbons, welt. Simple double-welt applied to the self-colored upholstery gives the feeling of elegance as it sets off wood texture.

Once you have chosen fabric type, think of available colors, texture, ornament. Keep in mind that the fabric should harmonize with the whole interior, not only with the certain piece of furniture.

Nowadays, chenille is the most popular upholstery fabric. Chenille is a fabric created as a combination of synthetic and natural fibers and it makes good impression as an upholstery of couches, chairs and other sets of furniture.

You can buy natural linen fabric for furniture reupholstery in our fabric store:

• linen-fabric.net