Antique Furniture Restoration

Specialists in Antique Furniture Upholstery in Nottingham

Bring those beloved furniture pieces back to life with our antique furniture restoration services.
We can assist with various repair jobs for your antique furniture including holes, tears, cushion and foam repairs and more.

Should you upholster your antique furniture?

The simple answer Yes. We believe antique, vintage or mid-century furniture pieces deserve to be given a new lease of life from time-to-time, and transformed into something truly unique that you won’t find anywhere on the market.

Antique furniture upholstery is an easy and cost-effective solution to buying new furniture. Forget spending several 100’s on a new sofa set when you can re-invent that special chair you love into something that’s bespoke to you and your home.

Not only will you be saving waste by saving your antique furniture from landfill, you’ll also be helping to preserve your furniture. Traditionally antique and vintage pieces are passed down through family, and we hope your antique furniture item is one you’ll be happy to share with the generations to come.

How can we help?

We specialise in the restoration, repair and upholster of various furniture types including, but not limited to:

Fabric Sofas
Leather Sofas
Fabric Chairs
Leather Chairs
Wooden Chairs with Fabric Seating
Chaise Lounges
Integrated Bench Seating, both fabric and leather

Why choose Designer Workshop?

We get to know your antique pieces, which is why the same person who starts your furniture restoration, creates those final touches too.

Forget production lines, our craftsman pour their passion into your project regardless of whether it’s small footstool or an extensive sofa restoration. We thrive on a challenge and ensure your antique furniture piece receives the care and attention it deserves.

Local to Nottingham? We’re located in Basford and can be contacted easily through phone, email or through our contact form. Starting your antique upholstery repair with us is simple.

Browse our finished projects

There is something supremely satisfying about sitting/lounging/lying on your sofa with the knowledge that no one else in the world quite has a sofa like yours.

By picking and choosing your own fabrics to reupholster your existing sofa you can be sure that your sofa is one of a kind.

Start your antique upholstery journey with us today!

Ready to re-discover the potential hidden in your antique furniture? Contact our team today with your requirements, and we’ll work to breathe new life into your beloved furniture pieces!

Phone: 0115 942 3803

Email: [email protected]

Say Hi: Fill out a contact form

Customer Reviews

Lorraine Varney

14:30 13 Apr 22

Great service from this little, local company. Staff very helpful. Spent time helping me find the right fabric to cover my footstool. Did a very good job.

Kate Stoddart

09:36 11 Apr 22

Designer Workshop has very skilled craftspeople. I don't usually offer to do a review, but more people should know about this upholsterers in New Basford, Nottingham. The photos show how beautiful this job is - how they got the fabric horizantal and vertical in the right places, with accurate and well tensioned pleating and buttons, too. Good value, collection and delivery, a pleasure to do business with. Thank you, Tan & team.

Donna Corah

08:59 01 Mar 22

Amazing from start to finish! We had 10 chairs reholpolstered to a very high standard in our clinic. Excellent service and excellent finished product. Would highly recommend Tan and his team.

Sarah Fielding

15:06 18 Dec 20

Thankyou so much to Tan and Steve for completing this project so quickly. The chair is absolutely beautiful in its tri-colour hair on hide . I cant wait to give it to my husband on Christmas Day. he will absolutely love it. I have it hidden at the moment so will post some pictures immediately after Christmas. Thankyou so much for doing this. It is a work of art!!!

maureenm mcgrath

21:09 26 Nov 20

Recently had 2 sofas reupholstered .Excellent service and really pleased with the quality of the finish . Very reasonably priced .Would highly recommend this company.

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Handcrafted by Designer Workshop

Nottingham based upholsterers, Designer Workshop opened it’s doors in January 2014. It has since built up an enviable reputation for the high quality of furniture it crafts, as well as the superlative re-upholstery service it offers. Having started with a small number of high end retailers, Designer Workshop has expanded and now works with antique dealers, carrying out extensive furniture restoration – particularly to French button back chairs and sofas. More recently, the company has evolved into the Contract Market and offers a range of commercial upholstery for bars, hotels and restaurants.