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Re-upholstering one seat of a Leather sofa?
I have a 3 seater, Cream Leather sofa. The left-most seat which is mostly used has sunk quite badly.
My question is: Would an upholsterer be prepared to re-upholster that one seat alone as the rest is ok?
The Leather itself is fine & will not need replacing. I was thinking along the lines of unstitching the seat & just replacing the foam/sponge inside & re-stitching it back up.
Is this something an upholsterer would do, or do they generally just 'do' the whole sofa? (I'm thinking costs here; cheaper to do just the one seat, if possible)
Also, as the sofa weighs an absolute ton, would upholsterers do home visits? (I guess that would depend on the company, but just a secondary question).
Thanks for any advice given.
I had the same problem and fixed it myself.
I did both sides so that it would all be the same firmness.
You have to remove the leather back of the sofa carefully by lifting the tacks or nails that hold it around the edge. I tipped it towards the front and rested it on a coffee table while I was doing this.
Start at the bottom and work up until you can see the back side of the seat cushion. I was lucky-at this point I found mine to have a zipper on the back and just removed the foam inside, took it to a foam dealer I found in the Yellow Pages and had them contour a replacement cushion.
I suppose that if it were sewn shut on the back I would have used a seam ripper to open it and find someone to stitch it back up by hand.
I guess you could contour the foam yourself but the lady had tools that cut it really quick and neatly.
I then used decorative tacks from the fabric store to replace the back side. My tacks were all hidden before, and now you can see them which looks a bit odd on an all-leather couch but I fixed it for 30 bucks rather than having to buy a new couch.
Go slow and good luck!
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