Has your favorite furniture seen more favorable times? If the underlying structure is still solid, you might want to consider reupholstering rather than dragging it out to the curb. Our ratings will help you find an upholsterer you can count on to do the work right at a reasonable price.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Upholsterers

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Upholsterers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Upholsterers.

• Subscriber from CUPERTINO, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: I had six dinig chairs re-upholstered by Ricardo's Custome Upholstery. I followed his advice while..........
• Subscriber from HALF MOON BAY, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: I had an $12000 Baker sofa reupholstered at Kay Chesterfield - they were recommended by..........
• Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: This is a terrific "mom & pop" business, and there aren't many left. Please to..........
• Subscriber from HALF AMOON BAY, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: We had a sofa reupholstered in a complex pattern. We are satisfied with the outcome..........
• Subscriber from MILPITAS, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: have used for years; excellent workmanship.......
• Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: Has always done damn good work at a reasonable cost........
• Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: great job and great price on antique sofa and chair........
• Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: They did a beautiful job on my couch........
• Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: The process of working with Ricardo's was good, but the final product was not satisfactory........
• Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: Mr. Ish was extremely knowledgable;he was able to anticipate my questions about my l964 scandinavian..........
• Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: Man and wife, very service oriented, knowledgeable, pleasant and prompt.Clean, neat shop. Came to our..........
• Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: Prices are good. Quality is just barely OK. They are pleasant to deal with........
• Subscriber from BURLINGAME, CA wrote Another Upholsterer: 1. They damaged the plastic back of an office chair and then falsely claimed that..........