J Hardy French Polishing
Our Services

Upholstery

Traditional upholstery for chairs, sofas and bespoke soft furnishings — re-covering, padding replacement and expert fabric selection. Family-run in Surrey with 40 years' craft experience.
About This Service

Upholstery

J Hardy French Polishing brings four decades of family experience to domestic upholstery. We combine traditional hand-stitching, horsehair and coil-spring techniques with modern materials where appropriate to give sofas, armchairs and bespoke pieces a resilient, elegant finish. Every job is treated as a bespoke restoration: careful strip-down, frame repair, sympathetic padding and precision cover work to suit period furniture or contemporary interiors. Serving Surrey and surrounding towns, we tailor every finish to the home and the piece.
Upholstery
Our process
Our Process

How It Works

We assess the piece at your home or in our workshop, check frame integrity, springs and padding, and discuss heritage or modern finishes alongside fabric options.

Benefits

Why Choose Upholstery?

Heritage craftsmanship

Forty years of family practice in traditional upholstery techniques — hand-webbing, buttoning and horsehair padding — for authentic, long-lasting finishes.

Full, sympathetic restoration

We pair frame and spring repair with upholstery and finishing, so cloth, foam and structural work are coordinated for durability and period accuracy.

Domestic, bespoke focus

Specialist in household projects across Surrey and nearby towns; careful handling, matched fabrics and finishes tailored to your interior and lifestyle.

What we upholster

We re-cover and restore domestic items that matter: sofas, wing chairs, dining chairs, ottomans, footstools and bespoke soft furnishings. Work ranges from straightforward loose covers and cushion refills to full strip-downs with frame repair, coil-spring restoration and traditional horsehair stuffing where a period-accurate finish is required.

How we work

Every project begins with a careful inspection and fabric consultation. We offer sample swatches and advise on durability, rub-tests and lightfastness for living rooms, family homes or formal interiors. Repairs are carried out using time-honoured methods — pegged frames, hand-tied springs, blind-stitch joins and hand-piped edges — combined with modern, high-density foams and interlinings when appropriate to improve comfort and longevity.

Services include:

  • Re-covering and loose covers
  • Padding and foam replacement
  • Spring and webbing repair
  • Frame repairs and reinforcement
  • Pattern matching, piping, tufting and buttoning
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Restore Your Sofa or Chair with Skilled Upholstery

Arrange a bespoke consultation and fabric selection. We’ll assess the piece, advise on the best construction and provide a written plan for restoration.