Category: Re-Upholstery

Let’s be honest: there’s nothing worse than a saggy seat.

A couch or chair with lumpy, frumpy, and worn out cushions is not only uncomfortable but also a surefire way to misalign your spine and injure yourself. Fortunately, if your furniture suffers this cushion catastrophe, we can help. Our team is expertly trained in restuffing your seats and bringing new life to your favorite lounging spots.

If you’d like us to refill your cushions, follow the 4 steps below.

1. Identify the Sag Source. While cushions are often the culprit, occasionally the structure springs might be causing the problem. Take a peek beneath the seat to determine what’s causing the furniture to sag. Not sure? Snap a picture, and we can take a look.
2. Measure Your Cushion. Use a measuring tape to determine the approximate width, height, and length. Then, give us a call for an initial quote. If the price is right, move to Step 3.
3. Find Your Filling. Using your original cushion for comparison, test your tush on our foam filling options. Go for a similar feel, make it harder or softer, add additional shape with a foam core, or swap in custom fillings like a down envelope for maximum fluffliness.
4. Schedule Your Service. Most cushion refills take about three to four days. Company headed your way tomorrow? We also have one-day service options!

Bonus: DIY at Home!

If you’re feelin’ crafty, we can supply all the stuffins you need to refill your cushions at home. Pro-tip: Once you’re ready to fit the foam into the cover, wrap it in a plastic bag or big sheet of plastic wrapping, then suck the air out with a vacuum. The foam will temporarily shrink down, so you can stuff it back into the cover. Just remember to take out the plastic bag so it doesn’t crinkle when you sit!

When a piece needs work on the inside, either partially or totally—new webbing, re-tied springs, new fillings, etc.—that’s reupholstering. The upholsterer works from the frame up, much the way the furniture maker does. That being said, if your old piece has a good frame, there is a lot in it for you. Today’s process combines new and advanced materials with a skilled hand, and decorative stylings to create the finished piece.

Many people are choosing to reupholster their old sofa or chair over buying new furniture. If your furniture’s frame has held up for twenty years or more, it is a good candidate for reupholstery. Good frames don’t wear out because they are made of solid wood—oak, maple, ash, alder, or mahogany. These woods are strong and endure the test of time.

If you have a lumpy, old sofa, or a frayed chair that is beginning to shed its stuffing, take another look before dismissing it as a “has been.” It could be the beginning of a beautiful new piece. Reupholstery can make the most of your old furniture and save you the cost and hassle of replacing it. You will surely take pleasure in seeing a fashionable new piece bounce back out of the old one.

There are a wide variety of fabrics to choose from to complete your new piece. Once you have narrowed down your favorites, a larger sample can be ordered that you can take home to see in your space. Throw pillows can add a touch of flair and fun during any season. There are more choices of padding qualities and firmness available now than ever before.

Choosing an upholsterer is not as easy as looking in the local Yellow Pages. Ask around to friends and family for recommendations whenever possible. Once you have a list of places to follow up with, visit the shop to discuss options and pricing. Bring a picture of the piece along with its measurements and any design ideas you have.

Whether you have a cherished family heirloom ready for the next generation, or a thrift store piece with a great price but not so great style, you can completely change the look and feel through reupholstering. Although the process can be time consuming, reupholstering furniture can give you a piece completely unique to your own style and home.

We hope the information in this article has given you a practical understanding of what reupholstery is all about so that you can better evaluate its advantages and enjoy the savings, satisfaction, and values of quality upholstery.

Acorn Custom Furniture is built to your specific decorating needs and styles. Please come in with your ideas and talk with one of our estimators to select the options for your piece of furniture or room ensemble.

Concept: Acorn is furniture where you get exactly what you want. Acorn is custom made hardwood framed headboards and furniture in all shapes and sizes. Custom furniture means you don’t have to settle for what is on the floor at a conventional furniture store. You pick the furniture style from several sofa, sleeper, sectional, and chair styles. You select from thousands of designer fabrics. Acorn will then handcraft your custom-made furniture. Have you found your look in a magazine? Bring in the picture and see what we can do.

Construction: Acorn custom furniture is carefully planned, constructed and upholstered to meet exacting specifications. Trained specialist in the areas of fabric cutting, sewing, frame building, and upholstering work on one piece at a time. Every piece of furniture is inspected several times during construction to ensure that craftsmanship is kept at the highest level. Acorn custom made furniture offers a lifetime warranty on the frame and springs to ensure that you receive the most durable product.

Frame: Acorn furniture frames are constructed one frame at a time. Our frames provide exceptional strength made from select hardwoods and furniture grade plywood. All structural joints are double dowelled and glued. We corner block all necessary joints. Our unique frame designs add to the integrity of every Acorn piece of furniture. Acorn frames are constructed in a traditional manner and only genuine improvements in technique and materials have been adopted through the years.

Springs: Acorn guaranteed springs of 8.5-gauge tempered steel are double tied with 16-gauge wire for durability. Most frames are soft edged to add life to the cushions. (Due to design restrictions, a few pieces of furniture are constructed with elasbelt webbing.)

Fabric: Acorn has a large selection of designer fabrics for you to choose from. Tapestries, cotton prints, stripes, solids and plaids are all hand matched and cut one piece at a time for a perfect fit and appearance.

Padding: The interior and exterior surfaces of all frames are padded to offer the utmost in seating comfort while protecting the fabric from the hard edges of the solid wood frame.

Cushioning: The standard cushion fill is high-resiliency polyurethane foam wrapped in dacron polyester. Back pillows are individually filled with soft HR foam and dacron wraps.Other options are natural latex rubber, down wrapped polyurethane foam, solid down, spring filled and more. Throw pillows are filled with cluster fiber, a resilient dacron product. Goose down or duck down are other options. All cushions and pillows have zippers for easier handling and cleaning.

Sleepers: Most styles are available as sleepers in king, queen, full or twin. Foam mattresses are standard and premium innerspring mattresses by Square Deal Mattress Factory are optional.

Have you ever felt like you are so sunk into your sofa or chair that you need a rope to pull you out? Instead of buying a new couch, love seat, or sofa, why not fix your sagging furniture? If you use your couch or sofa chair daily, over time it will start to sag. This creates an ugly uncomfortable used looking piece of furniture. At Square Deal Mattress Factory and Custom Upholstery we offer a solution to your tired couch cushions by replacing the sagging worn out cushions with a new solid padding. You can bring them in for a service or buy the materials for your next Do It Yourself project.

There are a variety of filler padding to choose from, such as, down, down envelopes, high density poly foam, spring filled, and natural latex as cushion fillings.  At Square Deal we use a fine grade of down available in either duck or goose.  Goose is the higher grade and tends to be loftier, for an even more luxurious feel.  We can either use solid down cores or if you love down but not the required maintenance, we also offer a down envelope.  Down envelopes consist of a center core of high density foam surrounded by an envelope of down which gives you the feeling of the down, but the shape stays from the foam. You have the choices in high density polyurethane foam which comes in several firmness’s.  Our high-density foams mean it is a 2.5-pound foam with firmness’s ranging from 20 up to 70.  We do have samples in our showroom to help you decide which firmness is best for your situation. We offer spring filled cushions which are either wrapped with poly foam or cotton. The latex rubber we offer is hypo-allergenic and all natural.  It is called Naturalux and has no fillers in it.

At Square Deal we can also replace your throw pillows. We offer all sizes and shapes.  We carry cluster fiber cores which are reasonably priced yet hold up to usage without going flat.  Goose down or duck down cores are also available.