Upholstered furniture reupholstery — sofas, armchairs, chairs
Furniture reupholstery rescues a worn sofa, an armchair the cat has scratched or chairs with sagging seats. Describe the piece, its mechanism and the fabric you want in an order — upholsterers will send responses. Or find pieces like yours in portfolios and send that upholsterer a request.
Upholsterers
How much it costs to reupholster a sofa
What affects the price
Size and construction
A corner sofa with separate cushions takes more fabric and time than a straight one, and button tufting or piping along the seams adds work.
Fabric and how much it takes
Basketweave, velour, chenille, “anti-claw” fabric or faux leather differ in price per meter, and stripes or a large pattern need extra fabric so the design lines up at the seams.
Filling and springs
Changing only the upholstery is one thing; replacing sagging foam, a spring unit or zigzag springs means separate materials and work.
Frame and mechanism
A cracked frame rail, wobbly legs or a broken fold-out mechanism — eurobook, dolphin, accordion — are fixed before reupholstering, and that adds to the cost.
Pickup and return
Sofas are usually reupholstered in a workshop, so transport both ways and carrying up stairs without an elevator may be added to the cost.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find an upholsterer
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose an upholsterer
- 1
Similar work in the portfolio
An antique armchair with carved arms is reupholstered differently from an office chair: the frame and the decoration are kept. Look for furniture like yours in the portfolio, ideally with before and after photos.
- 2
Fabric samples in person
Fabric color and texture look different on a screen. Ask to see samples or a catalog, and check whether you can bring your own fabric.
- 3
Fabric for your household
For a sofa that gets sat on every day, ask about abrasion resistance on the Martindale test, and if you have a cat or a dog, about “anti-claw” fabric.
- 4
What goes inside
Ask what foam and what density the upholsterer will put in the seat: it determines how soon the seat will sag again.
- 5
Cost breakdown and timing
Ask for the cost to be broken down — fabric, filling, frame repair, labor and transport — and how many days the furniture will stay in the workshop.
What to put in the order
What furniture and how many pieces: a straight or corner sofa, armchairs, chairs, a bed or a kitchen corner bench
Approximate dimensions and whether the seat and back cushions are removable
What is wrong: worn upholstery, sagging foam, creaking springs or a broken mechanism
The fold-out mechanism type, if the sofa unfolds: eurobook, dolphin, accordion
What fabric you want — basketweave, velour, faux leather — or whether you already have your own
Whether the furniture can be taken to a workshop, which floor it is on and whether there is an elevator
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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