Exquisite Upholstery by: Matthew Sabo

04/12/2023

08/31/2022

These are some of the latest projects I have finished all 3 chairs had the legs cut off and wood added to the frames with the bright kids chair getting a swivel rocker and the 2 blue chairs I built bases for a regular swivel to attach to them and made it so they all finish atleast 2-3 inches taller then they used to be. N the back pillow for the blue chairs used to be a plain square but I added foam n changed them to fit the shape of the chair better

08/05/2022

Here's a few of my most recent masterpieces the headboard has 2 upholstered box springs that went with it and from when I started to strip it until I was completely finished took between 25-30 hrs of work. Then for the channel back bamboo sofa I have to pull all the inside foam n padding off to put the new outside back on then put the foam back on just to use cotton to fill in all the big gaps and holes in the old foam then put a layer of cotton, a layer of half inch dacron and then a layer of the the 2inch thick fluffy and soft 91 dacron over each individual channel before I was able to staple the bottom into place and start pulling up the twines that dig into each channel giving it the channel look n stay tacking them before giving each twine the final cuts before pulling them as tight as possible and working out from the center to the right n left n when I got to the corners I had to add another layer of the 91 dacron to the 2 channels in each corner and the rest fell right into place

05/30/2022

My latest job. I had to restrap the bottom and the inside back of the sofa then take apart and change the inside back making them flat and square since the previous guy added thick firm foam in the back puffing them out very far while making it very firm and uncomfortable

05/03/2022

04/17/2022

The pink fab I'd how it originally looked then it was taken to a fellow upholsteror. After 6 months it looked like the picture with the springs showing on the seat which is when it was brought to me with w broken legs. I ripped the springs out n cleaned up all 4 layers of webbing on the base repaired the legs the put straps on the seat followed by a 9×40 & a 13×45 pieces of 1 inch foam them put a piece of 4 inch foam on the seat and topped it with a soft 1 inch foam and a layer of dacron. The inside back I filled in and evened out the button indentations put a layer of dacron over it then the new fabric eliminating the buttons. Then came the band that match the seat pattern perfectly down the entire long side. N finished it with straps to pull in the springs from the inside back the padded and upholstered the outside back put on basewelt and then touched up the legs and then she was done and looked more beautiful than I could ever imagine.

04/14/2022

My latest job changing it from the red dressmaker skirt to no skirts with basewelt and then the ottomans I removed the cushions and built up foam and capped the top and put a band on it with a basewelt