James Backhouse Upholstery

James Backhouse Upholstery Here at JBU Ltd upholstery I specialise in the reupholstery and recovery of your cherished furniture using my fourty plus years of being an upholsterer.

I have had the joy to work on this lovely old Victorian tub chair over the past few months, it needed a complete overhau...
22/01/2026

I have had the joy to work on this lovely old Victorian tub chair over the past few months, it needed a complete overhaul of not only the upholstery but a complete frame dismantle and re glue and re polish of its feet. The fabric was from Warwick fabrics lovely colour Atlantic.

Just before the Christmas break I finished up with a don suite in a multitude of Warwick fabrics, the furniture was re p...
10/01/2026

Just before the Christmas break I finished up with a don suite in a multitude of Warwick fabrics, the furniture was re polished by Mark Biggelaar of Earthwood Ltd to stunning results all round

I was back into upholstering this week as the new year gets underway, first on the trestles was this modern chaise type ...
10/01/2026

I was back into upholstering this week as the new year gets underway, first on the trestles was this modern chaise type sofa in a rather stunning James Dunlop fabric

A recover of a small armchair in a James Dunlop fabric with a spaced nailed finish around the outsides.
19/11/2025

A recover of a small armchair in a James Dunlop fabric with a spaced nailed finish around the outsides.

Yet more cushions only this time a striped linen to be matched and sized to be spot on as they will fit back in to an ex...
16/11/2025

Yet more cushions only this time a striped linen to be matched and sized to be spot on as they will fit back in to an existing sofa

It’s been all about cushions lately indoor, outdoor large and small I have been cutting and sewing them all. Plus for go...
05/11/2025

It’s been all about cushions lately indoor, outdoor large and small I have been cutting and sewing them all. Plus for good measure a one of sofa custom built for a TV/ movie room to fit the clients requirements.

I had this lovely French Armchair come into the workshop. It needed re polishing which was carried out by Earthwood Ltd ...
15/09/2025

I had this lovely French Armchair come into the workshop. It needed re polishing which was carried out by Earthwood Ltd and then I reupholstered and recovered it in a beautiful figured velvet.

I have this lovely French armchair for sale, it needs complete restoration including re polishing and reupholstery so fo...
05/09/2025

I have this lovely French armchair for sale, it needs complete restoration including re polishing and reupholstery so for $3450.00 inc gst plus 3 meters approx of fabric this gorgeous chair could be yours
Height from floor to top of back 930mm approx
Width 600mm approx

I have been very busy transforming two deep buttoned Chesterfields into a corner setting for my client. I took the arms ...
05/09/2025

I have been very busy transforming two deep buttoned Chesterfields into a corner setting for my client. I took the arms of each end and made a corner piece that extended the two backs into a corner.

These antique dining chairs arrived in a really bad state the upholstery was stripped out and of to the polisher/ restor...
16/07/2025

These antique dining chairs arrived in a really bad state the upholstery was stripped out and of to the polisher/ restorer.
I then reupholstered them in the traditional manner using English black and white webbing, the stuffing and stitching the seats in horse hair, calico top cover and finished with scroll gimp.

Instead of the finished armchair I thought I would the hand springing of the seat, the springs are sewn to the webbing t...
12/06/2025

Instead of the finished armchair I thought I would the hand springing of the seat, the springs are sewn to the webbing then top and center lashed to ensure they stand upright and are under compression and work as a unit when the seat is sat upon. Hessian is then placed over and tacked of and the springs are sewn to that.

I have been busy with this child’s chair completely re upholstering and recovering it in Warwicks lovely colour Atlantic...
12/06/2025

I have been busy with this child’s chair completely re upholstering and recovering it in Warwicks lovely colour Atlantic so it can passed through a family to the next generation

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Whangaparaoa
0932

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