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.

What can I say this beautiful French sofa turned out a treat a real transformation covered in a linen from Atelier texti...
11/08/2026

What can I say this beautiful French sofa turned out a treat a real transformation covered in a linen from Atelier textiles.

A set of outdoor covers for my clients this week for their outdoor furniture. The fabric is Warwick fabrics Lomani colou...
23/07/2026

A set of outdoor covers for my clients this week for their outdoor furniture. The fabric is Warwick fabrics Lomani colour pebble.
Internally the covers are individually overlooked, externally piped edges cut on the bias and outdoor zip closures.

I had a very sad looking grandfather armchair from my clients, it needed a complete upholstery strip down to the frame w...
21/07/2026

I had a very sad looking grandfather armchair from my clients, it needed a complete upholstery strip down to the frame which needed a complete restore and re polish. Then I set about reupholstering it putting in a hand sprung stuffed and stitched seat and covering in my clients chosen striped fabric finished with self double piping.

I have been busy transforming Don armchairs for my client, they needed the full job complete re upholstery the frames di...
01/07/2026

I have been busy transforming Don armchairs for my client, they needed the full job complete re upholstery the frames dismantling, sanding, re gluing and repolishing thank you to Mark at Earthwood for his excellant works there with the polishing.

Recently I had an Italian recliner chair to recover a Cassina Dodo in a Textilia fabric. As you can see the are quite a ...
16/06/2026

Recently I had an Italian recliner chair to recover a Cassina Dodo in a Textilia fabric. As you can see the are quite a complex and involved piece of furniture.

It came in as a tired 30 year old armchair and after a full strip down partial re glue, re finish of the legs and a reup...
27/05/2026

It came in as a tired 30 year old armchair and after a full strip down partial re glue, re finish of the legs and a reupholster and recover in Warwick fabrics Fairhaven colour navy we have an armchair for my clients to enjoy for many years to come

Hand slipped stitched covers a skill that I uphold
26/05/2026

Hand slipped stitched covers a skill that I uphold

The Elephant will certainly be in the room with this one
21/05/2026

The Elephant will certainly be in the room with this one

It’s been a busy time since a last posted. I have been re upholstering and recovering a couple of sofas and armchairs th...
13/05/2026

It’s been a busy time since a last posted. I have been re upholstering and recovering a couple of sofas and armchairs that have been quite involved with buttoning and antique space nailing, using Textillias Archive colour russet.

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.

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Whangaparaoa
0932

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