Reupholstery · all of Melbourne
Dylberry Design reupholsters sofas, lounges, dining chairs, armchairs and antiques across Melbourne, recovered by hand in our Eltham workshop with genuine Australian fire-grade Dunlop foam and any fabric you like. We recover and repair over your existing frame rather than replacing it. Fully insured, with a 30-year guarantee on our hardwood frames. Send a photo for a free quote within 24 hours.
Key points
Last updated: September 2026
Sofas, lounges, dining chairs, armchairs and antiques, recovered properly, in whatever fabric you like, by a workshop with around 100 years of combined craft. Built to last another generation, not another few years.
Send a photo for a quote Call 0425 832 619What we reupholster
If it's upholstered, we can bring it back to life, or rebuild it entirely. We recover, repair or make new, whatever suits the piece.
Two, three and modular lounges recovered or rebuilt, new foam, webbing and fabric, back to full comfort.
Seats and full recovers in hard-wearing fabric or wipeable vinyl, a whole set matched perfectly.
Favourites brought back to life, from a simple recover to a full traditional rebuild.
Traditional methods where the piece calls for it, so it can be handed down again.
Custom-made or recovered to your exact brief, buttoning, piping, the lot.
Sunken cushions, broken webbing, worn foam, the structural fixes that make it comfortable again.
Why Dylberry
Fabric and colour
Choosing the fabric is the part most people find hardest, and it is the part we spend real time on. You choose the colour and the feel, because you are the one living with it. We advise on the rest: the weight and weave that suits how the piece gets used, the rub count it needs for daily sitting, what holds up to sun, kids and dogs, and what will look right on that shape of furniture. We bring samples so you can see them in your own room and against your own light, not under showroom globes. You are also welcome to supply your own fabric, and we will tell you honestly if it will not hold up on the piece you have in mind. See the fabric guide for rub counts, leather versus fabric and how much a job needs.
How it works
Email or message a photo of your piece and what you'd like done. We'll come back with a rough quote.
We help you pick the right fabric for the piece and how it's used. Final price is confirmed once fabric's chosen.
Stripped back, checked, and recovered by hand in our Eltham workshop, with a timeframe you can plan around.
Good to know
It depends on the piece and, most of all, the fabric you choose. Send us a photo and we'll give you a rough quote, firmed up once you've chosen your fabric, before any work starts.
Usually, yes, a solid frame recovered properly outlasts most new imported furniture, in a fabric you choose, and keeps a piece you love.
It mostly comes down to your fabric's lead time. Once it's in, most jobs move quickly, we'll give you a clear timeframe with your quote.
Yes, across all of Melbourne, by arrangement.
Most dining chairs turn around in a week or two, while a full lounge or modular sofa typically takes a few weeks depending on the fabric lead time and the amount of internal rebuilding needed. We give you a realistic timeframe with your quote so you can plan around it.
You are welcome to drop pieces to our Eltham workshop, and for larger lounges we can arrange collection and return. The simplest first step is to send us a few photos so we can scope the job before anything moves.
Yes, we work across a wide range of upholstery-grade fabrics and can help you match a colour, texture or brand you already have in mind. If you have a sample or a photo, bring it along and we will find the closest practical option for how the piece will be used.
Reupholstery is the ideal time to renew tired foam and padding, and we use high-resilience foam so the piece feels supportive again rather than just looking new on the outside. We assess the internals of every piece and only replace what actually needs it.
In many cases yes, particularly where the wear is isolated to the seat cushions or one section. We will tell you honestly whether a partial job will look right or whether doing the whole piece gives a better and longer-lasting result.
Send us clear photos of the piece from a few angles along with rough dimensions, and we can give you a free quote from the photo. It saves you a trip and gives you a figure to work with before you commit.
Good to know
It mostly comes down to your fabric's lead time. Once it's in, most jobs move quickly, we'll give you a clear timeframe with your quote.
Before you enquire
We are not the cheapest upholsterer in Melbourne. Work here is done the old way, hessian and webbing, springs tied by hand where the piece calls for it, Dunlop HR35 foam and a cover cut and fitted by hand, with a thirty year guarantee on the frame work. That takes time and it costs accordingly.
The thing that surprises most people is the material. On a sofa the fabric alone regularly costs more than people had budgeted for the entire job. That is simply what good upholstery fabric costs by the metre, and no upholsterer can get around it.
If you want the lowest price, we are not your workshop and we will tell you that straight away. If you have a piece that is worth doing properly, send a photo and you will get an honest assessment, including when we think it is not worth doing.
Send a photo of your sofa, lounge or chairs and we'll come back with a rough price, no obligation, no pressure.
Send a photo of your piece and we'll come back with a rough price, no obligation, no pressure.
Send a photo for a quote Call 0425 832 619