Upholstery · Eaglemont

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Eaglemont

Eaglemont's Walter Burley Griffin estate and period homes deserve work that respects the original detail. We recover, repair and restore sofas, lounges, dining chairs, armchairs and antiques by hand, and make custom pieces to order, for homes throughout Eaglemont, Ivanhoe and Heidelberg. And we are only minutes away.

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What we do in Eaglemont

Recovered, repaired or made new

Whether it is a mid-century lounge or a period armchair, we treat every Eaglemont piece with care, and we give you an honest, no-pressure quote from a photo.

Reupholstery

Sofas, lounges, dining and occasional chairs recovered in any fabric.

Antique restoration

Heirlooms and period pieces restored with traditional methods.

Custom furniture

Bed heads, ottomans and one-off pieces made to your brief.

Commercial seating

Banquette and booth seating for Eaglemont cafes, venues and fit-outs.

French polishing

Traditional timber finishing and restoration.

Repairs

Sunken cushions, broken webbing, worn foam, the fixes that bring comfort back.

An Eaglemont job

A solid oak table, brought back

A large round solid oak dining table from an Eaglemont home came to us after nail polish remover had dissolved the finish in patches, someone had attempted a repair that dried in streaks, and water damage had bloomed underneath. We stripped the top back to bare oak, sanded it clean and refinished it in water-based polyurethane, chosen over traditional shellac because it is a table a family eats at every night.

See the full restoration, start to finish, with before and after photos.

Large round solid oak dining table in an Eaglemont home before restoration, surface blotchy and clouded
Before. The table as we found it in the Eaglemont dining room, the finish clouded and broken up rather than one even surface.
The same round oak dining table after restoration, refinished and even across the whole top
After. Back in the same room, refinished in water-based polyurethane, even across the top with the oak grain showing.

From the bench

Other work through the workshop

Every piece here was photographed in our own workshop or in the customer's home. No catalogue shots, no stock images.

A pair of Victorian balloon-back dining chairs shown before and after reupholstery, recovered in a crewelwork floral fabric
A pair of Victorian balloon-back dining chairs, before and after. The original carved frames were kept and re-glued, the seats rebuilt from the webbing up, then recovered in a crewelwork floral. The kind of chair that turns up in Eaglemont dining rooms all the time.
A curved-back lounge recovered in soft duck-egg fabric, photographed in the customer's living room
A curved-back lounge recovered in a soft duck-egg, delivered and photographed back in the room it was made for. Curved frames like this one have to be cut and fitted by hand, there is no shortcut.
A made-to-measure upholstered bed head in blush linen with antique brass stud detailing
A made-to-measure bed head in blush linen, shaped to the customer's drawing and finished with antique brass studding, set by hand one stud at a time.
An arched custom bed head upholstered in a gold jacquard fabric in the Dylberry workshop
An arched bed head in a gold jacquard, built to the measurements of the room rather than to a standard size.

Eaglemont homes

The furniture that comes out of these houses

Eaglemont is an unusual pocket. Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin laid out the Mount Eagle estate in 1914 and the Glenard estate two years later, and the street pattern they drew, curving with the contours instead of cutting a grid across them, is still what the suburb feels like today. Around those estates sit Federation homes, interwar bungalows, Art Deco flats and a run of architect-designed houses from every decade since.

That mix shows up in the furniture people bring us. From the older houses it tends to be balloon-back and bentwood dining chairs, deep-sprung club lounges, carved parlour armchairs, chaises and blanket boxes. From the mid-century homes further up the hill it is more often low-slung lounge suites, wing chairs and teak-framed pieces where the timber is sound but the foam collapsed years ago.

Pieces from this era are almost always worth saving. Frames from before the 1970s were built from solid hardwood and jointed properly, which is exactly what makes them worth re-covering rather than replacing. The honest test is simple: if the frame is sound, reupholstery is nearly always the better decision. If it is not, we will tell you, and we would rather say so at the quote stage than halfway through the job.

We also make new. A good number of Eaglemont jobs are custom bed heads, window seats and ottomans built to fit a specific room, which is often the only way to work with an older house where nothing is a standard size and no two walls are quite square.

How we work

Traditional methods, where they matter

On period furniture we work the way the piece was originally built. Nine-way hand-tied springs where the frame calls for them, hessian and webbing replaced rather than patched, and horsehair kept and re-carded when the original stuffing is still good. Where a modern fill genuinely performs better we use Dunlop high-resilience foam, 200 for a firm seat and 165 for a medium one.

Because upholstery, machining and French polishing all happen under our roof, a chair needing new fabric, a re-glued frame and a polished timber show-wood never has to leave the building or wait on someone else's schedule. One team, one standard, start to finish.

Our hardwood frames carry a 30-year guarantee, we are fully insured, and between the three of us there is around 100 years of trade behind the bench.

Why Eaglemont chooses us

Made properly, built to last

Local to Eaglemont

Your local Eaglemont upholsterer

Eaglemont is right on our doorstep, just across the river from Eltham North around Mount Eagle and the Burley Griffin estate. Being genuinely local means easy pickup and delivery, and a fast, personal turnaround on your piece.

Close by, we also cover Ivanhoe and Heidelberg, and up to Eltham.

Eaglemont questions

Frequently asked

Are you local to Eaglemont?

Yes, we are just across the river in Eltham North, only minutes from Eaglemont. Being local means we can pick up and deliver easily and turn your piece around without the long waits of a city showroom.

Do you work on period and architect-designed furniture?

Yes. Many Eaglemont homes have period, mid-century and architect-designed pieces, and we recover and restore them sympathetically, keeping the original character while making them comfortable and sound again.

How do I get a quote in Eaglemont?

Send a photo of your piece using the form on this page, or text it to 0425 832 619. Quotes are free with no obligation, and we reply within 24 hours.

Do you pick up and deliver in Eaglemont?

Yes. Eaglemont is about a twenty minute run from the workshop, so pickup and delivery is straightforward and arranged to suit you. For narrow driveways or homes with stairs and tight landings, which is common around the Griffin estates, tell us when you book and we will bring the right gear and an extra pair of hands.

Can you make a bed head or window seat to fit an older Eaglemont home?

Yes, and it is a lot of what we do here. Older houses rarely have standard-sized rooms or square walls, so off-the-shelf pieces tend not to sit right. We measure on site, work to your shape and fabric, and build it to suit the space.

Is my old chair actually worth reupholstering?

Usually, if the frame is sound. Furniture built before the 1970s was made from solid hardwood and jointed properly, which is what makes recovering it worthwhile. If a frame is past saving we will say so at the quote rather than partway through the job. Our is it worth reupholstering guide walks through how to check it yourself, and the cost guide gives you rough figures.

Do you work on antique and mid-century timber as well as the upholstery?

Yes. French polishing and timber restoration happen in the same workshop, so a piece needing both new fabric and a restored show-wood is handled start to finish by one team without going out to a third party.

Nearby

Areas and services near you

Work in Eaglemont is run out of the same Eltham North workshop as the rest of our furniture reupholstery work across Melbourne. For the full range of what we take on, start at the Dylberry Design upholstery workshop.

Get a quote on your furniture

Local to Eaglemont, send a photo of your sofa, chairs or piece and we'll come back with a rough price. Pickup & delivery by arrangement.

We reply within 24 hours. No obligation, no pressure.

Upholstery in Eaglemont?

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