More than furniture. Breathe new life into old pieces and transform them with our high-quality bespoke upholstery service.
We specialise in the reupholstering of old and worn out Armchairs, Wingback chairs, Occasional chairs, Foot stools and Dining Chairs. Pieces of furniture that may be a family heirloom or just need a new lease of life. We love working with old furniture as each piece has its own story and character. The frames were built from quality materials and made by skilled frame makers, something that’s harder to find these days.
We are passionate about preserving these dying processes and skills and we endeavour to give these old but beautiful pieces, a new lease of life.
Our customers want elegant, high quality, unique furniture. They appreciate the workmanship in pieces from times gone by and want their style to make an impact. By opting to restore the old instead of buying new, they additionally reduce the impact on the environment.
Sometimes the inspiration is a family heirloom, sometimes it’s just a favourite piece that has become worn over time, sometimes it’s a triumphant find in a second hand furniture store.
From our workshop in Scholar Green, Cheshire, we transform these classic pieces with high-quality materials and fabrics to ensure your furniture will not only look beautiful but can be enjoyed for many more years to come.
Are you thinking about having your cherished piece or second hand find transformed? Feel free to visit the workshop or get in touch.
Below are samples of some of our latest creations.
We spend hours stripping, sanding, cleaning, waxing, polishing, reupholstering to ensure everything that we produce is made to the highest quality.
Send us some pictures, measurements & brief detail your requirements. We’ll provide an estimate for the work.
We will help you to decide on fabrics and view samples. We can do this in person at the workshop or over the phone. The quote will then be updated with your final fabrics and design choices. You pay a deposit.
Collection or delivery of your furniture is arranged to the workshop. We work on your piece of furniture. You are welcome to pop in and visit to get an update on progress or we can send you some pics.
Upon completion we take final payment. Collection or delivery is arranged. You can then sit back and enjoy your transformed piece of furniture.
We work with high quality fabric producers, and have carefully selected Linwood Fabrics, Warwick and Abraham Moon & Son’s.
We believe that these offer the very best in design, quality, durability and work well with our own values.
We also work with an interior designer who carries ranges from Robert Allen to Zoffany, from G P & J Baker to Colefax and Fowler, Mulberry and many more.
We are flexible and happy to work with you to source fabrics from other suppliers offering the same high standards.
It’s a great feeling when we receive feedback from clients. Especially when we are trusted to restore much loved family heirlooms that already have precious memories. We restored two Parker Knoll armchairs for Rachel that can now be treasured for another generation. They were blown away by the makeover.
We love it when we clients share photos with us so we can see the finished pieces in their home. We completed a makeover on six dining chairs recently for our clients. Replacing the tired leather with a trio of sumptuous coloured velvet from @Linwood Fabric. We also rebuilt the chairs with new upholstery materials so they are even more comfortable. They are really happy with the finished look and the chairs have really transformed their dining room.
“Would highly recommend Emma & her Dad. We were extremely pleased with all the advice given & the quality of the craftsmanship. Totally transformed 6 tired dining chairs & changed the look of our dining room. Thanks to both.”
Our client had recently decorated their room is a pallette of mustard, grey and dark blue so the footstool no longer went with the scheme. Rather than buying new had an existing piece transformed do they got exactly what they were looking for. They now have a statement peice of furniture ready to take centre stage in their home. They were so please they also left us this great 5* review.
“Absolutely thrilled with my reupholstered storage footstool – it looks better than I could have every imagined. I also really appreciated the fact that Emma checked in with me half-way through the restoration to make sure that I was happy with how it was looking. Highly recommend.”
It’s a great feeling when we receive feedback from clients. We love it even more when they share photos of the finished piece in situ. Our client had recently decorated their bedroom in a grey palette and their chair no longer went with the scheme. Rather than buying new they had an existing piece transformed so they got exactly what they were looking for. They now have a brand new chair to complete their bedroom. They were so please they also left us this great 5* review.
“We are delighted with the newly refurbished and updated bedroom chair! The advice and service received was excellent and we wouldo definitely recommend Semper Hopkins to others.”
“I wanted to get my Daughter’s piano stool reupholstered as a gift for her birthday, so that it was much more comfortable, more attractive and also to create an heirloom for her in the future. Emma had been recommended to me by two separate friends and I had seen first hand the incredibly professional and beautiful work she and her Dad had created. I contacted her and took my rather shabby stool (which I had bought second hand) to her gorgeous historic workshop for her advice. She could not have been more friendly and helpful and here are the absolutely stunning results…!! I am delighted as was my Daughter on her birthday”
“I have just had a chair reupholstered by Emma,I absolutely love it.will not hesitate to use Semper Hopkins again in the future.”
We love it when we receive photos from clients showing their furniture in situ. We gave a clients four bar stools a full makeover. We did the whole consultation process virtually sending samples through the post, and catching up over email and phone to decide the final combinations. They were transformed in a sumptuous velvet from @Linwood Fabric. They were absolutely thrilled with the finished pieces and they left us a 5* review.
“Delighted with the 4 bar stools we’ve just had recovered. They were structurally sound but the fabric was worn. We’ve just got them back and it’s like having brand new stools to sit on. Excellent”
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