Mrs. Beksteds panel accent chair has been on quite a journey. Since the early 1970's Mrs. B can remember this chair in her Mothers home, a matching pair that she inherited and loves. The original set, though and great shape was a bit dated for Mrs. B's beautifully decorated home. Mrs. B had a vision in mind to complete her tranquil guest room and was on the hunt for the perfect fabric to add that much needed "pop" of color. We looked through many fabric books before she decided on this red and white Sunbrella material. The wood on the original chair had a yellow finish that didn't go with the bright white in the new material so we re-finished and painted the wood to match. The results? just take a look at these before and afters! I don't think Mrs. B could have chose a more perfect fabric or color to bring her room together. We are now working on the matching panel chair that will be going into another room....I'll keep you posted!

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What is Sunbrella? Why use Sunbrella? Sunbrella is a performance fabric that doesn’t quit! Most of you probably know Sunbrella as an awning fabric and that’s true, but Sunbrella is so much more. Sunbrella has its awning line that is heavy weight, its marine line and home line. Sunbrellas home line can be used anywhere that gets a lot of sunlight like a kitchen, sunroom, living room, window seats, porches and pool areas. Like its awning and marine line the home line comes with the Sunbrella 5 year limited warranty against color loss. Sunbrella does not promote the growth of mold or mildew so its perfect for damp areas, around the pool or anywhere wet swim suites go! Spot cleaning your Sunbrella is recommended for upkeep and most dirt and spills can be hand cleaned with warm water and a mixture of Dawn dishwashing liquid. The skin cancer foundation recognizes Sunbrella as an aid in preventing sun-induced skin damage. Sunbrella now has a huge selection of colors from earth tones to Caribbean brights, stripes, speciality weaves, jaquards, textures and prints! Sunbrella isn’t just the smart choice but can be the most bang for your buck as most Sunbrella fabrics run between $30-$45 per yard.

Sunbrella Plus 8400 series 60″ wide for marine applications.

Sunbrella 46″-60″ Awning weight for awning and canopy applications.

Sunbrella 54″ width outdoor for outdoor/indoor furniture applications.

Let us help you select the correct Sunbrella for your job!

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Are you thinking bout having your car seats re-done? First you will need to decide if you want cloth, vinyl or leather. Do you want to keep with the original design or do something custom. What about colors, piping and solid or two tone? There are a few choices you need to make first. If you have a classic car and want OEM(original) material it can be a bit of a challenge to track down depending on year, make and model of your car and OEM material can get expensive. We are an authorized Katzkin dealer and installation facility. Katzkin has a ton of leather options and you can go online to www.katzkin.com and design your seats online then bring us that print out so we can get you a price quote and order your seat covers the same day. We always suggest you bring your car by so our highly trained techs can take a look at your seats and make suggestions on what may be best for your seats. We never charge for estimates and no appointment is necessary. If you have questions you can always give us a call 757.480.3660. We're happy to help!

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Young's Upholstery recently spent some time getting to know a tufted leather sofa quite well. Our furniture upholster Debbie, or sometimes know as "sofa Lady" did an amazing job bringing this sofa back to all its original glory. What we had to do was a complete tear down of the sofa bottom and arms. We used two new leather hides to recover the long bottom cushion, all the work is done by hand, Sofa ladies hands. Debbie had to fold the leather and work it into place to get the "tufted" look this sofa is known for. Getting all the tucks and buttons just right is more of an art than a science. All of the buttons were made here in the shop by cutting small circles out of the leather and using a button machine we press them over metal buttons to achieve a finished look. Debbie also put each one of the decorative nails in by hand. Once the upholstery side of the sofa was finished it was up to our leather guy to refinish and recondition the back of the leather sofa, with the bottom looking so good the back need a little TLC too! The finished sofa was delivered to a very happy Mrs Hess.

If you want to see the video journey of this complete sofa makeover please visit our videos tab from the home page.

~Carolyn

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