Do you have a workroom in the city, or just an office?

No — an office. We meet by appointment on Haight Street and our Bay Area team measures and collects on site, but the restoration is done at our own benches in Los Angeles. Valley Studio does not operate a San Francisco workroom, and we would rather say so than let a website imply otherwise.

Who picks up and who returns the piece?

Our own people, both times. A member of our Bay Area team measures the piece and the access, our crew collects it, and our own installers deliver and place it when it is finished — door to door across the city, Marin, the Peninsula and Napa & Sonoma.

How long does reupholstery take?

Re-upholstery of an existing piece generally runs 10–12 weeks, with the clock starting at payment. That is a general range rather than a date — we give a firm schedule per order, and the fabric has to physically arrive at the workroom before we commit to a return date.

Is an older piece worth restoring?

Often, yes — a well-made hardwood frame is usually worth keeping, and we assess it before quoting rather than after. If the frame is not worth the work we will say so, and the same workroom can build a new piece to the old one’s dimensions instead.

How does C.O.M. work for a reupholstery order?

You specify and ship the replacement fabric or leather to our Los Angeles workroom against the order. We confirm yardage against the piece before it is stripped, so nothing stalls waiting on goods once the piece is in the shop.

What if something is wrong when it comes back?

We fix it. Custom work cannot be returned once it is in production, but a mismeasure on our side, a fabric flaw or a construction defect is ours to put right, and a repeat failure on our own work is treated as warranty.

Do you work with homeowners, or only with designers?

Mostly with the trade — interior designers, architects and contractors — and also directly with homeowners. Either way you get a written estimate, a measure before anything is stripped, and one design partner as the point of contact through delivery.

Reupholstery in San Francisco

Valley Studio recovers and rebuilds existing furniture for the San Francisco Bay Area — sofas, chairs, benches, ottomans, headboards and banquettes — in the fabric or leather you specify. Our Bay Area team meets you by appointment at our Haight Street office or on site, assesses the piece and collects it; the restoration happens in our Los Angeles workroom in Van Nuys, and our own installers bring it back and place it. We have been upholstering to specification since 1985, formerly as Valley Drapery & Upholstery.

Collected here, rebuilt in Los Angeles, returned here

A member of our Bay Area team meets you at the house or at our Haight Street office, looks at the frame, the suspension and the fills, and measures the piece and the way out. The piece is rebuilt in our Los Angeles workroom in Van Nuys — stripped, repaired, re-sprung and recovered under one roof — and comes back up to be placed by our own installers.

What that costs a designer is a photograph in place of a walk to the bench. We send them at frame, at deck and at finish, and if something is wrong it is wrong while it is still on our floor, which is the only place it is cheap to fix.

Built for Bay Area houses

Much of the housing stock in San Francisco was built before anyone thought about getting a sofa down the stairs: a Victorian with a narrow turn at the landing, a flat over a garage on a hill, a Peninsula ranch with a wide door and a tight hall. We confirm the route out and back in before we collect, and the piece is wrapped and carried by our own crew at both ends.

What reupholstery can include

Recovering in your specified fabric or leather
Frame and suspension repair
New fills and cushioning as needed
Banquettes and built-in seating, templated on site
Coordinated pickup and return delivery across the Bay Area, billed separately
Matched to new upholstery, drapery or Roman shades from the same workroom

How a Bay Area reupholstery project runs

It starts with photos of the piece, its dimensions and the fabric you have in mind. From those we prepare a written estimate, and a member of our Bay Area team measures the piece on site — and the route out of the house — before an order is placed. The site visit to assess the piece and talk through options is $500 for San Francisco projects, waived when the order is over $2,000.

Orders start on a 50% deposit and run C.O.M. (customer’s own material): you ship the replacement fabric or leather to our Los Angeles workroom against the order, and we confirm yardage against the piece before stripping it. In Van Nuys the cover comes off, the frame and springing are repaired, fills are replaced where they have failed, and the piece is recovered and finished by hand in our upholstery room.

Finished pieces come back up to the Bay Area and are placed by our own installers, not a freight company; pickup and delivery are billed separately on the estimate.

Frequently asked questions

Do you have a workroom in the city, or just an office?: No — an office. We meet by appointment on Haight Street and our Bay Area team measures and collects on site, but the restoration is done at our own benches in Los Angeles. Valley Studio does not operate a San Francisco workroom, and we would rather say so than let a website imply otherwise.
Who picks up and who returns the piece?: Our own people, both times. A member of our Bay Area team measures the piece and the access, our crew collects it, and our own installers deliver and place it when it is finished — door to door across the city, Marin, the Peninsula and Napa & Sonoma.
How long does reupholstery take?: Re-upholstery of an existing piece generally runs 10–12 weeks, with the clock starting at payment. That is a general range rather than a date — we give a firm schedule per order, and the fabric has to physically arrive at the workroom before we commit to a return date.
Is an older piece worth restoring?: Often, yes — a well-made hardwood frame is usually worth keeping, and we assess it before quoting rather than after. If the frame is not worth the work we will say so, and the same workroom can build a new piece to the old one’s dimensions instead.
How does C.O.M. work for a reupholstery order?: You specify and ship the replacement fabric or leather to our Los Angeles workroom against the order. We confirm yardage against the piece before it is stripped, so nothing stalls waiting on goods once the piece is in the shop.
What if something is wrong when it comes back?: We fix it. Custom work cannot be returned once it is in production, but a mismeasure on our side, a fabric flaw or a construction defect is ours to put right, and a repeat failure on our own work is treated as warranty.
Do you work with homeowners, or only with designers?: Mostly with the trade — interior designers, architects and contractors — and also directly with homeowners. Either way you get a written estimate, a measure before anything is stripped, and one design partner as the point of contact through delivery.

San Francisco — By Appointment

1388 Haight St Suite 1235, San Francisco, CA 94117
By appointment only · (628) 203-9872