Upholstery Services in St. Louis, MO
Gomez Upholstery is a full-service upholstery shop at 6487 Chippewa Street in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the metro area since 2000. We handle residential and commercial furniture reupholstery, leather work, antique restoration, structural furniture repair, custom-built furniture, outdoor and patio furniture, and marine and RV interiors. Estimates are free, and we offer pickup and delivery across St. Louis City and County, St. Charles, and the Metro East.
Every Upholstery Service Under One Roof
Most upholstery shops specialize narrowly — one does dining chairs, another does boats, a third only takes commercial contracts. Gomez Upholstery has spent more than two decades building a shop that handles all of it, which means a single point of contact whether you’re bringing in one wingback chair or outfitting a restaurant dining room.
That range matters more than it sounds. A sagging sofa is rarely just a fabric problem: the frame may have loosened, the springs may need retying, the foam may have collapsed underneath. A shop that only recovers furniture will hand the piece back looking new and feeling wrong. We diagnose the whole piece before quoting, and we tell you honestly when a repair will serve you better than a full reupholstery.
Below is what we do. Each service links to a full page with process, materials, timelines, and pricing factors.
Furniture Reupholstery
Sofas, sectionals, dining chairs, wingbacks, recliners, loveseats, ottomans, and headboards — stripped to the frame, inspected, rebuilt where needed, and recovered in your choice of fabric or leather. We keep one of the deepest material libraries in St. Louis, including premium top-grain and full-grain leathers and exotic hides you won’t find at an ordinary shop.
Broken and cracked frames, wobbly joints, sagging webbing, worn springs, collapsed cushions, torn seams, failed zippers, and wood refinishing. Structural work is the part of upholstery most shops skip, and it’s the reason a properly restored piece outlasts a newly manufactured one.
Period-accurate restoration using horsehair padding, natural fiber fillings, hide glue, and hand-tied spring systems. Victorian, Edwardian, and mid-century pieces are treated as the irreplaceable objects they are, with construction methods matched to the era rather than modern shortcuts.
Custom Furniture & Banquette Seating
We build from scratch — frame, foam, fabric, and finish to your specification. Custom banquettes and built-in booth seating are among our most requested commissions, and we’ve built them for restaurants, hotels, and private kitchens across the region. We also make headboards, benches, window seats, daybeds, and one-off pieces designed around a specific room.
Outdoor & Patio Furniture
Deep-seat cushions, chaise pads, dining chair seats, glider and bench cushions, and custom replacement outdoor cushions — built in performance fabrics that resist fading, moisture, and mildew through Missouri summers and freeze-thaw winters. Outdoor work is seasonal; booking in late winter avoids the spring backlog.
Marine & RV Upholstery
Boat seats, helm chairs, cabin cushions, and interior panels rebuilt with marine-grade vinyl and UV-stable, water-resistant materials. We also reupholster RV and motorhome furniture — dinettes, sofas, captain’s chairs, and sleeper cushions.
Commercial Upholstery
Restaurants, hotels, offices, and healthcare facilities. Booths, banquettes, lobby and waiting-area seating, conference chairs, and dining chairs recovered in commercial-grade materials rated for heavy daily use. Our clients include Ritz-Carlton, Drury Hotels, the St. Louis Public Library, and design firms across the region.
Fabrics, Leathers & Exotic Hides
Material choice determines how a finished piece looks and how long it lasts. Our in-shop library includes performance fabrics that resist staining and fading, natural linens and velvets, marine-grade vinyls, period-appropriate textiles for antique work, and a leather collection anchored by top-grain and full-grain hides. For clients who want something distinctive, we stock zebra hide, patterned cowhide, and natural sheepskin.
We walk you through the full library during your consultation, matching material to how the piece will actually be used — a family sofa and a formal parlor chair call for very different answers.
Where We Work
Our shop is on Chippewa Street in south St. Louis, and we offer pickup and delivery across the metro — St. Louis City and County, St. Charles County, and Metro East communities including Belleville, Edwardsville, and Collinsville.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cost depends on the size of the piece, the material you select, and whether structural work is needed underneath. A dining chair seat is a modest job; a sectional in full-grain leather with new foam and retied springs is a substantially larger one. We provide free, itemized estimates before any work starts, so you see the full picture — labor, materials, and any frame, spring, or foam work — before committing.
Most residential projects run two to four weeks, depending on the piece and on fabric availability. Commercial contracts and full antique restorations take longer. We give you a firm timeline at the estimate stage and tell you promptly if a material backorder changes it.
Usually, when the frame is sound. Older furniture was typically built with hardwood frames and joinery that outlast anything at a comparable price point today. Reupholstering keeps that frame, replaces everything that wears out, and costs less than an equivalent new piece — while keeping a usable item out of a landfill. If the frame isn’t worth saving, we’ll tell you.
Yes, across the entire St. Louis metropolitan area. We wrap and transport your furniture to the shop, complete the work, and return it. Pickup and delivery is available from Downtown and Chesterfield to O’Fallon, Webster Groves, and the Metro East.
Yes. Estimates and consultations are free for every project, residential or commercial. Visit the shop on Chippewa Street to see past work and browse the material library in person, call us, or request an estimate online.
Get a Free Upholstery Estimate
Bring us the piece, send us a photo, or book a pickup — we’ll tell you honestly what it needs and what it will cost.