Furniture Reupholstery in Manhattan
Does your building require a certificate of insurance and a reserved freight elevator before any furniture moves, and keep the elevator locked without them? Most Manhattan co-ops and condos do. NYC Reupholstery sends the COI with your quote, books the freight elevator window with your super or management company, and blanket wraps the piece before it leaves the apartment. From our base on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side we pick up sofas, chairs, headboards and antiques from doorman buildings, pre-war walk-ups and brownstones from Inwood to the Financial District, rebuild them in the workshop and deliver them back placed in the room. More than 25 years of Manhattan work. Text a photo to (914) 449-4334 for a same day quote and a pickup window.
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If this sounds familiar
"No approved COI usually means no move"
The crew arrives, the super asks for the certificate, and the freight elevator stays locked. It is standard practice across Manhattan buildings, and it is the furniture company's job, not yours. We provide the certificate of insurance with the quote, naming the building the way management asks, and we book the elevator window before pickup day.
"I paid again just to get that couch into my apartment"
A hoist through the window, a front door off its hinges, a sofa taken apart in the lobby and put back together upstairs. If that is how your sofa got in, it is the sofa worth keeping. It comes out the way it went in, once, gets rebuilt, and comes back. No new delivery to gamble on.
"I live in a small Manhattan apartment, so my couch gets plenty of wear"
One sofa doing the work of a living room, an office and a guest bed wears out its foam and fabric long before its frame. New springs, new foam and a tight performance fabric are what that sofa needs. Steam heat and south windows do the rest of the damage in this borough: cracked leather and faded finishes next to the radiator, both fixable.
What people worry about, answered straight
Will my building even let you in?
Yes. Co-ops and condos on the Upper East Side, Upper West Side and downtown want a certificate of insurance and a scheduled freight elevator window before a sofa moves. We provide the COI with the quote and book the window with your building. Tell us the management company when you text the photo.
Can you get it down my stairs?
Walk-up and brownstone pickups happen every week, tight pre-war stair turns included. The piece is blanket wrapped before it leaves the apartment. Tell us the floor and any tight turns when you call and we plan the pickup around them.
Is my piece worth it?
Send the photo and ask. If the frame is hardwood and the piece fits your room, usually yes. If it is not worth doing, we will tell you. The sofa, chair, repair and antique pages each answer this for their own kind of piece.
We guarantee the job will be done right, or we will make it right. If we find hidden damage once the old cover is off, you hear about it and approve the price before any extra work is done.
Furniture in Manhattan: what we see and how we handle it
Manhattan furniture lives in buildings with rules. Co-ops and condos on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side want a certificate of insurance and a scheduled freight elevator window before a sofa moves. We provide the COI with the quote, book the window with your building, and blanket wrap the piece before it leaves the apartment. Pre-war walk-ups in Yorkville, the East Village and Harlem have tight stair turns, which is often the reason the sofa is being reupholstered rather than replaced in the first place.
Steam heat is the other Manhattan problem. Leather club chairs and wood finishes placed next to a radiator dry out and crack over a few winters, and south facing windows fade one side of a piece. Both are common calls from Carnegie Hill, Lenox Hill and Riverside Drive apartments, and both are fixable in the workshop.
Designer work is a large part of our Manhattan schedule. We accept customer's own material from the D and D Building and the showrooms on the East Side, work from designer specifications for tufting, trim and cushion fill, and deliver to the apartment or to a staging address on the designer's timeline.
Why Manhattan customers call NYC Reupholstery
- Certificate of insurance and freight elevator scheduling handled for co-ops and condos
- Based on the Upper East Side, so Manhattan pickups are same week
- Walk-up and brownstone pickups every week, tight stairs included
- You deal with a person: Marcos and the workshop team, by name, at (914) 449-4334
- If we find hidden damage once the old cover is off, you hear about it and approve the price before any extra work is done
- We guarantee the job will be done right, or we will make it right
- Customer's own material accepted from D and D Building and East Side showrooms
- Commercial work for Midtown offices, hotels and restaurants
Local proof
The Upper East Side listing at 1050 Park Ave #22 is where quotes and fabric appointments start. Recent Manhattan work includes a couch and loveseat reupholstered for a client who told us she was nervous to see the result "for no reason at all" because it "turned out spectacular", and a set of office chairs recovered for a Manhattan business that saved the cost of replacing them.
Services in Manhattan
Sofa Reupholstery
Sofa and Couch Reupholstery in NYCChair Reupholstery
Chair Reupholstery in NYCUpholstery Repair
Upholstery Repair in NYCAntique Restoration
Antique Furniture Restoration in NYCCushions and Slipcovers
Custom Cushions, Foam Replacement and Slipcovers in NYCCommercial Upholstery
Commercial Upholstery in NYCManhattan pickup questions
My building requires a certificate of insurance for all furniture deliveries. Do you provide one?
Yes. We send the certificate of insurance with your quote, made out the way your management company asks, and we book the freight elevator window with your super or management office before pickup day. Give us the building address and the management contact when you text your photos.
Do you pick up furniture from doorman buildings in Manhattan?
Yes. We provide the certificate of insurance most Manhattan co-ops and condos require, book the freight elevator window with your building, and blanket wrap the piece in the apartment before moving it.
Can you get a sofa down a pre-war walk-up?
Yes. Tight turns in Yorkville, East Village and Harlem tenements are weekly work. Tell us the floor and any landings when you call and we plan the pickup. If the sofa came up the stairs, it will come down.
Do you work with interior designers in Manhattan?
Yes. We take customer's own material from the D and D Building and East Side showrooms, work from designer specs, and deliver to the apartment or a staging address on the designer's schedule.
How fast can you reupholster a sofa in Manhattan?
Two to four weeks from pickup for most sofas, faster when the fabric is in stock. Cushion foam swaps and small repairs are often done within the week.
Tell us your building. We handle the COI and the elevator
Text photos to (914) 449-4334 and we reply with a quote and a pickup window.