City Upholstery is a family owned and operated upholstery shop that has been serving the greater Houston and surrounding areas for more than half a century. We do residential reupholstery for the general public as well as commercial work for many local area businesses. Need repairs done to your furniture? We can We can replace, re-glue and repair broken frames, replace broken springs, and even patch or repair rips in your upholstery.
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The McWhorter family established City Upholstery in the 1930's. Mr. McWhorter operated the business out of his detached two-car garage until his death in 1960. That same year Mrs. McWhorter, who no could longer maintain the business, put it up for sale. Having seen the add in the local paper, Ken Waters talked to the family and purchased the business which consisted of one sewing machine, some work tables and a handful of tools.
We offer a number of refinishing option, but they cover a broad range of applications. We can also repair and rebuild as needed as well. Depending on the type of furniture you have, condition and age of the wood, value and or personal preference we can determine which option is right for you. Currently we have downsized our refinishing department, and we are limited to what type of pieces we can work on.
Reviews (10)
Mark Mulla
Dec 13, 2021
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Debbie Koctar
May 25, 2021
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We drove over to meet them we picked out our material. They gave us a fair quote using our dimensions and a picture of the furniture piece we needed covering. We were called to bring it in and then received a call two days later it was ready. Beautiful craftmanship, installed new foam, firm, well made, and returned in two days from the date we dropped it off.
Ellen Cumbie
Apr 19, 2021
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Donny Lambright
Feb 11, 2021
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Incredible is the only word I can think of when it comes to this fine establishment. I was in contact with Robert for a little while and he was always very responsive and willing to answer any questions I had. They picked up a peice of my couch that was torn, made the repair and brought it back to my house. Very professional. I will not be taking my business anywhere else! I already am in talks to make another repair for me! You can't get the quality of care at one of those big box stores!
Oat City
Jan 21, 2020
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John Mogab
Dec 30, 2019
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I took two bamboo barstools to have new backs and seats made. One of the barstools was broken and both had been chewed by my puppies. City Upholstery repaired the broken one, refinished both and made beautiful new seats and backs for both. They look like they just came off the showroom floor. I couldn't be happier with their work!! OUTSTANDING!! Thanks for putting such great care into the repair and upholstery!! I couldn't be a happier customer!!!
Donna Waters
Dec 26, 2019
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Sal Quintana
Aug 28, 2019
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Went in to look at some fabrics and came out with all kinds of knowledge about fabric types, colors, designs, styles, also about different fillers, foams and padding, the gentleman/owner that assisted us was knowledgable and friendly as the our Texas motto, even though he didn't have the fabric I needed, he was happy to order it for us but I couldn't wait a few days I needed it that day, but I saw his fine upholstery work in the different stages of reupholstering, including the final finish and let me tell you his work is worthy of being in high end furniture stores, even though I can do some upholstering
Gordon Gonzalez
Sep 15, 2018
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Our family has used City Upholstery in Pasadena, TX since 2010. Robert Waters is the owner. City Upholstery has reholstered my truck seats and chairs to our gathering table with quality leather hides. They also made a beautiful white denim slip cover for our large sofa. The shop’s latest work for us was repairing and refinishing a large, roughly used antique desk; the outcome was awesome and the price they charged was below the estimate Mr Waters initially quoted! We’ve always taken our business to City Upholstery because the quality of their work is outstanding, their prices are very reasonable
Carolyn Farmer
Jun 11, 2018
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