Made to be remade.

We make furniture and interiors to last, and remake what is worth keeping, for homes and commercial spaces across the UK. One workshop in Bristol, one set of standards.

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Made for homes. Made for business.

Whether it is a treasured piece for the home or a full commercial fit-out, the same hands behind both.

Domestic

Reupholstery and renewal for your treasured pieces, plus one – off items made to order.

Commercial

Fitted seating, banquettes and commercial furniture for hospitality, built for repeat partnerships.

WHAT WE DO

Everything made in one place.

Furniture

Restored, repaired and made-to-order pieces, built to last and used every day.

Interiors

Considered interiors and soft furnishings for homes and commercial spaces.

Upholstery

Reupholstery and bespoke upholstery, from cherished armchairs to banquette seating.

Joinery

Bespoke and fitted joinery, made in-house to sit alongside the rest

Our Story

It started in a shed.

South West Upholstery began in a garden shed in Bristol, where John Ball, a trimmer for First Bus, took on work wit h his son Andy. John’s grandson Ryan grew up in it, learned the craft at his granddad’s side, and took the business on when he left school. He rebuilt it broader than the early bus-and-coach work: recovering pieces people want to keep, and making contract furniture for hospitality, design and architecture. Today it’s a family business under one roof on Novers Hill, making pieces built to last and remaking what ’s worth keeping.

Featured work

The workshop behind names you’ll recognise, from hospitality roll-outs to a single treasured armchair. Here are some recent projects and transformations across homes and commercial spaces.

Interiors

Hush Speakeasy Members Club

Bespoke banquettes and seating for a new private members’ club, built for a 1920 s speakeasy scheme.

Domestic

Mid-century revival

A treasured lounge suite reupholstered and restored to its best.

Commercial

Bespoke armchair

A one-off frame built and upholstered in-house, start to finish.

The Making & Remaking

Craft you can see, in every stitch.

Stripped back, rebuilt and finished by hand in our Bristol workshop. We restore what is worth keeping and make what is not yet there — with the same care either way.

Materials & Workshop

The right materials, properly worked.

Quality foams, fabrics, leathers and timber — selected for how they wear, not just how they look. Every thing is cut, built and finished under one roof.

Why SWU?

In-house workshop

Made and remade under one roof in Bristol, no outsourcing.

Domestic & commercial

One team for treasured home pieces and full commercial fit-outs alike.

Renewed, not replaced

Decades of reupholstery, repair and renewal on pieces worth keeping.

Built to last

Honest materials and sound construction, finished to a premium standard.

Have a piece in mind?

Tell us about your project, domestic or commercial and we’ll take it from there.