Raymond Rowson has been upholstering in Liverpool since 1986 — booth and banquette seating for bars, restaurants and hotels, and reupholstery for private customers. Same workshop, same hands, either way.
Booth and banquette seating built to fit the room, matched chair batches, and installation on site alongside your other trades.
See the venue work →Sofas, suites, wing chairs and family pieces stripped back, rebuilt and recovered in a fabric you choose. Send a photo and Ray will ring you back.
See the furniture →Bars, restaurants and hotels across Liverpool and the North West. Straight runs, curved booths, matched chair batches — made in the Aintree workshop and fitted on site.
Templates and frames made from scratch, or measured and templated on site to suit the space.
Straight runs, returns and curved booths, built to fit the space rather than dropped into it.
Sets of chairs and stools finished to match, so a room reads as one job.
Delivered and installed by the same hands that built it, working alongside your other trades.
Working on a fit-out? Send Ray the details and he will come back to you.
Deep-buttoned wall panelling and full upholstered ceilings, made to the shape of the building. Most upholsterers will not take this on.
Fit-outs for some of Liverpool’s best-known venues, and work inside one of its most recognisable buildings — alongside four decades of furniture for private customers.
Reupholstery within the landmark Albion House building on Liverpool’s waterfront.
Reupholstery and restoration work on John Lewis sofas and suites.
Fixed booth seating and buttoned upholstery for the venue.
Bar and restaurant seating upholstery.
Venue seating upholstery and refurbishment.
Upholstery across the group’s Liverpool hotel and venue portfolio.
Sofas, suites, wing chairs and family pieces — stripped back to the frame, rebuilt and recovered in a fabric you choose. Every piece below is a real job for a real customer, photographed in the Aintree workshop.
Frame making, template cutting, sewing, upholstering — antique through to modern, in every fabric including leather.
Sofas, armchairs, recliners, chaise longues and footstools — stripped back, rebuilt and recovered in the fabric of your choice.
Where the frame has gone, we rebuild it. Joints, springs and webbing put right so the piece lasts another generation.
Flat, collapsed cushions replaced with new foam cut to your seat — in the density you actually want to sit on.
Full leather reupholstery, from buttoned chesterfields to modern suites, in hide selected with you.
Bespoke frames and templates made from scratch — for one-off pieces, fitted booth seating and awkward shapes.
Fixed seating for bars, restaurants and hotels — straight runs, corner returns and curved booths, built to the room and fitted on site.
Deep-buttoned wall panelling and full upholstered ceilings, templated to the shape of the building.
Boat seats and cabin upholstery retrimmed in marine-grade materials.
A free fabric guide brought to you, so you choose your material at home against your own light and floor.
And if you already have a written quote from someone else — we will beat any like-for-like written quotation.
No showroom visit, no pushy sales call. Five steps from a snapshot to furniture you’re proud of again. Trade enquiry? Send the drawings instead — see Trade & Venues.
Text or email a photo of the piece to 07859 829 601. A phone snap is fine.
A line or two — recover it, rebuild it, or new cushions.
You get a ballpark verbal quote on the phone, free, with no obligation.
Happy with the quote? We come out, view the piece and take it away — transport free.
Your furniture comes back looking new, at a time that suits you.
Fabric is the decision people agonise over — and the one that looks completely different under a showroom spotlight than it does in your own living room.
So the fabric guide comes to you, free. Velvets, weaves, contract-grade cloth for commercial seating, and full hide for leather work — held up against your own walls, your own floor, your own light.
Ask for the fabric guideI have been an upholsterer in Liverpool since 1986 — over 40 years now. In that time I’ve learned every part of this trade: frame making and template making, sewing, and upholstering furniture from antique through to modern, in every type of fabric including leather.
That range is the reason a piece doesn’t have to go to three different people. If the frame has gone, I rebuild it. If the springs have dropped, they get re-tied. If the cushions have flattened, new foam gets cut to your seat in the density you actually want.
The work runs from a single dining chair to fitted booth seating for city-centre bars, headboards for hotel suites, and reupholstery inside the White Star Line building at Pier Head. Same bench, same hands, same standard.
Send me a photo and I’ll tell you honestly what it needs — including when a piece isn’t worth the work.
Every review below is a real Google review, reproduced word for word — spelling and all. Nothing has been edited, shortened or reordered. Surnames are shortened to an initial; the full names are on the Google profile if you want to check them.
Ray from UpholsterMe has just done an amazing job of bringing our two sofas back to life. They were saggy and worn but the frames were still fine and they fitted so well in our lounge, we didn’t want to just bin them. Ray replaced the springs, replumped the seat cushions and reupholstered in our chosen fabric.
He was happy for us to buy the fabric ourselves and came round to measure up so we knew how much to get. We can’t believe how brilliant they look and feel - literally like new and for half the price of buying new ones. Saved world resources too so it’s a win win! Great service from start to finish. Highly recommended.
I was given Ray’s number off another upholsterers as the wife left it to me to either reupholster or go new but as it’s so comfortable I decided to reupholster WOW.WOW.WOW. an absolutely beautiful job please do not scroll past this Review thanks Ray it’s a cracking job
Had my 20yr old leather sofa and chair seats repaired. There isnt a mark on my suite so made sence to have the cushions repadded. What a fantastic job Ray did, the suite looks like new again. I would highly recommend to use Upolsterme, far cheaper than buying a new suite. Thank you Ray
Brilliant job by ray at upholsterme deffo worth a visit very reasonable price and a master craftsman at his art well done ray
What a great, friendly and amazing service we received. Ray reupholstered our tired camper van cushions and it’s changed the whole look inside. Great choice of fabrics, you can get direct or supply your own. The finish is just superb and great price, fab service. So pleased getting other bits sorted from this company. Thank you for making our travels more enjoyable Ray.
I ordered new covers for my sofa which did not fit. Ray took them and altered them and done a brilliant job. Looks like I have a new sofa now. I will definately be using upholsterme again.
Ray Recovered our 2 bar stools, look brand new ! Quality work done same day! , a pleasure to deal with from starting finish. Will be using again!
Fabulous work. Completely transformed my dining room chairs. Very reasonably priced. Work completed quickly using good quality fabric. Extremely professional workmanship. Highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.
Just had 4 dining room chairs recovered in leather, couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out. Would recommend this business in a heartbeat, excellent service and efficient !
Collection and return is free on all reupholstery orders across the region.
Text or email a picture of the piece and Ray will call you back with a free ballpark quote — no visit, no obligation, no sales pitch.
Unit 10, Nelson Business Park, Long Lane, Aintree, Liverpool L9 7BN