Furniture reupholstery in Kaneohe since 1964

Ryan and his wife re-cover chairs, sofas and cushions on Kahuhipa Street.

Get a free estimateCall (808) 236-2218

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The work on Kahuhipa Street

Most pieces arrive as a photo with rough dimensions, and the price goes back before any cloth is cut.

  1. Furniture reupholsteryReupholstery
  2. Cushions and pillowsCushions
  3. High-density foamFoam
  4. Designer fabricsFabrics
  5. Hotel and commercial upholsteryHotels
Furniture reupholsteryFurniture reupholsteryNew and antique pieces re-covered, pattern matched across seat, back and arms.

Grandma's wing chair, Mom's sectional, Uncle's teak set

Those are the pieces John's has re-covered since 1964, new and antique alike. Pick the cloth off the sample wall in the shop, or send a photo of the piece with some dimensions and the price comes back first.

Restoration, reuse and reduce.

The shop's own rule: keep the frame you love, rebuild what sits on it. A koa set or a teak dining set built decades ago usually has a sound frame under a tired cover.

  • A pair of bamboo and cane barrel chairs re-covered in aqua coral-print fabric with piped seat and back cushions

    Cane barrel chairsAqua coral print, piped seat and back

  • Tropical fabric samples in palm, banana leaf and bird of paradise prints hanging on the shop's bamboo-mat wall

    The sample wallTropical prints hung on the bamboo

  • A koa wood chair re-covered in cream palm-leaf fabric against a bamboo wall

    Koa chairCream palm leaf

  • A carved koa-arm lounge chair with new seat and back cushions in blue and green palm-frond fabric

    Koa-arm loungerBlue and green palm frond

Indoor, outdoor, 100% cotton to commercial grade

Thousands of designer fabrics, modern chic to coastal living. Choose them off the wall at the shop, or see how the fabric choice works.

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Rocky Rawlins on the fabric questions

Google 4.2 from 11 reviews

The owner Ryan was so accommodating and very helpful when it came to answering questions about fabrics and what was needed to reupholster my furniture.

Rocky Rawlins · Google

  • “I called/visited five upholstery companies on this island and John's had by far the best price and had the exact fabric I wanted.”

    Leinaala Davis, Google

  • “Amazing place! Great selection of material samples. Very responsive”

    Linda Donoso, Google

  • “These guys are super friendly and accommodating”

    mattme222, Google
Two cane barrel chairs with new aqua coral-print seat and back cushions, welted at every edge
Banana leaf, palm and bird of paradise fabric samples hung above a palm-frond cushion
The carved koa arm and palm-frond seat cushion of a lounge chair re-covered at John's Upholstery

Auntie's pune'e, the koa set

Cushions cut to the frame they sit in

Any size or shape, from a single seat cushion to a full koa set, on high-density foam cut to size in the shop.

Cushions in any size or shapeCall (808) 236-2218

Two generations at the same shop

John Ambrose started John's Upholstery in 1964 and built it into a leader in hotel and residential upholstery. His son Ryan runs it today with his wife, a husband-and-wife team of second-generation upholsterers.

What sets it apart from the big box stores is the same thing their customers write about: years with new and antique furniture, personal service, and a full commitment to getting the piece right. The family story behind the shop goes back to Big John himself.

“Amazing place! Great selection of material samples. Very responsive”

Linda Donoso

Questions about a piece

Send us a picture with some rough dimensions and we will get you a price, then you decide. You can also call (808) 236-2218 for a quick over-the-phone estimate, email johnsupholstery@hawaii.rr.com, or come in to 46-138 Kahuhipa St in Kaneohe.

Once your fabric is chosen and here at the shop, the average turnaround is one to two weeks.

Yes. We carry designer fabrics with thousands of design choices, from modern and sleek to tropical and casual, indoor and outdoor, and from 100% cotton to commercial grade.

Yes. We make cushions in any size or shape, from Auntie's pune'e to the koa set, along with cushion covers and pillows, and we cut high-density foam to size.

Yes. Since 1964 John's has done large-volume hotel upholstery and seamstress work, and we handle it from the bid process to billing.

46-138 Kahuhipa St

Bring the piece in, or send us a photo

Call (808) 236-2218 for a quick estimate over the phone, text a photo to (808) 271-2665, or come in weekdays 8:30am to 4:30pm.

Call

(808) 236-2218

Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm

johnsupholstery@hawaii.rr.com