Refresh Your Space: 5 Signs It’s Time to Reupholster Your Resturant Furniture
In the hospitality industry, first impressions matter. Whether it’s a boutique hotel in Columbus, Ohio, a bustling restaurant in Chicago, or an upscale lounge in Cleveland, your furniture plays a key role in shaping the guest experience. But over time, even the highest-quality seating can show signs of wear and tear, making your space feel outdated or uninviting. Instead of replacing your well-loved furniture, reupholstering offers a cost-effective, sustainable, and brand-consistent solution to refresh your space.
If you're wondering whether it's time to reupholster your hospitality furniture, here are five clear signs to look for—and how Fortner, a trusted name in custom furniture and reupholstery can help you bring your furniture back to life with expert craftsmanship.
1. Worn or Damaged Upholstery
From everyday spills and scratches to fading caused by constant sunlight exposure, visible wear and tear is one of the biggest indicators that your furniture needs attention. Damaged upholstery doesn’t just affect the aesthetics of your space; it also impacts guest comfort and the perception of quality.
How Fortner Helps:
We specialize in restoring worn and damaged furniture to like-new condition with high-quality commercial-grade materials built to withstand heavy use. Whether your seating has faded from years of sun exposure, suffered from spills and stains, or simply lost its original luster, our expert team can reupholster, repair, and reinforce each piece while maintaining the integrity of the original design.
We offer a wide range of performance fabrics, premium vinyls, and durable leathers that not only enhance the look of your space but also provide stain resistance, easy cleaning, and long-term durability. Our craftsmen carefully assess each project, ensuring that the foam, padding, and structure are also refreshed for maximum comfort.
2. Your Space Feels Outdated
Hospitality design trends evolve, and what was once a sleek, modern look can quickly feel outdated. Refreshing your upholstery with trending colors, textures, and patterns is an easy way to give your space a contemporary feel without the cost of purchasing entirely new furniture.
How Fortner Helps:
Refreshing your upholstery is one of the most cost-effective ways to modernize your space without the expense of purchasing entirely new furniture. At Fortner, we offer an extensive selection of high-performance fabrics, bold patterns, rich textures, and classic neutrals that align with today’s hospitality trends. Whether you’re looking to create a sophisticated, timeless aesthetic or want to introduce statement-making upholstery that reflects your brand’s personality, we have the materials and expertise to bring your vision to life.
Our design team stays on top of current hospitality trends and works closely with interior designers, architects, and business owners to select the right colors, materials, and styles that reflect your brand while ensuring your furniture remains functional, durable, and easy to maintain. We can also color-match existing upholstery, ensuring that any updates seamlessly blend with your current decor.
3. Brand Consistency is Key
Your furniture should be an extension of your brand—whether you're running a boutique hotel, a fine dining restaurant, or a high-traffic lounge. Inconsistent furniture styles, colors, or materials can make your space feel disjointed, which may negatively impact guest perception. If your business has recently undergone a rebrand, expansion, or renovation, your existing furniture may no longer match your updated aesthetic.
How Fortner Helps:
At Fortner, we specialize in helping hospitality businesses maintain brand consistency across multiple locations by providing expert reupholstery solutions tailored to your brand identity. Whether you need a complete refresh after a brand redesign or just a few key updates to match new corporate color schemes, we have the experience and materials to ensure a cohesive look across your properties.
Color & Material Matching: We source a wide range of fabrics, vinyls, and leathers to match your brand’s signature style, ensuring a consistent aesthetic across all locations.
Custom Reupholstery for Multi-Location Businesses: We partner with hospitality groups to create standardized reupholstery solutions that allow for easy updates across multiple properties.
High-Traffic, Commercial-Grade Materials: Our materials are designed to withstand the daily wear and tear of restaurants, hotels, lounges, and coworking spaces, ensuring a long-lasting, professional look.
4. Your Furniture is Structurally Sound
If your furniture’s frame and foundation are still solid but the upholstery, foam, or padding is showing signs of wear, you don’t need to replace it—you just need to refresh it. High-quality hospitality furniture is built to last, and reupholstering allows you to maintain that investment while keeping your space looking polished and inviting.
How Fortner Helps:
We carefully evaluate each piece to determine its structural integrity. If the frame is still in excellent condition, we focus on reinforcing, refinishing, and reupholstering to extend the life of your furniture.
Foam Restoration & Upgrades: We replace worn-out foam with high-density commercial-grade foam, ensuring lasting comfort and support. This is especially beneficial for restaurants, lobbies, and lounge seating that experience heavy daily use.
Fabric & Vinyl Replacement: We help you select durable, stain-resistant materials that can handle spills, wear, and frequent cleaning without sacrificing style.
Structural Adjustments: Need minor tweaks? We can reinforce weak joints, adjust seat height, or modify existing frames to better fit your evolving space needs.
5. Reupholstery is the Sustainable Choice
Sustainability is more important than ever in hospitality design. Rather than sending old furniture to a landfill, reupholstering reduces waste and supports environmentally conscious business practices.
How Fortner Helps:
At Fortner, we prioritize sustainability by offering eco-friendly materials, responsible craftsmanship, and waste-reducing solutions to keep your furniture in circulation longer.
Waste Reduction: By working with existing furniture, we help businesses avoid the unnecessary disposal of structurally sound seating, minimizing landfill waste.
Sustainable Materials: We offer a selection of VOC-free, low-impact, and eco-friendly upholstery options for businesses looking to integrate sustainability into their design choices.
Longer-Lasting Solutions: Investing in reupholstery means you’re not just making an eco-conscious choice—you’re also choosing durability. We ensure every material we use is built to withstand the demands of busy hospitality spaces.
Why Fortner is Your Partner
If your furniture is showing signs of wear, feeling outdated, or no longer aligning with your brand, reupholstery is the smart solution. It provides a cost-effective, sustainable, and stylish alternative to replacing furniture, allowing you to maintain a polished, inviting atmosphere for your guests.
At Fortner, we specialize in hospitality reupholstery, offering customizable solutions tailored to your brand and design needs. Based in Columbus, OH, we proudly serve clients throughout Ohio and beyond.
Contact us today to refresh your space.