Furniture Repair in Montreal
Sagging couches, wobbly chairs, split leather, collapsed seats — most furniture damage is repairable, and repair is usually the smaller job. Honest assessment, free written estimates, pickup across Greater Montreal. Family-run on Cavendish since 1967.
Fix what failed — not the whole piece
Furniture rarely fails all at once. What usually happens is that one system gives out — the foam compresses, a spring drops through the webbing, a chair joint dries out and starts to rock, a seam splits at a stress point. The rest of the piece is still sound. Furniture repair means fixing that specific failure instead of rebuilding or replacing everything around it, and it is a smaller, faster and less expensive job than full reupholstery.
Atlas has been an upholstery workshop on Boulevard Cavendish since 1967, which means we have seen the same handful of failure points on three generations of furniture. We diagnose the actual cause before quoting anything. Sometimes the honest answer is a small repair. Sometimes it is that the piece needs full reupholstery, and sometimes — when a frame is stapled particleboard already coming apart — it is that repair is not worth your money. We will tell you which, and you get a free written estimate with no obligation either way.
The repairs we do most
Sofas and couches
Sagging seats, compressed foam, springs that have dropped through the webbing, split seams, worn arm fronts, and recliner or sleeper mechanisms. A sagging couch is a repair, not a write-off. Detail on our sofa repair page.
Chairs of every kind
Dining chairs that rock, loose or cracked frames, blown-out seats, and worn seat covers. Loose joints are the single most common chair fault we see, and re-gluing them properly is a durable fix rather than a patch. See also dining chair reupholstery.
Leather and vinyl
Split seams, torn cushion faces, worn panels and collapsed leather seats. We can often replace a single panel instead of recovering the whole piece. Colour and grain matching on aged leather is the real constraint, and we tell you what is achievable first.
Frames and structure
Loose joinery, broken stretchers and rails, wobbly legs, cracked seat frames, and the squeaks and creaks that come from all of the above. Hardwood frames are worth repairing — that construction is not available at entry-level retail prices today.
Cane, rush and rattan
Hand-woven cane panels, rush seats and damaged rattan sections re-woven or replaced using traditional methods. Slower and more specialised than a fabric seat, so we quote a realistic timeline up front.
Commercial and restaurant
Banquettes and booths, bar and dining chairs, office and waiting-room seating. Commercial seating wears out faster because it takes far more use. We work in batches and schedule around closing hours. See restaurant banquettes.
Which one your piece actually needs
Repair — one system has failed
The cover is still in good condition and you still like it, and the problem is localised: one cushion gone soft, one spring dropped, one joint loose, one seam split. Targeted repair is the right call. It is the smallest job, the fastest turnaround, and it leaves everything that still works alone.
Reupholster — the cover is done
The fabric is worn across the visible surface, faded, stained beyond cleaning, or you simply want a different material. Once the piece has to be stripped anyway, the foam, webbing and springs get renewed at the same time. Bigger job, better outcome when the cover has genuinely reached the end.
Replace — the frame is gone
We will say this plainly when it is true. If the frame is stapled particleboard that is already delaminating and pulling apart, there is nothing solid to build on and repair is not a good use of your money. Knowing when not to sell you a job is part of doing this honestly.
How furniture repair works at Atlas
1. Free assessment and written estimate
Send photos for a fast first read, or bring the piece to the Cavendish workshop. For larger and commercial jobs we come to you anywhere in Greater Montreal. We identify the actual failure, tell you whether repair or reupholstery is right, and put a written estimate in your hands with no obligation.
2. The repair, done properly
Most repairs happen at the workshop because proper access and clamping matter — a re-glued joint needs to be taken apart, cleaned and held under pressure to hold for years rather than months. Minor fixes can sometimes be handled on site. We use high-density foam and traditional spring and webbing methods.
3. Back to you
Most repairs finish in one to two weeks, against three to five for full reupholstery. Pickup and delivery across Greater Montreal is included. Cane, rush and specialised woven work takes longer, and we tell you that timeline with the estimate rather than after.
Furniture repair across Greater Montreal
Our workshop is at 2535 Boul. Cavendish in Montreal, on the NDG and Côte-Saint-Luc border, open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm. We repair furniture for homes and businesses across the island and off it — including the West Island, Laval and the South Shore — with pickup and delivery throughout Greater Montreal.
FAQ
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Both. Repair is often the smaller, faster job and we do a lot of it — replacing collapsed foam, re-tying springs, re-gluing loose chair joints, patching a torn seam, rebuilding a seat deck. Full reupholstery is the bigger job where the entire piece is stripped and re-covered. When you contact us we assess which one your piece actually needs and tell you honestly, even when that is the cheaper answer. You get a free written estimate either way.
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Every repair is quoted individually, because the real cost depends on the piece, what has failed, which materials the fix needs, and how much labour is involved. A single loose chair joint and a sofa needing new foam plus spring work are very different jobs. We do not publish fixed price lists, because a number that ignores those factors would mislead you. Send photos or bring the piece in and we will give you a free written estimate, usually within 24 hours.
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Our workshop is at 2535 Boul. Cavendish in Montreal, near the NDG and Côte-Saint-Luc border, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm. We serve all of Greater Montreal including NDG, Westmount, Côte-des-Neiges, Côte-Saint-Luc, the West Island, Laval and the South Shore. Most repairs come to the workshop because proper access matters, and we offer pickup and delivery across Greater Montreal. Small fixes can sometimes be done on site.
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Yes, and this is one of the most common repairs we see. Wobbly chairs almost always trace back to joints that have dried out and worked loose rather than to broken wood. The fix is to take the joint apart, clean out the old glue, and re-glue and clamp it properly so it holds. Cracked rails, broken stretchers, loose legs and split seat frames are usually repairable too. Pricing depends on how many joints are involved and whether any wood needs to be replaced.
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Yes. We repair split seams, worn leather panels, torn cushion faces and collapsed leather seats, and we can replace individual leather panels rather than recovering an entire sofa when the damage is localised. Colour and grain matching on older leather is the limiting factor and we are upfront about how close a match is achievable before you commit. Where leather is uniformly worn across the whole visible surface, recovering the piece is usually the better result.
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Repair fixes what has failed — a joint, a spring, foam, a torn cover. Refinishing means stripping and re-coating exposed wood surfaces to change or renew the finish. Restoration is returning an older piece to original condition, often combining both. Atlas is an upholstery workshop, so our strength is everything on the soft side plus structural frame repair: foam, springs, webbing, covers, and the joinery underneath. We do repair and touch up exposed wood as part of a job, but we do not offer full strip-and-refinish of large wood surfaces as a standalone service — if that is what your piece really needs, we will tell you and point you to a wood finisher rather than sell you the wrong job.
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Almost always. Sagging is usually one of three things: foam that has compressed and lost its resilience, webbing or burlap under the cushions that has stretched or torn, or springs that have failed and dropped. Each is repairable on its own, and often the cover never has to come off permanently. A sagging seat does not mean the sofa is finished. See our dedicated sofa repair page for detail on cushions, springs and frames.
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Yes. Cane, rush and woven seats are traditional upholstery work and we still do them by hand. Broken or sagging cane panels, blown-out rush seats and damaged rattan sections can generally be re-woven or replaced. These are slower, more specialised jobs than a fabric seat, so turnaround is longer — we will tell you the realistic timeline with the estimate.
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Yes. Commercial seating fails faster than residential because it takes far more use, and we repair restaurant banquettes and booths, bar and dining chairs, office and waiting-room seating, and hospitality furniture. We can work in batches and schedule around your closing hours to keep a dining room or office in service. For larger volumes we come to you for an on-site assessment first.
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It depends almost entirely on the frame. Older and mid-century furniture was commonly built with hardwood frames and joined construction, and a solid frame is worth repairing because you cannot buy that quality at entry-level retail prices today. If the frame is sound and only the soft parts have worn out, repair is usually the better value. If the frame itself is particleboard, stapled together and already breaking apart, we will tell you honestly that repair is not a good investment. Our guide on whether reupholstering is worth it goes deeper.