New York Chair Caning & Repair

What a pleasure to work with people who do a great job, are prompt and pleasant and readily available to talk to! Alejandro did a terrific job reupholstering my mid century modern sofas. Everything looks very professional, the piping is perfect and the upholstered buttons are very neat and clean. I would work with him again in a minute! The pricing was very fair and it only took 2 weeks to complete the two sofas. After so many terrible experiences with other furnishing repair companies, NY Chair and Caning is a real treasure!

New York Chair Caning & Repair is an amazing find. Alejandro picked up 9 chairs from my apartment and within a few short weeks returned them… recaned and re-​upholstered! These forty plus year old chairs look brand new! I cannot be happier. For anyone who needs any furniture to be repaired, I give this company my highest recommendations!

Alejandro delivered my grandmother’s upholstered dining room chair repaired and cleaned up in amazing condition. What a transformation. It was broken in several places, had springs poking out the bottom of the seat, and many nicks and signs of it’s age. I could not be more happy with the work done and appreciated very much the pick up and delivery service he offers. For any other repairs I need I will definitely call NY Chair Caning & Repair.

NY Chair Caning is a great find. They re-​caned a chair, reupholstered our dining room chairs and refinished a very scratched wooden veneer table. We were amazed at the workmanship of all three items and the prices were very reasonable. After looking for a caner, we settled on NY Chair Caning because it was ½ the price of another company and had a couple of good reviews on Unilocal.Alejandro, who picked up the chair, made the smart suggestion of only hand caning the seat (needed because it is more durable than machine caning) and machine caning the back, thus saving us additional money. When the chair was returned, the two caning methods matched perfectly, and they had also touched up scratches on the wooden arms. Their phone recording indicated that they do re-​upholstery and furniture refinishing. We decided to give them our 4 dining room chairs to reupholster. Their price was slightly lower than another upholsterer we had contacted. With 2 success, we asked Alejandro about our very scratched wooden veneer dining table. He said «no problem». We were skeptical. He said «let us do a leaf for free» and if you’re satisfied, we’ll do the whole table. Needless to say, we now have a beautiful table. Finally, they are very responsive. Abby answers the phone, and returns calls and email messages promptly. Alejandro keeps appointments and calls if there is a problem. When there was a small delay on the re-​caning, Abby called to explain and rescheduled delivery.

Alejandro had to carry my great aunt’s antique telephone table out in pieces — it had literally collapsed. It’s back in its rightful place and gorgeous! Alejandro is a miracle worker. Thank you for coming through once again — we’ve used this company for re-​caning our antique chairs since the company was on the Upper West Side almost 20 years ago. I can’t imagine going anywhere else. NY Chair Caning — please stay in business forever!

NYCC has reupholstered my sofa, 4 dining chairs and two accent chairs for me. They have been so incredibly accommodating in terms of pricking up and delivering the pieces. Their prices are very fair and reasonable. They are very quick at getting your pieces back to you and their customer service in terms of responding to calls and concerns is great! I will use them again for any upholstery work I have. Really a great company.

The folks at Westside did a very nice job fixing up an old chair I thought was ready for the garbage. Price was fine and they picked up and delivered the chair in about a week. Would use them again without hesitation.

Update: I came back. (Well, they actually came and picked up.) This time it was for the backs of the Cesca chairs. Turnaround was a week. Their service, courtesy and craftsmanship meet high standards and give comfort to us New Yorkers who seek those qualities. (See initial review below.)

Fabulous work and people. Alejandro is a «miracle worker». He did some re-​caning of my chairs, although machine, they are perfect. Then had him do some repair work on a very old wooden table and dresser and he recommended a far better solution to make the table absolutely beautiful, which he did! I was amazed at the quality of the work. VERY fair, honest and reasonably priced. Picked up and delivered. Recommend highly; you won’t be disappointed.

Westside is now called New York Chair Caning & Repair (212−724−4408) It is located at 3080 Fulton St in Brooklyn, but they do pick up and delivery. Ask for Alejandro.
NY Chair Caning just recaned two Baker regency dining chairs for me and did a fabulous job for a much better price than I was quoted elsewhere. I have given then several more chairs to recane plus an upholstered chair to recover.

This place has been around the neighborhood for years and years. They do a full spectrum of caning, from cheap machine-​made «student seating» to museum-​quality antique work. You can definitely trust your precious heirlooms to them. And, they even pick up.