Furniture, auto and marine upholstery shops

Most do. Of the 33 marine shops on this site, 21 say they work at the boat and 23 work in their own premises, with 6 collecting the work and bringing it back. Canvas has to be patterned on the vessel, so even a shop that sews indoors usually comes to you first. Full guide.

A single car seat runs roughly $350 to $1,500 depending on material and whether the foam is replaced, and a full interior $1,500 to $4,500 at a professional shop. Pulling the seats out and refitting them is often billed separately at $50 to $150 a seat. No auto trim shop listed here publishes a price, so treat any figure as a planning number. Full guide.

A full boat enclosure runs roughly $1,000 to $3,000 on a boat under 20 feet, $3,000 to $5,000 from 20 to 30 feet, and $5,000 to $15,000 for a flybridge. Reupholstering a single boat seat runs $200 to $1,000. No shop listed here publishes a price, so treat every figure as a planning number. Full guide.

Reupholstering a dining chair in California runs roughly $450 to $700, an armchair $1,500 to $2,500, and a three-seat sofa $4,000 to $6,500, before fabric. Fabric is charged separately by the yard. Almost no shop publishes these figures, so treat any number you find as a starting point rather than a quote. Full guide.

A professionally installed soft top usually runs $1,200 to $3,000, rising past $3,000 on a luxury car or where the frame, seals or rear window need work. Labour alone is commonly $500 to $1,200, and fitting takes about five to eight hours once the car is in the shop. Frame and drainage problems, not the fabric, are what push a quote up. Full guide.

Reupholstering a three-seat sofa runs about $4,000 to $6,500 plus fabric, so it beats replacing only when the frame is worth the money, a hardwood frame with eight-way hand-tied springs, or a piece you actually care about. For a flat-pack sofa with a stapled softwood frame, replacing is cheaper and usually better. Full guide.

Most reupholstery jobs take one to three weeks once the shop starts work, with two to four weeks common in busy periods. Custom-built pieces run six to eight weeks. Fabric delivery, frame repair and the shop's existing queue are what move the number, not the size of the piece. Full guide.

A sagging headliner almost always needs replacing rather than repairing, because the failure is in a foam layer bonded behind the fabric that has broken down with heat and turned to powder. Glue and pins have nothing solid to hold to. A professional replacement typically runs $500 to $1,000, more for suede or vinyl, and the board usually has to come out of the car. Full guide.

Ask what the quote excludes, what happens if the foam or frame is gone, whether the shop has done your specific model, who removes and refits the parts, and how long the job takes including the queue. Ask about airbags in any seat being recovered. Those separate a shop that has looked at your car from one quoting a habit. Full guide.

Ask what the quote excludes, whether the frame has been checked, who is doing the work, what happens if the fabric runs short, and how long the job takes assuming the fabric is in stock. Those five separate a shop that has thought about your piece from one quoting a habit. Full guide.