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The environmental impact of throwing away furniture
Everything we buy comes at a cost to the environment when it is made, shipped and retailed. That cost comes in the form of energy consumed, the CO2 released, the resources used, the pollution released and the habitats destroyed to facilitate all that. But even once you’ve bought it, the environmental cost of that product Read more
Introducing our custom made sofa company
As furniture repair experts, we know exactly what it takes to make a quality piece of furniture. In the years we’ve spent repairing and cleaning furniture we’ve worked with furniture from every major manufacturer and have often found out how they’ve broken and how it could have been prevented. We are firm believers in buying Read more
Our repair & cleaning service is still available
Bed Repair, Furniture Repair, Latest News, Leather Repair, Sofa Repair, Upholstery Cleaning
After months and months in and out of lockdown, many of us have never been more familiar with the insides of our own homes. As we’ve been out providing our service to customers these last months it’s been clear that the sofas and furnishings of Great Britain have never had it so hard. We’ve also Read more
Cleaning traditional fabric sofas
All fabric sofas gradually pick up a bit of dirt and grime and should anything get spilt they’re usually quick to soak it up. To keep a fabric sofa fresh, looking great and to resist the fibres degrading over time you’re going to need to clean it. To fully clean a fabric sofa is quite Read more
Our response to Coronavirus
Lockdown has been a very difficult time & we know the Coronavirus is far from over but we are now able to resume our service with some precautions and changes. We’re back to work Due to a change in advice from the government, Wefixanysofa are able to resume attending furniture repair jobs for our customers. Read more
Sofa repairs with leather stitching
Furniture Repair, Leather Repair
If properly looked after, leather sofas can last for a decade or more. We love not just making them last but stay fantastic and looking great for years. When it’s supported you for long enough a good piece of furniture becomes a part of the family and there’s no doubt that making your furniture last Read more
How strong is real leather?
We love leather, in our years of doing leather sofa repair we’ve only grown more fond of it as a material. Leather has been a friend to humans for millennia. From ancient tribal footwear to modern handbags from Milan, leather has served us well and shows no sign of going out of fashion. The biggest Read more
The truth about leather colour restoration
Leather is a complex multi-layered substance and not all materials called leather are made into similar stuff. There are many different dying and pigmentation processes applied to different types of leather. Some add a dye and then lock it in with a top coat, some dyes simply soak into the leather and darken the tone Read more
Furniture repair examples
If you want to understand our furniture repair services you can have a good read of our website but sometimes it’s nice to just soak up some images. We like to take before and after pictures of some of our jobs, if you follow us on Facebook,Instagram and Twitter you’ll see these in your feed Read more
The carbon footprint of furniture
We live at a time when the world is asking questions about the environmental cost of almost everything we do and buy. There’s a growing concern for the planet and what our modern way of life is doing to it. The figures are stacking up and yet it can be confusing to make sense of Read more