Upholstery & Furnishings for boats, YACHTS & Narrowboats

Our incoming phone lines are open 10.00am to 1.00pm and 1.30pm to 3.00pm, Monday to Thursday only, however, we are all here working full, normal hours, i.e. 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, so if you need to email, or leave a voicemail, we will gladly respond promptly.

BOAT, YACHT & NARROWBOAT Cushion Upholstery & Furnishings

If you own a boat, yacht or narrowboat and you're thinking of re-vamping the interior, protecting the furnishings in a newer boat, or perhaps improving your comfort when sleeping, then we can certainly help!

All of our boat and yacht upholstery services are in-house in our Bristol Factory

Our boat & yacht upholstery orders tend to be made from start to finish by one member of our experienced team, as we find this gives them an interest in seeing the finished product as well as engendering a real sense of pride in the job.

There are 3 different ways in which we can re-upholster or cover your Yacht, Boat or Narrowboat Cushions:


1. PRICE BANDS 1 & 2 Specification

We strip off your old boat cushion fabric (if recovering existing cushions), or supply new high density foam, add Dacron Wadding to the foam and then permanently upholster your cushions in your choice of over 1,000 on-going upholstery fabrics.


This boat interior is dated and in need of new boat foam cushions and upholstery
BEFORE
The boat interiror has been transformed with new re-upholstered foam cushions using a contemporary fabric
AFTER

There is a vast choice available (over 1,000 fabrics, 500 of which are at the same cost) including plain, semi-plain, and patterned fabrics in many types and textures, including Chenilles, Flat Weaves and Crushed Velvets, in a myriad of designs and colours.


Cockpit seat and seating area upholstery for a leisure boat
New seating foam cushions and scatter cushions for a yacht
New buttoned foam cushions for a narrowboat seatng area

Your boat, yacht or narrowboat cushions are then normally buttoned to give the finishing touch. ‘Piping’ and ‘Quilting’ can also be added if you wish at extra cost.


Seating area upholstery for a narrow boat
Narrowboat Upholstery & Furnishings
New buttoned foam cushions for a narrowboat v-berth bedding area

To view our 1,000+ Price Bands 1 & 2 Specification upholstery fabrics…

2. EASY CARE Specification

If you are looking for the convenience of proper textured upholstery covers that can be easily removed and machine washed… then our ‘Easy Care’ Specification will be ideal.

We strip off your old boat/yacht/narrowboat cushion fabric (if recovering existing cushions), or supply new high density foam, add Dacron Wadding to the foam and then cover your cushions in a range of  OVER 200 MACHINE WASHABLE Upholstery Fabrics.

These include plain and semi-plain Textured Weaves, Faux Linens, Crushed Velvets etc, in a wide range of colours.


One of our 'Easy Care' specification re-upholstered cushions
Our 'Easy Care' covers include a zip so they can be easily removed

• We fit a full-length zip, out of sight, to enable you to easily remove the covers whenever you wish.

Most customers don't have their new boat Easy Care cushions buttoned as they want to easily remove and refit their covers after washing. However, buttons can be fitted at extra cost if you wish.

To view our 200+ Easy Care upholstery fabrics…

3. CLEARANCE STRETCH Specification

If you would like to protect your upholstery, then our ‘Clearance Stretch’ Specification covers are ideal as they fit OVER your existing cushions.

These are also considerably less expensive than our ‘Price Bands 1 & 2’ or ‘Easy Care’ Specifications, if you are working to a tighter budget.

We make you made-to-measure covers to fit over the top of your existing cushion fabric (if you have existing cushions), or can also supply new high density foam.

This option is ideal if you have children, dogs, or even both to cope with!


Our Clearance Stretch seat covers are pet friendly and can be easily removed and cleaned
Our hard-wearing seat covers will stand up to wear and tear caused by children and pets
We can cut and make new foam cushions and mattresses to fit the shape of a boats hull

You have a choice of 20 Machine Washable fabrics. They are all 100% Polyester so are extremely hard wearing and don’t ‘ladder’ like old nylon covers did years ago.

To view our 20+ Clearance Stretch Washable loose cover fabrics…

If you would like a price for your particular Boat, please just email us images of your interior, or a link to an identical Boat for sale online, and an idea of what you are thinking of having done.

This is all done in a friendly, no-pressure manner by our staff, who are all non-commission, by the way!

If you decide to place an order with us, we can book a future 'slot' for you in our production schedule. Rather than have your upholstery here longer than necessary, we can collect it from you, or you can drop it off to us, nearer the time that we are about to start work on your items.

IMPORTANT: Please note that we don't offer a removal and refitting service for the items on your boat, yacht or narrowboat and we don't have the facility to keep your boat here.

We purposely don’t offer a ‘Done in a Day’ service. We have always believed, in over 35 years that we’ve been doing this work, we should give each order all the time it deserves and therefore we give our experienced staff many days, rather than hours, to complete the job to the highest possible standard.


A re-upholstered yacht seating area with shaped foam cushions
A re-upholstered boat seating area with porthole covers/cushions
A re-upholstered yacht V berth seating and sleeping area
A newly re-upholstered yacht V Berth seating and sleeping area
Exterior marine vinyl upholstery for yacht and boat cushions
Made-to-measure
Marine Vinyl cushions
We supplied foam cushions and mattresses for yachts competing in The Clipper Round the World race
Clipper Round the World Yachts sporting our mattresses and cushions!

We have a FREE MAINLAND UK COLLECTION SERVICE. So once you remove your cushions etc. from your boat or yacht and pack them into our special packaging that we provide, we can collect them by courier and bring your items back to us here in Bristol. We then do the reverse and send everything safely back to you when completed.


We can collect your caravan, motorhome, horsebox and boat furnishings by courier
We reupholster your cavan, motorhome, horsebox or boat furnishings that have been collected and delivered to our factory
The re-upholstered furnishings are then carefully packaged ready to be returned to the customer

FREE MAINLAND UK CUSHION COLLECTION SERVICE

If you are unable to drop your items off to us, then we can collect your cushions using our FREE Mainland UK Cushion Collection Service. Click here or see below for details.



BOATS: HOW WE WORK

The way we work with your Boat is as follows:

FREE MAINLAND UK COLLECTION & DELIVERY BY COURIER INCLUDED

IMPORTANT: Please note that we don't offer a removal and refitting service for the items on your boat, yacht or narrowboat and we don't have the facility to keep your boat here at our premises in Bristol.

If you would like a cost for your particular Boat, please just send us some images of your interior, or a link to an identical Boat for sale online and we will gladly Quote you options and costs.

Take a look at our unique online Fabric Gallery and once we have given you a Quotation, we will gladly post you fabric samples free of charge.

We book you a ‘Production Slot’ in our schedule and we would borrow your items just before we would be starting work on your order.

If you’re not local to Bristol, we send you specially made packaging. You put your cushions in the packaging.

Once you’ve packed everything into our giant packaging, we can send our courier to collect from your home (If you’ve taken everything back home from your boat) or from your Marina office, as long as it’s permanently manned.

If our courier is collecting from your Marina, you would need to leave your parcels in the Office, ready for collection. PLEASE NOTE: The courier will NOT go to your actual Boat.

Once back here in Bristol, we carry out all the work and when completed we send everything safely back to you, again by courier.


New BOAT/YACHT/narrowboat Foam Cushions

If you are NOT happy with the comfort of your existing cushions, as well as their appearance, we can make you brand new cushions using CBSCC High Quality Foam.


OUR BOAT FOAM OPTIONS

As well as cutting foam to any shape you require, we also have various finishing options that you may wish to consider. These include 'bullnosed', 'rolled front' and 'keyhole profile' foam cushions (as shown below). All of these options can dramatically alter the finished appearance of your boat cushions. We will be glad to give friendly 'no pressure' advice on any of these aspects.


A bullnosed foam seat cushion
Bullnosed Seat Cushion
A Keyhole backrest foam cushion
Keyhole Profile Backrest
A rolled front foam seat cushion
Rolled Front Cushion

Dacron Wrapping gives a softer, less 'angular' look to new boat and yacht foam cushions and is essential if we are then covering your new foam with our ‘Price Band’ Specification Upholstery Fabrics. Stockinette undercovers help protect the underside of your outer fabric and help give a smooth un-creased finish.


A dacron wrap is added to a new caravan foam seat cusion
Adding Dacron Wrapping
Examples of new foam cushions that have been dacron wrapped
New foam Dacron wrapped
Adding a protective stockinette cover to a new foam caravan seat cushion
Applying a Stockinette Cover

OUR FOAM GRADES (All Fire Retardant)

We pride ourselves on supplying exactly the right foam to suit each customer's individual requirements. Cheap, poor quality foam is available anywhere, but if you want your new foam boat or yacht cushions and mattresses to give long-term comfort and durability, then we can help!

Choosing your foam…

This is a crucially important decision for any boat owner. We have over 35 year’s experience in creating narrowboat, yacht and boat cushions so we’ll be happy to give you friendly, expert advice on which foams will suit you best and offer you a no obligation quotation.


THE FACTS ABOUT FOAM

Contrary to what you may think, and what is sometimes written elsewhere, the QUALITY of foam and its FIRMNESS are two completely separate aspects.

The QUALITY of the foam is down to its density, and determines how long it will last, keep its support and shape and it will of course have a bearing on its cost.

The FIRMNESS on the other hand has nothing to do with Quality, it’s simply a matter of personal preference, i.e. we have various degrees of Firmness, in each Quality.

BUYER BEWARE! There are over 30 different foam qualities made in the UK today… so it would be very easy for an unscrupulous company to supply a customer something described as a “good, firm foam”, but was actually just a poor quality foam in a hard firmness… something the customer wouldn’t find out until a few months down the line!


Experience shows!

We have many year’s experience in advising customers regarding the most suitable foam for them and their particular circumstances. Considering this is all done over the phone or by email, we are very used to asking the correct questions, to give you the best advice when it comes to foam choices.

The foam grades we offer have been proven over a very long period and have given many hundreds of our customers excellent comfort… which lasts!

CBSCC SUPREME GRADE

This is our best quality foam. It is our highest density grade and is the 'Rolls Royce' of all the foams we offer. It has a long life expectancy and a seven year guarantee.  It is suitable for both sitting and sleeping on and was one of the first specifically developed to help minimise the effects of moisture, so ideal for use in a boat or yacht. Within this grade there are various firmness options available.

CBSCC COMFORT EXTRA GRADE

This is an excellent high density foam that gives good comfort and durability without going to the slightly higher cost of our 'Supreme' grade. It has a long life expectancy and a five year guarantee. It is our most chosen foam grade! This grade is ideal for both sitting and sleeping on and is available in various degrees of firmness.

FOAM COMBINATIONS

Although not normally necessary, if you wish you can have your new cushions and mattresses made in a combination of firmness versions… we can even make you ‘His and Hers’ mattresses if required!

INTERIOR SPRUNG CUSHIONS

We purposely DON'T offer interior springing as a form of boat or yacht cushion filling. This is because of the numerous occasions customers have brought us interior sprung cushions that have 'collapsed', sometimes only 18 months from new! We have successfully refilled these cushions with our CBSCC high quality foams, with much praise from the customers involved.


FREE MAINLAND UK CUSHION COLLECTION SERVICE

If you are unable to drop your items off to us, then we can collect your cushions using our FREE Mainland UK Cushion Collection Service. Click here or see below for details.




Boat/Yacht Mattresses

The original mattresses supplied with boats often leave a lot to be desired with regards to comfort, especially after a few years use. If you have this problem, we’re fully geared up to help you!


We offer excellent quality fire retardant foam mattresses which give a high standard of comfort, usually far superior to your average sprung mattress. They offer good durability, are non-allergenic and do not cause perspiration.

CLICK HERE for Foam Facts.

Practicality

All of our boat and yacht mattresses come complete with a made-to-measure zip-off machine washable Polycotton cover, or alternatively you can specify a waterproof or moisture resistant cover if you prefer.

Odd Sizes & Shapes

As all of our yacht, boat and narrowboat mattresses are made in-house, non-standard sizes and shapes like ‘cut off corners’ or curved ends cause us absolutely no problem.


Yacht v berth cushions covered with a vinyl fabric and contrasting piping
A shaped yacht cushion/mattress covered with a luxury chenille fabric
Bespoke shaped vinyl covered foam boat/yacht cushions

Mattress Foam Grades

We offer replacement boat mattresses in 3 different foam grades…


CBSCC SUPREME GRADE

This is our best quality foam. It is our highest density grade and is the 'Rolls Royce' of all the foams we offer. It has a long life expectancy and a seven year guarantee. It is suitable for both sitting and sleeping on and was one of the first specifically developed to help minimise the effects of moisture, so ideal for use in a boat or yacht. Within this grade there are various firmness options available.

CBSCC COMFORT EXTRA GRADE

This is an excellent high density foam that gives good comfort and durability without going to the slightly higher cost of our 'Supreme' grade. It has a long life expectancy and a five year guarantee. It is our most chosen foam grade! This grade is ideal for both sitting and sleeping on and is available in various degrees of firmness.

CBSCC PARK GRADE

We have sold this foam mattress grade successfully for many years, and although only available in a 'medium' version, we have found it suits the vast majority of customer's comfort requirements very well indeed. This grade is not suited to use as cushions but is ideal for replacement mattresses in Static Holiday Caravans, Boats, Horseboxes and Motorhomes etc. It obviously does not have the same life expectancy as our other foam grades but it does offer a very good cost saving alternative.

Combination Mattresses

As well as supplying mattresses made from a single type of foam, we also offer ‘combination’ mattresses made from different firmness foams bonded together. Two popular ‘combinations’ are shown below:


Our combination mattresses are made by combining different foam densities in layers
3" MEDIUM & 3" FIRM sandwich mattress
This combination foam mattress has a firm foam base combined with a medium density foam top layer
1" MEDIUM & 4" FIRM sandwich mattress

We can make your boat, yacht or narrowboat mattresses any thickness you wish. Curved, angled and chamfered foam mattresses are not a problem for us! Please contact us for advice and a no-obligation quotation.


Our foam cushions and mattresses start life as huge foam blocks
Our foam starts life in huge blocks
The foam cushion or mattress can be precision cut to any shape
We can cut foam to any shape
We also supply a variety of foam mattress cover options, all made by skilled in-house machinists.
We cover your new mattress too!


Boat, narrowboat & YACHT Cushion Refilling

Our Professional Cushion Refilling service has helped countless customers whose boat, narrowboat or yacht cushions have lost their support, but where the fabric is still in good condition and does not need changing.

We can help you regardless of whether your boat or yacht cushions are zipped. Even if they are not zipped, we will unpick your cushions, professionally refill them with your chosen foam, re-sew them with a good quality replacement lining, this time made from ‘Cotton Twill’ and we also fit a full length zip in case you need to remove your covers in the future. Finally we refit your buttons. 

The total cost of all the above (assuming your original cushions are NOT zipped) simply consists of a refilling labour charge of £60.00 Inc. Vat per cushion regardless of size, and the cost of your new foam.

If you existing cushions are ALREADY zipped, the labour charge will reduce considerably.


Refilling an original seat cushion with new foam.
Refilling a customer's original cushion
Old or poor quality foam cushions lose shape and lack support.
Old cushions lose shape and lack support
We refill seat cushions with a high quality foam to ensure maximum support and comfort.
Cushion refilled with CBSCC high quality foam

FREE MAINLAND UK CUSHION COLLECTION SERVICE

If you are unable to drop your items off to us, then we can collect your cushions using our FREE Mainland UK Cushion Collection Service. Click here or see below for details.




Boat, YACHT & Narrowboat Cushion Re-Lining



Over time cushion linings become worn and tear easily
New foam seat cushion upholstery and linings are made by skilled in-house staff at our Bristol premises.
We fit new zipped cushion linings to protect the foam cushion bases for years to come

If you have cushion linings that are worn or torn… we can help!

To solve this we can unpick your cushions and re-sew them with a good quality replacement lining, this time made from ‘Cotton Twill’ and we also fit a full length zip in case you need to remove your covers in the future. Finally we refit your buttons. The labour cost for all the above is £60 inc. Vat per cushion, regardless of size.

If you are unable to visit us then we can collect your cushions using our FREE MAINLAND UK COLLECTION SERVICE. 


Boat/Yacht/Narrowboat Curtains

We've been making made-to-measure boat, yacht and narrowboat curtains for more than 35 years!


CURTAIN FABRICS

We offer a wide range of over 200 curtain fabrics, all chosen for their quality and suitability. Some are also 'Black Out', so they don't let the light in, and are also mould and mildew resistant.

We have plain and semi-plain curtain fabrics in a range of textures and a myriad of colours. Some of our fabrics also have the practicality of being machine washable.


To view our full range of over 1,000 searchable Fabrics, FOR MOTORHOMES, CARAVANS , BOATS & HORSEBOXES, click below to go to our unique…

FABRIC SELECTOR

CURTAIN HEADINGS


We can make and supply new curtains with a traditional 'rufflette' heading.
RUFFLETTE Heading
If required we can fiit a 'popper tape' heading to new curtains.
POPPER TAPE Heading
New curtains can easily be made with a 'tunnel' heading to hang on curtain wire.
TUNNEL Heading

As regards headings, we are able to make your new curtains using traditional 'rufflette' type curtain tape or, if required, the 'plastic popper' tape found in some boats. If required we can also make 'eyelet' curtains in any of our fabrics.

CURTAIN LININGS

We'll of course happily make your new curtains either lined or unlined. Assuming you'd like them lined, we would normally use our standard Polycotton ivory coloured lining. However, if you would prefer a 100% Polyester lining (more mould resistant), or a 'blackout' lining, then we'll be happy to oblige!

CURTAIN TIE-BACKS

If you'd like matching tie-backs then these can be made in any of our fabrics and are usually fastened with press studs. If you would prefer 'hook & loop tape' or rings then that's no problem.

CURTAIN PELMETS

If your boat has existing pelmets then of course these can be changed when we make your curtains. If they are 'board' pelmets at present then we can strip off the old fabric and recover them in the fabric of your choice. Alternatively, we can make simple pelmets that fit with 'hook & loop tape' over your existing boards.

CURTAIN PRICES

To obtain a free no obligation Quotation for our made-to-measure curtains for your particular Boat, please just let us have the approximate sizes of the curtains you require. To give us the information using our Contact Form, please click here.

SCATTER CUSHIONS

Scatter cushions can be made in ANY of our fabrics, from either our Curtain Fabric or Upholstery fabric selection. We can of course make them any size you wish and we can happily supply just the covers or the hollow fibre inners as well.


Porthole Bungs

We are able to make made-to-measure boat/narrowboat ‘Porthole Bungs’

These are made to fit snugly inside your boat's portholes to keep out light and act as added insulation. They can be made in a variety of fabrics and colours to suit whatever boat colour scheme you have.


FREE Mainland UK Collection & Delivery Service

Regardless of where you live in Mainland UK, if we need to borrow any of your furnishing items, to carry out your order (e.g. for cushion refilling, upholstery or re-upholstery) this is no problem!

Using our FREE Mainland UK Collection & Delivery Service, we will simply send you special packaging, collect the packaged furnishings from you by courier and then safely return your finished order to you by the same method, ready for you to enjoy.

THIS FREE SERVICE OPERATES WITHIN MAINLAND UK

Once completed your cushions are despatched back to you by courier, fully transformed and ready for use. Contact us for a no-obligation quotation.


We will gladly provide specialist heavy duty plastic packaging to bag up your items for collection by our courier
We offer a free courier furnishings collection and delivery service if you're unable to visit or deliver items to our Bristol showroom.

We have also refilled hundreds of domestic furniture cushions for our customers, who have found renewed comfort without buying new furniture. Conversions from 'feather or fibre to foam' are also an increasingly popular part of this work, due to the lack of support provided by original fibre or feather cushions. Please see our sister company website:

The Cushion Refilling Co - https://www.cushion-refilling.co.uk

www.cushion-refilling.co.uk

OUR BOAT, YACHT & NARROWBOAT UPHOLSTERY & FURNISHINGS PREVIOUS ORDERS GALLERY

To view our image gallery, showing example images of Previous customer BOAT, YACHT & NARROWBOAT upholstery and furnishing orders, please click here.

Fabric Ranges

To see our huge range of over 1,000 fabrics, just click here.