Chemo’s Upholstery

They do a super great job. I just had my 30yr old couch reupholstered and it looks fantastic. They made a bunch of pillows for me too. Very pleased

Second time I’ve used these guys and I highly recommend them. Their work is outstanding and they’re extremely affordable. Great family run business.

I was referred to Chemo’s by Mitchell Gold. They recovered two chairs and did a spectacular job. They are also a lovely group of people. I highly, highly recommend.

I had this unexpectedly awesome experience at Chemo’s when i took in an Ottoman that my cat had taken a liking to. Not only was everything about the transaction perfect; it exceeded my expectations regarding service, quality, time and price.
I’ll be coming here for the rest of my life.

These guys did and excellent job on a leather sofa and refinished a dining room table. They were able to pick both items up from my home and completed the job before expected. The sofa is like new and we can’t wait to have them refinish our end tables and repair our love seat, our dog likes to dig but the sofa’s still in excellent condition.

This place is awesome. I highly recommend using Chemo’s for all of your Upolstery needs, and furniture repairs. They are reasonable priced and very professional. You will not be disappointed in Chemo’s.

These guys are really good! Communication with Carla has always been excellent with and they restored my mother’s antique carved sofa really beautifully– great attention to detail, well priced, called me to give me suggestions on how they recommended restoring the tufting etc… They’re great. I’m turning to them for everything I need upholstered or refinished. THANK YOU CHEMO’S!

Fantastic!!! I was on the verge of buying a brand new $ 9000 couch from a tony store on Robertson Blvd when Chemo’s came to the rescue. We took my old but comfy couch, expertly reupholstered it, and then built an additional segment to give the entire sectional a very current look. Chemo’s did an amazing job; I got the high-​end designer look for a fraction of the cost.
Chemo’s is a family run business and they went out of their way to keep me happy. When delivery was delayed a few days due to fabric delays on the East Coast, Chemo’s tried to maintain goodwill by giving me a half-​dozen throw pillows in mix and match fabrics. I would not hesitate for a moment doing business with Chemo’s in the future.

I ordered slipcovered cushions with ties for outdoor furniture. No one called back to with a price and no work order was signed. Instead they put the job in a production. Not even using the correct fabric that I selected. Absolutely incompetent and on top of that poorly made– the seams we not even turned back. They even threw away the original covers! Do not bring your work here! go to any other work room in the city.

We took our old chairs to Chemo and Carla helped us pick up the perfect fabric and color to match our existing furnitures. She was very patient and spent a lot of time with us to help us make the right choice. Carla was very knowledgeable and has an excellent taste about colors. We were so happy about our decisions and the qualify of work they delivered. The six chairs were done perfectly and delivered on time as promised. Carla replaced the foams on the back of the chairs without extra charge. What was an additional surprise was that Carla showed up with the delivery guys to make sure everything was done to our expectations. We are very happy with the chairs and the service they provided. We will recommend this shop to everyone and in fact, we are thinking about going back to make a custom furniture for my daughter’s room. The price is fair and the quality is superb.

I called for them to come over to my mother-in-law’s place to give her an estimate to recover six dining room chairs. I had to drive from the Valley to L.A. to my mother-in-law’s. My first problem with them was I could barely understand the lady on the phone, her accent was so thick. I kept asking her to repeat herself. It was very frustrating. We made an appointment. I showed up at the appointed day and time. About 20 minutes past the time the man was supposed to be there, the woman called my mother-​in-​law saying the man didn’t come in, they have to re-​schedule. Fine, we made it for five days away. Again, I drive in from the Valley and about 45 minutes after the time he’s supposed to be there, the woman calls to say the man didn’t come in again. At that point, I had enough and said «Forget it, I’ll find another place.» Maybe the job was too small for this company or maybe they have an unreliable employee. In any event, my advice is go elsewhere.

I recently walked in & asked if they did arm covers. They did. Not only did they do it, they did it for a great price and excellent quality!!! The covers fit my sofa perfectly.
Great customer service, friendly people and easy to work with!!!

Very busy business due to the quality and expertise of the job, so bear with them in terms of scheduling and store hours (closed on Sunday). Family business reasonable prices, and pretty friendly too. I’d give them 4.5 stars but since I reserve 5 for tooth fairy status, I had to low ball, sorry Chemo!

What a little gem this place is. Everyone is very nice, and super friendly.
Fantastic workmanship ! I didn’t post the before pix, but the end result is amazing. I will definitely use this place in the future. They are pretty good on the turn around time. And deliver. Great staff. BUT… again, the workmanship and attention to detail is fantastic.

This place is fantastic. I had a great experience with them. From the beginning they made me feel like I could trust them and I did. The job was fantastic and the service was really good! Strongly recommend it! Carlos

I had such a lovely experience with everyone at Chemo’s Upholstery. They were helpful, professional, and as kind as can be. Customer service at it’s finest. I will definitely be coming back here for all of my reupholstery needs! A+!

The bottom line is that Chemo’s did a poor job with my chairs, took significantly longer to complete the work than promised, repeatedly lied to me about the status of the job, failed to answer their phones and return calls throughout the process, and aggressively demanded immediate payment after this horrific experience by literally showing up at my front door at 9:15 p.m. with three people in an attempt to intimidate me.
Strike one:
I brought six mid-​century modern dining chairs from the 1960s to Chemo’s Upholstery on July 17, 2013 and was told they would be reupholstered in two weeks. After waiting the full two weeks without hearing a word from Chemo’s, I called to inquire about the status of my chairs on July 31, 2013. After calling about ten times over the course of the day, someone finally answered and told me to be home on August 6, 2013, and that the chairs would be delivered that day. I waited at home that day, the chairs were not delivered and no one bothered to call me to explain why.
Strike two:
I called Chemo’s on August 6, 2013, and was told that «the fabric just arrived» and that the chairs would be done that week. Hearing nothing from Chemo’s that week, I called to inquire about my chairs on August 12, 2013 and was told to be home on August 19, 2013 between noon and 1. So, again, I waited at home, the chairs were not delivered, and no one bothered to call me to explain why.
That afternoon, I called Chemo’s approximately 15 times and no one answered the phone. When I finally got through to someone, they said that the chairs were not delivered because «they’re almost done but we still need to complete one chair.»
Strike three:
I called Chemo’s approximately 20 times on August 20, 2013 to ask about the chairs and no one answered. So, I decided to show up in person at Chemo’s after work that day. When I walked into the workshop, I was astounded to see that not a single one of my chairs was completed. Although all of the old upholstery was removed from the chairs, the new upholstery was only completed on the seat of one out of the six chairs.
I spoke with a guy named Alberto, who assured me that the chairs would be completed and delivered to my apartment on August 21, 2013 at 10:30 am.
I waited at home on August 21, 2013, and my chairs were FINALLY delivered at 11:45 a.m., three weeks past the promised delivery date. When I inspected the chairs, I saw that they were very poorly reupholstered. Specifically, the backs of the chairs all have rectangular fabric cushions which are inserted into wood framing: all of the edges of the cushions are now crooked and crappy looking. When Alberto delivered the chairs, he asked for the second 50% due, i.e., $ 290, and I told him that Chemo would need to give me a discount to account for: (1) the very late delivery; (2) lying to my face; (3) wasting my time on several occasions; and (4) doing a poor job. He said he understood and left.
Later that day, Chemo called my cell phone about six times and I decided not to answer his calls, to give him a taste of his own medicine. Outrageously, he showed up at my apartment at 9:15 that evening, brought two other people with him, and demanded immediate payment. I gave him a piece of my mind, told him he did a shitty job, told him he lied to my face, told him he wasted my time, and demanded an honest explanation. All he could muster was a pathetic «Sorry». I told him that if he wanted any more money from me, he needed to offer a serious discount. He offered to take $ 40 off and I laughed. Finally, I agreed to pay him $ 190 of the $ 290 owed to settle the dispute.
A horrible experience. I will never go back to this business.

I chose Chemo’s based on their positive reviews here on Unilocal.Unfortunately, it was a disaster.
They took two months to reupholster my small love seat, when they told me it would take two weeks. I called many times to find out what was going on and often, I couldn’t get through to anyone (the phone would ring endlessly or dump me into someone’s voicemail and they only returned my calls once or twice).
Also, they charged me $ 70 to refinish the legs on the love seat. They didn’t refinish them — they slopped some stain on the front of the front legs, and did a very messy, ugly job at that. They didn’t fill the crack on one of the back legs, and it doesn’t look like they applied any new stain to the front side of the back legs. (And they definitely didn’t sand or strip the legs before applying the new stain, which is the biggest reason they look so crappy.)
When the love seat was finally ready, they called me at 4:00 pm one afternoon and told me it was being delivered (good thing I was home!). They said it would arrive in one hour. After an hour and 45 minutes, I called to ask what the heck was going on, as I had to leave the house. It finally showed up at 7 pm and since I hadn’t had a chance to review the finished product before it was delivered, I had to decide on the spot if I wanted him to take it back, since the legs were absolutely unacceptable, or just keep it since I was fairly sure I’d never see it again if I sent it back.
The actually upholstery job is pretty good, but not fantastic. They did throw in some free pillows, which was nice, but doesn’t make up for the legs being a total disaster or the faff of waiting for the delivery, or the TWO MONTHS I had to wait for the love seat, not knowing what was going on.
Chemo’s was cheap compared to some other places I got quotes from. I guess you get what you pay for…

I found this little shop here on Unilocal.I needed to get my very large, thick foam dog bed cut down, as my old girl can no longer get up on it. I thought it was an easy job, as I just wanted it cut and then wrapped in a similar thin, nylon covering (I already have a sturdier removable cover for it). While Chemo and I spoke about the details, I remarked about how young he was to have his own business. He shared the most amazing story with me — this guy is a risk-​taker and such a hard worker. He began building this business totally on his own, when he was in his teens. He just expanded — taking over the space next door — and he clearly deserves his success.
When I went to pick up the bed (SAME DAY, by the way), I was shocked to see that instead of wrapping the newly-​cut-​down bed in flimsy nylon, he actually made a fabric cover for it, zipper and all, so I can remove it if I need to. And he’s going to cover the smaller piece he cut from it. All for a really great price. Chemo is truly the kind of guy you want to support. I plan on recommending him to everyone!

Chemo’s Upholstery outdid themselves on the reupholster of my antique chair and ottoman. After searching high and low for a great upholsterer in the Los Angeles area I came across Chemo’s, and gave them a call right away. Carlo the shop manager had me send him over photos of my chair via-​textmessage and sent me back a quote instantly. These guys know there stuff and most definitely exceeded my expectations, and the attention to detail was not spared. These guys are GREAT! No need to look any further.