About Us

Who's who, our history and more.

Pictures of furniture making
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Walcot Upholstery was established in 1973 by Tony Hook, who was joined by his son Gary in 1978. Together they ran a successful business mainly concentrating on the re-upholstery of commissioned pieces.

The original founder Tony, retired in 2000 and in the same year Simon Watson joined as a partner.

Gary and Simon decided to develop the business further by offering re-upholstered period pieces for sale, whilst continuing with commissioned work. This has proven to be extremely popular and as a consequence, in May 2004, a showroom was opened just a short walk from the original workshop.

More recently, to meet increased demand, four full-time, experienced upholsters have joined the team, along with office staff to ensure the smooth-running of the business.

We are confident that our entire team can offer an extremely professional and friendly service to all our highly valued customers.