The service exceeded my high expectations. As walk-in prospective customers, my wife and I were warmly greeted by the owner's mom Irene, who exchanged stories with us before setting an appointment with the owner Bettina. The small shop is filled with charm and character that one might expect from a multi-generational, family business. This first interaction gently evolved into design services including replacement curtains and 12 reupholstered chairs/stools. Like other capable design firms, Bard offers tasteful design input and quality output, but what places Bard a cut above the rest is that they don't up-sell. Bettina was sensitive to our budget even when it sacrificed her income. I really appreciated her design input outside of her contracted services. It is encouraging to see a hard-working, family owner in her 30s take on the family business with such professionalism, charm and dedication to her craft. read more

I haven't written a yelp review in ages, but had to come out and show some love for this family owned company because they blew me away with their impressive service and impeccable craftsmanship! I was searching for an upholsterer to custom build an ottoman and reupholster some dining chairs. I was feeling defeated after receiving some inflated labor quotes from some other local workrooms, until I stumbled upon Bards who came highly recommended! I decided to stop by and bring my inspiration images, and the owner Bettina immediately introduced herself and had such enthusiasm to ask me about my project! She offered competitive pricing, style, material and construction details, and offered a solution to what I was trying to accomplish for my fabric selection! Bards completed my project in less than the estimated time promised, and hand delivered everything with a white glove service! Not only was I absolutely blown away by how efficient they were in communicating, and how phenomenal the quality was, but she even called me to follow up weeks later to ask me how happy I was with her service! For this, I am so impressed and appreciative, and I will 100% recommend Bards to everyone I know for any reupholstery, new furniture construction, furniture repair and/or restoration and drapery needs! Thank you Bards for doing an outstanding job! I love my chairs and ottoman! read more

I have utilized Bard's for re-upholstering furniture for my clients and LOVE this local workroom. A family-owned shop, Bettina has recently taken the reins and provided incredible service on every project as the business owner. Quotes are turned around quickly, pieces are completed at or before the estimated timeframe and delivery scheduled asap. The new storefront is filled with fabrics to select from and kept up to date. Custom drapery, pillows (including installation) can all be taken care of along with furniture upholstery. The quality of work and ease of communication has been unparalleled and I am beyond thrilled to have this local option for my client's needs. A trusted resource! read more

Miracle workers! Wonderful to work with---highly recommended! We had six kitchen chair cushions that needed recovering, but couldn't find the "right" pattern or colors. But they kept looking, and a remnant from a previous job turned up. Somehow it was just enough to cover all six cushions! The result was perfect! read more

La Bella Figura Home - Furniture Reupholstery Near Me - San Diego, California

I had an amazing experience at Bard's. Battina is very knowledgeable and has excellent taste. I felt like I had my own interior designer. She can do so much more than reupholster furniture and make pillows. She had some excellent creative ideas. She was very gentle and not pushy at all. I look forward to doing my entire home with Bard's. Very Happy! read more

Called these folks this morning and the woman who answered the phone was very polite and helpful! A nice change form some upholstery places. She took my name and number and said that Carl (the upholsterer) would call me and come check out my chair that I wanted recovered for free, give me an estimate, and we could go from there! He came by, took a look at my chair, asked what color I was thinking, and said he'd be back in a few days with some swatches for me to look at and choose. If I chose a swatch of fabric that was already in store that would lower my overall cost. UNFORTUNATELY these people disappeared off the face of the planet after coming to evaluate my chair. I have called numerous times and have never heard back from them. I am incredibly disappointed. read more

I love this place! Bettina has an eye for design. If you're looking for some rad wallpaper to spiff up a wall or reupholster an piece you can't get rid of she your girl. read more

Bards is our go-to for all our upholstery needs for our interior design clients. Bettina is the new owner and offers exceptional customer service. She is always available to us via phone or email. Our jobs are done in a timely manner and our clients can not be happier with the quality of the work! Thank you Bettina! read more

I have been going to Bard's for over 15 years. I recently went in to have an occasional chair reupholstered. The old days of Uncle Carl running the show are clearly over. The new owner is pretty taken with herself and barely had time to introduce herself or bother with my small order. She is pretty millenial and needs some customer service skills. Her German grandparents worked hard to establish this business, I'm sure. The chair was done well but will little advice or help from the owner. I will have to think twice before I go back.... read more

We contacted Bards to have them do curtains for us. We went to China and purchased material for the Curtains. We delivered the material to Bards. We have been calling for 6 weeks to get a estimate and start the job. No one will call us back. Finally, I had to retreive the materials and get someone else to do the job. I guess they are too busy, don't care or if they can't sell you the material they won't do the job. Funny thing is they said they could, and would do it but nothing happened and no once called back after they got our material? Bill in La Jolla read more

I never dreamed getting patio furniture pillows redone could be such a nightmare. Everything that could go wrong - did go wrong. Zipper broken upon arrival, stressed seams, some cushions over-stuffed, some under stuffed, oh - and ended up with some square cushions that were supposed to be round. I just wanted everything done same as originals - hadn't ever had patio cushions re-covered before, couldn't have imagined it could be such a train wreck. I trusted Bettina 100% and ignored any bad reviews on Yelp. Well, let me tell you! Big mistake! Glad Bettina didn't try to become a brain surgeon. I tried very hard for a very long time to work it out with her. She argues, she's defensive, and she does not do what she says she is going to do. She ends up saying "Bring your pillows in to my seamstress and tell her what you want." It's so beyond stupid I still can't even believe how bad it was. And to top it off ... she is VERY (Very!) expensive. I will end up just buying all new cushions. I don't want to have to deal with Bettina ever, again. And trying to call her shop to get help? Forget about it. Her Mom answers and says "I can't help" (with anything). It's so nuts over there. I'm so done. I highly do not recommend this place. And I'm sure they will argue with me online here because that's what they do, instead of just redoing patio cushions and making things peaceful and lovely = with them, it's chaos. read more

We had two ottomans that we needed to get reupholstered. I got estimates from a few places and thought I'd get one more from Bard's seeing as we live right in Bird Rock and it would be convenient. I stopped by when Carl was out at a client's house but left a message with my name and number. He called back a few hours later and I took the ottomans in for him to look at and get an estimate. I already had gotten one estimate from someone else for $250 in labor plus fabric at $30/yard and would need 3-4 yards. Carl helped me pick out a fabric and the total amount with labor AND fabric was $250. I was very happy with that and he told me they'd be done in a week. He called two days later to let me know they were done. I am VERY pleased with the quality, Carl's customer service and the price. I'm not sure why others have said they've had issues with Bard's -- our experience was great. Also, they seem to be VERY busy there so that's a great sign that they have many satisfied customers. read more

I am absolutely thrilled with the beautiful job that Carl had done by his upholsterers on a sweet "ladies chair" that belonged to my wonderful mother that died when I was only twelve years old.....I decided to cover it in a fabric that she too would have possibly chosen, and a fabric that is fun and reminds me of my special childhood. I am 100 percent satisfied with the meticulous work. My friend and neighbor suggested I contact Carl for the job since she was very happy with the different jobs he did for her. In all honesty, Carl did lag a bit in getting back with me to order the fabric but I am giving him a top rating because he did an outstanding job, his price was very fair, and he called to tell me he completed the job sooner than promised!!!! I gave the chair to them on Monday and received a call on Thursday for pick up!!!! He had other jobs but squeezed me in. Going to Bard's is going back in time to a family owned shop with honest, eager to please owners who take pride in their work!!! I will, without question, return to Carl for my next project. read more

I'm glad I went to Bards. First of all I ignore one star reviews from people who haven't transacted with a Business because how can you review someone you haven't actually done business with? So now that I've ground that ax I can share my experience. I took my cushions in and Carl had just hurt himself pretty badly and despite my telling him to please get his cut under control and not worry about my cushions he insisted it was no big deal. He asked what I wanted to do-and sang the sweet praises of Sunbrella. Gosh Carl .. running over to grab sample books and calculating yardage?? Seriously Dude what about a little self preservation? Anyhow after looking at swatches I knew I wanted to do something out of the box and told him I was off to hunt for oilcloth. Anyhow I found the perfect fabric and despite warnings about how it wasn't ideally suited for the job Carls Sister magically cut my narrow naughty fabric and whipped out the job in two days. Yep two days. Aside from the great service and awesome quality job she vented the seating so it wasn't like flopping on an overinflated air mattress or whoopie cushion. I was lucky that I happened to get my sofa redone in such an unrealistic turnaround time of course but my timing was good I guess. These guys are BUSY and if they hadn't surprised me with such quick work I'd gladly wait the usual several weeks other shops have taken in the past. Don't expect your job in two days kids-I'm sure it was a fluke. Be a nice Customer and let Bards do your work. read more

I have used the services of this shop numerous times for my home and business. I find the prices very reasonable, and the quality of the work excellent. The people are very friendly, as it seems to be a family business. If I were to find a fault with anything, it is that sometimes I need to make followup calls to make sure that I keep the project on the front burner. But once they get it started, they are very fast. read more