CLS Custom Upholsterers & Furniture Refinishing — Attraction in Town of Islip

From my first phone contact with CLS Custom last month until our beautifully restored furniture was delivered this week, we couldn’t have been more pleased. I had a name-brand six year old sofa and chaise that had not held up well under gentle use. But the size and shape were perfect for our living room and we did not want to have to start the shopping process again. We also had a 16-year old upholstered chair that had faded from being next to a window in direct sunlight. I spoke with Mike Catalano at length and felt totally comfortable making an appointment for him to come to our home to assess what could be done with our furniture. Mike was extremely knowledgeable, explained what had caused the problems with the sofa and offered the perfect solution of rebuilding it from the frame and springs out. Knowing that CLS is a family-owned business in operation for 77 years gave us confidence to go with Mike’s recommendations. We discussed our color preferences and he went out to his van and returned with three fabric books in our preferred color pallet — no need to sort through colors that did not interest us. He helped us coordinate the fabrics for the sofa and chair with our existing color scheme. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, he made suggestions for modifications that would enhance the look of the pieces as well as incorporating our requested changes.

With thanks to Mike and to Tina in the office, the process was a pleasure from start to finish. I have already recommended CLS to someone who has gone on to have work done by them and will happily continue to recommend CLS for their professional and...

The very best on Long Island…Wish I could give this family owned business 10 stars! My recent experience with CLS Custom Upholstery was over the top excellent! They redid my tremendous Thomasville sectional as well as an oversized Thomasville chair and ottoman. To be perfectly honest, the craftsmanship of CLS Custom Upholstery puts Thomasville to shame! Ray Catalano came to my house in early May with tons of fabric samples based on the color scheme I told him I was changing to. Trust Ray, he has quite an eye for coordinating fabrics to your needs. He’s been in this business for many years. He is a people person! His expertise helped guide me to making the perfect choices for the couch, chair, and coordinating throw pillows. His men came 5 days later to carefully remove the furniture. In the interim we repainted and installed new carpeting. About 3 weeks later, the reupholstered work was complete and they delivered it back to my home and placed it exactly where I wanted it. I love, love, love it! My furniture is better than new! Their workmanship is truly top notch. Their communication with me was spot on. They are perfectionists, and it shows. There’s a solid reason they’ve been around so long, and it’s called QUALITY.

Update: yet another beautiful job from CLS Custom Upholstery . First photo is a before shot, the next three are after shots. Thank...

I cannot say enough good things about this family run business! This is one of the best experiences we’ve had with a business. We were in desperate need of new chair cushions for our kitchen set and we needed them in a hurry as we were expecting guests. I wasn’t sure where to go but googled furniture upholsters and CLS came up in the search with 5 stars and 75 years in business. I reached out to them right away and now I know why they earned 5 stars! I wish I could give them more stars! Ann Marie, Mike and Jennifer were so helpful. Mike is one of the owners and really takes his time to understand your needs and explains the process to you fully including a tour of the workshop if you’d like. Additionally, our turnaround time for the chairs was amazingly fast as Mike knew we needed the chairs back quickly and we thank him and the team for that. Our chairs cushions came out beautiful and restored better than the original. Such beautiful fabric and for such a great price! The quality of the new cushions is unmatched, feels like sitting on a cloud! I wish I had kept some older furniture for them to restore. CLS Custom Upholsters is the best and my family and I highly...