I RECENTLY STUMBLED upon this company, C.F. Stinson, which seems to carry upholstery weight vinyl in about 2000 styles and colors. I am not kidding. For example, this very classic, retro-style “Avant” line, which reminds me of vintage naugahyde, comes in 110 colors alone. Surely one is just right to reupholster your vintage Daystrom or Arvin dinette? In addition, there are many other more ‘decorative’ styles.
Interestingly, I also seem to get questions from folks renovating their canned hams (trailers) about where to find vinyl or naugahyde. The catch, however, is that this C.F. Stinson supply is all “contract” – that is, sold only to designers, “the trade.” And I fear you may need to order 30 yards or something. To check this out, I suggest you work directly with an upholstery shop. The website is pretty terrific – lots of fun to browse around. There’s also an outlet store with smaller yardages available (contract only).
If you’re looking for vinyl and want to try other routes… Well, I have not done any more research on this question, but I think that you can have some luck at very large upholstery stores. Every region seems to have at least one. There’s a really big one an hour from me in Springfield, Mass. Osgoods. Blinding inventory. Be sure to eat protein beforehand or you will pass out from the exhaustion of it all. We also used to have a big Waverly outlet about 45 minutes north. They had GREAT stuff. It went out of business but I think that the chain still exists. If you’re looking for a specific fabric – vinyl, or vinyl in a specific color, best to call first before driving an hour. I’ve generally found the folks who work at these stores very nice and helpful – but alas, quite overworked. So, sometimes, you just gotta get in the car and drive and see what the retro decorating gods want to send you.
Hi
I have a old carriage seat covered in vinyl
I’m trying to match the original red and black modeled to reupholster the seat
I found a great vintage color chart for Chromecraft dinette furniture. (link below)
I took the vinyl off of my vintage Cosco pull-out ladder/seat combo in prep to replace it, and saw it had “Hasland Duran” printed on the back of the vinyl, which led me to that link. I’m wondering if the ‘Cracked Ice’ others here mentioned might be the Hasland Duran Mother-of-Pearl #509 Grey? (4th photo is the vinyl fabric) It does sorta look like cracked ice. lol.
https://blog.retroplanet.com/1950s-chromcraft-dinette-furniture-color-chart/
Does anyone know if they still make the Naugahyde “contemporary” boomerang pattern upholstery vinyl?
I do not know of any source for this and am pretty sure that if it were available, it would be at places like Heffrons and Bars and Booths — which it is not.
You can still get cracked ice laminate, though!