Gamino Decor

Isabel reupholstered two cushions for our Shaker style chair. They turned out great and we are very pleased. She is the best! The price was reasonable and the work was finished on time. We will have her do any future upholstery projects for us without hesitation.

Gamino’s is the perfect upholstery shop for people looking for an easy, high quality experience. I’m not certain if they’re the cheapest or the best, but they make the stressful process of surrendering your vintage furniture a breeze.
Like many Los Angelenos, I purchase midcentury furniture on Etsy and eBay. When it arrives via Greyhound from Utah, it’s several hundred dollars cheaper than the vintage shops in LA. However, it usually has scars, scuffs and dated upholstery.
Gamino will send their van to your house and schlep your pieces away on the same day. The shop is filled with fabric samples you can sort through in about 30 minutes. They can fix chips, dents, creaks and discolorations. Simple.
I’ve sent three projects to Gamino, gratefully delivered to my place in Los Feliz from Burbank. I don’t like thinking about furniture, but I love a great space. At Gamino, you can hand over the wheel and get back to your life.

I found the exact color and texture of leather i needed to reupholster my antique chair, at Gamino. Im very pleased with the quality of the leather hide and the pricing was as good, if not better than their competition. I was shown a huge variety of products in their store and ended up extremely pleased with what I picked out. I highly recommend Gamino to anyone looking for leather upholstery material. Thank you!

I researched several places for my sectional sofa that needed an uplift. I had about 9 pillows that were flat, a broken zipper on a seat cover and one section of the sofa that the springs were completely broken. Although it was initially hard to get a hold of the owners at first, I can see why. They did an amazing job. My sofa was picked up on a Tuesday and I was told it should take about a week. However, by Friday it was all done and they delivered it back to me. It was like a brand new sofa. All the pillows were firm and professionally stuffed. I am extremely happy with their work. And the owner who helped me, Isabel, was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and gave me good direction on how to fix the sofa. Plus, they were very reasonably priced. I would recommend anyone to place without any reservations.

We brought in dining room chairs to be re-​leathered and cushions/​pillows for a window seat. They are very friendly, helpful and fairly priced. Their work on all of our items were top notch! Very happy with their service and quality. Also they email receipts and communicate that way, which was very helpful to my husband and me.

I had inherited a set of silk, triple-​lined window treatments from a friend who decided to remodel his bedroom after only 16 months. They were like new but too long and not – in the case of one of my windows – wide enough. Isabel re-​purposed all to fit new lengths and widths by deconstructing and re-​building a set of new draperies for my bedroom. For a second bedroom, I provided her with 18 yards of new silk fabric and she created new draperies with lining. Every piece, when finished, fit perfectly as measured (with her detailed instructions) and the end result is really beautiful and exactly what I’d hoped for. I waited 14 years to put beautiful draperies in my two bedrooms and worried they wouldn’t be what I’d imagined. Wrong! Isabel is a pro and knows her stuff. She has never even been to my home and she was able to guide the process along to finish by being able to imagine what I’d explained and described. Her prices were more than fair. She’s not high nor low in pricing of her work. She’s fair and does beautiful, quality work along the way. I am thrilled with the results! I’m very «particular» (some say «picky») and might have been a little more maintenance than most of her clients and all the work was done over the span of 12 months as I’d been distracted with «life» events which delayed my involvement. Isabel patiently worked with my schedule and seemed to know when and when not to gently prod me along. No PotteryBarn or Crate&Barrel window treatments for my house. No comparison to the quality and attention to detail you get with a local business owner and artisan like Isabel who cares for the product they provide. Next? Some pillows and maybe recovering an old leather sofa with fabric. Thanks Isabel!

Isabel and Co. did a beautiful job reupholstering a swivel club chair for us. Her prices are fair and her work is excellent. We will come to Isabel’s shop again for any of our upholstering needs.

Isabel and her crafts people of Gamino Upholstery are super friendly, honest and reasonably priced. I brought my Two 25+ year old dining room chairs in to see if Gamino could strengthen the seat backs. Based on positive Unilocal reviews I decided to try Gamino Upholstery. Isabel had them both strengthened and ready for pick up within 7 days as promised. Highly recommend and will hopefully do business with Isabel once again!

What a pleasure to entrust Isabel and her team with my family treasure! Isabel offered great advice and answered all my questions and concerns. They went above and beyond any expectations. The end result left me speechless as well as other family members seeing the finished work, as we imagined our grand parents smiling down from Heaven seeing their furniture repaired and restored. We are truly in awe and I can’t wait to have the great Gamino team restore more of our treasures! Thank you so much Isabel and Co.!!

Recently, we had Gamino re-​upholster our Mitchell Gold late 90’s leather club chair & ottoman (Restoration Hardware). We shopped several months prior for a new replacement (had 3 different chairs delivered and returned) and the quality and craftsmanship just wasn’t anywhere near our originals. I found Gamino on Unilocal and reviews were very good. Well I gave them a very tall order, in that the leather had to match the aged, vintage sofa (which didn’t need recovering). We are so tremendously happy with our chair and ottoman, it’s my husbands favorite chair and he gave it a huge, thumbs up! It’s a perfect match with our sofa and the workmanship is solid. It’s as good, if not better, as the original. Isabel explained how leather furniture today only has to be a fraction of the real thing to be sold as such. I can attest to this as those chairs we ordered and returned (from Restoration Hardware) were made in China and the color and quality were disappointing. So if you’re thinking of tossing out that favorite arm chair, remember they don’t make ‘em like they used to, and trust Isabel. We did and couldn’t be happier. Once she got the leather hides the process only took about 2 weeks. We will definitely use Gamino for any future upholstery needs.

TL;DR: Took recliner to Gamino, took a bit longer then expected. End result was beyond my expectations. Gamino is great as long as you aren’t a control freak and on a deadline.
My husband inherited his father’s recliner and it was in pretty bad shape. The hardware was broken, the cushions were deflated and the upholstery was thrashed. However, we didn’t want to part with it due to the fact that it was sentimental.
I looked into a various companies and called to get quotes. I prefer spending my money on local mom and pop shops so when I came across Gamino I was thrilled.
It did take some time to get an estimate, but I just kept following up. When we finally set a date and time for pick up of our recliner, Isabel called in advance before showing up, was on time and her and her assistant were very courteous. I hadn’t picked out fabric yet so Isabel said to come to her shop later that day to pick one out.
When I went to the store, it is small, a little cramped and FULL of cloth samples. Isabel asked me what I was looking for so I explained the uses for the chair and that I wanted something easy to clean and could possibly stand up to a dog’s paws. She gave me several books to choose from and was able to answer ALL my questions. With her help I picked out a cloth that was exactly what I wanted.
She said it would take about 2 weeks to complete.
Going on three weeks I hadn’t heard anything from Isabel and was wondering how the recliner was coming along. So I picked up the phone and called her. She answered right away and informed me that the cloth had been on back order and she had received it late the last week. It was currently under construction. She explained it would be ready within another week and she would email me when it was done.
1.5 weeks later… I was beginning to lose patience.
I finally got the email that it was done and when could they drop it off. I emailed them back with the time and they confirmed. This all happened within 10 minutes. Woohoo! I was finally getting my recliner back.
The next day they delivered it at the time we had confirmed and again, they called in advance, they confirmed that the time was still good and 15 minutes later they were at my home with the finished product.
Not only did they do an amazing job on the upholstery but they had also found someone to fix the hardware for me, which is why it took so long. The workmanship and detail was amazing. Isabel and her team did a great job!
5 star review is based on the finished product alone. Their service was NEVER rude or crude, however if you want updates on EVERY step of the project you will either have to call them constantly or find someone else. Luckily I had no deadline on the chair and am so glad that I went to Isabel at Gamino to get this sentimental chair fixed and redone.
Looking forward to many more years with the chair and my husband. Thank you Gamino!

I was hopeful with all the great reviews this company had, so when I sent the Estimate Email through their website, I was confident they would respond quickly. However, that did not happen. I called a few days later to follow up with my email, and not only did they say they «lost it», they did not even bother calling me back after the fact. I guess they don’t need my business or money. i will definitely not be calling this place back. In the process of making a deal with another more professional company.

My wife sent me to get a cushion upholstered for our baby’s room. The woman who ‘helped’ me was incredibly rude and condescending. I was trying to explain what my wife wanted and she was jumping down my throat because I wasn’t using the right fashion design terminology. She kept barking things like ‘you aren’t listening to what i am telling you, you aren’t educated, you have no idea what you are saying’. I explained… that’s why I’m here because you are the professional — but after some more insults I just left. With a bunch of upholstery places in the neighborhood — i can’t believe a place like this still gets any customers.

I’m sure that this place does a wonderful job at what they do BUT if it wasn’t for the rude B**** that answered the phone, I may have went with them. Sorry Gamino, you might want to look into that

Our experience illustrates every reason why I love supporting local businesses.
My husband and I are among the many Jennifer Convertable customers whose crappy leather peeled off our sofabed cushions. The frame and mechanisme still worked so we wanted to find an inexpensive way to get the cushiones reupholstered (in a way that worked with the dark brown leather on the sofa’s frame and arms).
We saw Gamina had a good rating on Unilocal and just 10 minutes from our home. Isabel came through with a beautiful black chenille fabric with a lovely gold pattern. We felt it would work on the sofa. Isabel’s guidance was amazing, and the quality of work superb. The cushions look fantastic on the sofa! Equally important, Isabel helped us meet our budget and got the work done quickly — less than a week. She’s an absolutely joy to work with.
We also had an ottoman that needed one leg fixed (the insert that contains the «threads» which the leg screws into was loosened and fell out during a move last year, and was lost). She was going to do a relatively quick and inexpensive fix with the understanding that it wouldn’t be the opitimal solution (i.e. not as strong as going in by pulling off some of the upholstery). We gave her the go-​ahead, but in the end she did it the right way, without charging us more. She wanted to do the job right and have the leg housing as secure as possible.
That’s the level of personal service a local business needs to provide in order to compete against big chains in this uncertain economy. If you want the job done right, go to Gamino. Isabel’s your gal.

Wow, Isabel and her team are fantastic! They rebuilt a foam cushion that came with a six-​year-​old high-​end designer sofa with complex button stitching. A single cushion on a long sofa with buttons (plus a thick, delicate white fabric) is difficult. I never liked the original cushion — too soft — so the folks at Gamino removed the complicated stitching, built an entirely new cushion that’s 1000 times better than the original, and re-​stitched immaculately. And super fast! Sofa looks brand new but much more comfortable. Super highly recommended.

Since Gamino Upholstery has been a provider of outstanding services for several years now, I felt it «about time» I submitted a review.
The workmanship at Gamino’s is exceptional, with the prices being extremely fair and competitive.

Isabel, the owner, is not only knowledgeable in the area of upholstery, but has an artist’s eye with decorating ideas in interior/​exterior design. She is one of the best business professionals I have ever dealt with in my many years on this planet. Additionally, one of the most sincere, kind and considerate.
There are over a dozen projects in my home with Isabel’s signature; ie, antique furniture restoration & upholstery, patio furniture uphololstering, & curtains. I look forward to every new project. At the time of this review, I have two rather large upholstery jobs under way.
I sincerely recommend Isabel/​Gamino Upholstery with confidence.

We had an ottoman and the top was probably covered in «pleather» — yeah, I’m being generous. After about 5 years it was showing it’s wear and tear and our instinct was to get it redone in something nice and sturdy like real leather. Imagine the sticker shock when we learned how much a quality job with real leather would actually cost. Way more than the ottoman was even worth.
Enter Gamino Upholstery and Isabel. She gave us lots of options and was extremely helpful. We could have purchased fabric/​leather somewhere else and had her do the work if that’s what would have worked best. In the end she showed us some great, durable fabric that was like leather but much more in line with our budget. The work was done quickly, it looks beautiful, and her estimate was well under any of the other places we looked at. I can see why she has so many 5 star reviews, and I wouldn’t hesitate to bring her other projects.

Isabel took our saggy couch and love seat and made them look new! Loved her work. She picked up our furniture and had it back to us within 2 days.
I recommend her highly and will most definitely use her again.

Isabel’s work exceeded my expectations, which is pretty incredible. I had an antique love seat, very sentimental to me, and I wanted the fabric detailing to look the same, I wanted the seat cushion to have the same fullness and contour — and it absolutely did.
It looks incredible. I have before and after pics posted. I wish I had more for her to do! Two barstools will be next.