The Foam Cushion Store

The Foam Cushion Store: made-to-measure foam and upholstery supplies from East Lothian

The Foam Cushion Store is a UK upholstery supplies retailer based at Unit 15, Mid Road Industrial Estate, Prestonpans, in East Lothian, Scotland. It combines an online shop with a cut-to-size foam service: customers supply length, width and thickness, and the foam is cut to those measurements before dispatch. The company presents itself as serving both professional upholsterers and furniture restorers and members of the public working on their own projects, with delivery across the UK.

Foam cut to exact measurements

The core service is custom cutting. Orders are placed online by entering the required dimensions and selecting a foam type, which the company cuts to size. The catalogue covers a range of densities and firmness levels, including Reflex soft and medium grades, blue firm and high-density firm foams, a premium high-density blue firm option, luxury medium grey Reflex, memory foam, reconstituted foam and white soft foam. Foam is also sold as standard sheets in several of these qualities.

Beyond generic sheets, the shop lists purpose-specific cut products: replacement sofa cushion foam, dining chair replacement cushions, window seat replacement foam, and a 6lb recon foam option aimed at church kneelers and gym mats. A cushion-building tool allows customers to configure a custom cushion directly on the site.

Restoring seating rather than replacing it

The company frames its foam service around furniture restoration. Its stated use cases include sofa and armchair cushions, replacement seat pads, dining chairs, window seats, bench seating, caravan and campervan cushions, boat seating, headboards and general DIY upholstery work. The argument made on the site is that worn, flattened or sagging cushion interiors can be renewed with new foam instead of buying new furniture, improving comfort and support while extending the life of the piece.

Upholstery materials, tools and accessories

Alongside foam, the online shop stocks a broad selection of upholstery materials and sundries. The range includes webbing (rubber, elasticated, polypropylene and traditional), hessian, double cone springs, tension springs and zigzag springs, staples, staple guns, upholstery tacks, decorative nails and nail strip, upholstery tools, castors and wooden furniture legs, piping cord, stockinette roll, polyester wadding and upholstery felts, loose filling, back tacking strip, hook and loop tape, flat elastic and zip pullers with continuous zipping.

Textile and finishing lines are also listed: upholstery fabrics and lining and platform cloths, calico and interliner, base cloth and Corovin, anti-slip cloth, stockinette, leather cleaning kits and upholstery fabric cleaner, upholstery adhesive and silicone lubricant, fire labels, needles and pins, and scatter cushion inners. Sewing consumables include 120's spun polyester overlocking thread, PolyCotton corespun sewing thread, waxed polyester slipping thread, Barbour's stitching twine and premium button twine. Curtain and floral fabric collections, including the Jazz and Skylight ranges, appear in the catalogue as well.

Trade and DIY customers

The business positions itself across two audiences. For trade users — professional upholsterers and furniture restorers — it presents a single source for foam and the consumables needed to complete a reupholstery job. For DIY customers, the site stresses that restoring furniture does not require professional status, and that having the right materials makes tasks such as replacing webbing and springs, fitting new foam or adding decorative nails more manageable. Orders can cover small repairs as well as full sofa reupholstery.

Ordering, delivery and support

UK-wide delivery is offered, and the site advertises free delivery on orders over £30. The catalogue at the time of writing showed indicative pricing on some lines, for example high-density firm blue 33 foam sheets at £17.00 to £133.00 depending on the variant, and upholstery base cloth Dipryl at £1.79 per metre; several custom cushion products were marked out of stock.

For customers unsure which density or firmness suits their project, the company offers advice by phone and points to guidance pages on how to measure for replacement foam and on the use of stockinette and Dacron. Customer reviews published on the site, attributed to named buyers, describe polite and helpful telephone advice, accurate cutting to the measurements ordered, and prompt, well-packed delivery; one review also notes that the netting supplied was flimsy.