A short history of how Extra Touch Upholstery became the Reno-Tahoe region's most trusted upholstery atelier — one piece of furniture at a time, for nearly half a century.
Extra Touch Upholstery opened its doors in 1981 in Reno, Nevada. From day one, the focus was simple: do the work right, treat every client well, and let the work speak for itself. Forty-five years later, that approach still defines how we operate.
Extra Touch Upholstery opens its doors in Reno, Nevada. Small shop, large ambition: deliver craftsmanship the chain stores can't.
Earns Better Business Bureau A+ accreditation — a rating maintained continuously to today.
Move into our current location at 25 E. Taylor Street in downtown Reno, where we've been ever since.
Regular pickup and delivery routes established around Lake Tahoe — Incline Village, Truckee, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe. The lake becomes a major part of our practice.
Reno casinos, hotels, and restaurants increasingly partner with Extra Touch for commercial-grade furniture refresh — work that runs on the property's schedule, not ours.
Sunbrella, Crypton, and Revolution Performance fabrics transform residential upholstery — making quality work practical for families with kids, pets, and the everyday wear that traditional fabric couldn't handle.
Family-owned, Reno-based, and still here. Same shop, same standards, same hands — passing the craft to the next generation of upholsterers as we go.
For all the changes — performance fabrics, new design trends, online competition, commercial growth — the fundamentals have not changed:
Over forty-five years, we've upholstered, restored, and built thousands of pieces of furniture. A partial list of what we've worked on:
Quality workmanship is our standard. That phrase isn't marketing — it's the only standard we've ever known how to work to.
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