Caning Repair
At Multiview Furniture Repair, we specialize in a wide range of furniture repair services, including professional cane repair service for worn, sagging, or torn caning on chair seats and backs. If your furniture needs cane replacement, our caning repair service restores the look and comfort your furniture was designed to have. We specialize in machine cane replacement while also offering replacement of hand caning to machine caning —delivering a cost-effective cane furniture restoration service. Whether you need a single chair cane seat replacement or the entire set of cane chairs repaired, we focus on long-lasting workmanship, tight installation, and clean, factory-style finishes. A professional cane replacement should blend naturally with your furniture rather than draw attention to itself.
Cane Replacement Services We Offer
Machine caning, also known as pre-woven cane or cane webbing, is the most common method used in modern caning repair. It delivers a consistent weave, excellent support, and a clean, uniform appearance. Machine caning is ideal for dining chairs with cane seats and backs, bench seats, cane furniture doors and panels. Because it is installed into a routed groove and is secured with spline, machine caning provides a tight, durable fit and allows for more cost-efficient cane furniture repairs compared to traditional hand weaving.
Many older or antique chairs were originally hand-caned using individual strands woven through drilled holes around the frame one at a time. While hand caning is a traditional method of cane installation, it is significantly more time-consuming and costly to replace. In many cases, hand caning can be replaced to machine caning, depending on the frame design. This type of cane conversion provides a cleaner, more uniform appearance, improved long-term durability, faster future cane replacement, and lower ongoing maintenance costs. For chairs with torn or broken hand caning, we offer professional evaluation to determine whether replacement to machine caning is the best option for long-term performance and appearance.
In addition to caning repair services, we also provide wicker furniture touch-ups, replacement, and repair to restore the strength and appearance of woven furniture. Our wicker repair services address loose, broken, or damaged strands while preserving the original structure and style of each piece. These repairs are designed to blend naturally and extend the life of your wicker furniture.
We work with a variety of cane styles and patterns and help match your existing furniture look or refresh it with a clean, classic appearance.
Common Cane Patterns:
- Open weave cane (lighter, more breathable look)
- Close weave cane (denser support)
- 6-way cane weave (classic hex pattern)
- Sheet cane panels for seats, backs, and inserts
If you’re unsure which cane pattern your furniture uses, we’ll identify it and recommend the best option based on durability, comfort, and visual consistency.
We color match cane to its existing color to ensure it complements the chair frame and other pieces in furniture set. These final touches help cane look intentional, cohesive, and true to the original character of the piece.
While majority of furniture repairs can be performed on-site, cane replacement is completed in our shop to ensure proper installation and a clean, professional finish. Each step of our chair cane replacement and repair process focuses on proper frame preparation, accurate cane fitting, and secure installation to ensure the new cane seat or back provides consistent support and holds up to everyday use.
Based in Northbrook, IL 60062 we provide professional chair cane replacement and furniture repair services to Chicago and nearby suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Elgin, Barrington, Hoffman Estates, Lake Zurich, Waukegan, Vernon Hills, Lake Forest, Evanston, Glencoe, Cicero, Joliet, Skokie, Naperville, and other neighboring cities. Customers in these areas rely on our professional furniture repair services and high-quality cane replacement completed in our shop.
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From caning repair on single chair to re-caning a full dining chair set or repairing caning on doors and panels, we make cane replacement straightforward and stress-free.
Contact us today for more information on cane furniture repair.