About

A family workshop, and a small one.

No call centre, no middle-man, no department to pass the blame to. Since 1997, the person who designs your interior has been the one who cuts it, sews it and hands it back.

Est. 1997
Two generations
One workshop

Since 1997

Bespoke interiors — two generations of them

"Absolutely superb job completed on our motorhome, the reupholstered seats are superior to those ‘as supplied’."

Andy Worthington

Google

"First class work from true crafts people. The know their trade and really helpful. Just look at the vehicles they trim! And they made a great job of my little van."

Alan W

Google

How it started, and why it hasn't changed.

CU Design began in 1997 with a simple idea: that an interior built properly, in real materials, by people who care how it wears, is worth more than one churned out to hit a price. Nearly thirty years and two generations later, we still believe it.

We’ve grown — added our own foam-cutting and CNC machines, taken on trade work, become the sole UK importer of Glide Tape & Track — but we’ve stayed deliberately small where it counts. The bench is still where the decisions get made.

We’ve turned down work that didn’t interest us, and lost sleep over work that did. That’s not a slogan; it’s just how a workshop runs when the same people answer the phone and pick up the shears.

What we believe about the work.

Built until it's right

Not until it’s due. A deadline matters, but it doesn’t get to decide when something’s finished.

The detail nobody photographs

The underside of a cushion, the inside of a seam. If it’s hidden, that’s exactly where standards slip — so that’s where we look first.

Honest from the first call

If a re-trim isn’t worth it, we’ll say so. If your idea won’t work, we’ll tell you why, and suggest one that will.

Made to outlast the fashion

Trends date. A well-built interior in good materials doesn’t — it just gets better with use.

We treat every commission as if it were going into our own vehicle. It’s the only standard we know how to work to — and after thirty years, the only one worth keeping.

The Rigby family

CU Design · Caravan Upholstery Ltd

Come and see the workshop.

Consultations are by appointment — bring the vehicle, or just the idea.