Sportfish seating · Riviera Beach, Florida
Custom mezzanine upholstery & cushions
Recover a familiar bench or plan a new cushion set. Coordinate the seats, backrests, bolsters and caddies around your cockpit layout.
Seat cushions · Backrests · Bolsters · Caddies
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Mezzanine seating made around your boat
Mezzanine upholstery covers the raised seating overlooking a sportfish cockpit. Canvas Designers in Riviera Beach, Florida, creates fitted seat cushions, backrests, bolsters and coordinated caddies. Projects can include recovering existing cushions, replacing foam and covers, or planning a new set around the boat’s seating layout and access points.
The seating base, backrest profile and access points determine how a mezzanine cushion set should fit. Review the whole area, including hatches, attachments and the cushions you plan to keep, before finalizing the covers and comfort details.
- Riviera Beach, Florida
- Custom marine canvas and upholstery
- Serving the marine community since 1985
Quilting, color and cushion details
Mezzanine upholstery gallery
Compare quilt patterns, piping, cushion layouts and drink-holder details. Select a photo for a closer look.
Enlarge Blue diamond-quilted seating
Diamond quilting carries across the blue seats, backrests and matching caddy, framed by smooth bolster borders.
Enlarge White upholstery with dark piping
Dark piping defines the white cushion edges. Raised upper bolsters and a matching central caddy complete the layout.
Enlarge Tan quilting with blue piping
Bright blue piping traces the tan diamond-quilted inserts beside smooth back and seat bolsters.
Enlarge Tan seating with three drink caddies
Three upholstered caddies coordinate with tan diamond-quilted seating, placing cup holders at both ends and the center.
Enlarge Stripes framed by warm wood
Stripes continue across the seats, backrests and pillows. A plain brown caddy sits against the patterned upholstery.
Enlarge Rounded brown cushions in wood
Rounded brown bolster profiles coordinate with the seat cushions and central caddy in a varnished-wood surround.
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Quilting, piping and caddies that work together
A quilt pattern changes the surface character of a panel. Piping outlines cushion divisions, while smooth bolster borders give the eye a place to rest. Coordinate these details across the backrest, seat and caddy so the finished bench reads as a set.
Review quilt alignment, smooth cushion borders, cup-holder placement and a useful storage recess as parts of the same seating plan.
Choose for exposure, feel and care
Marine upholstery material choices
Compare the actual collection and sample for your seating location. Sunbrella includes both woven upholstery and Horizon marine vinyl.
Sunbrella Horizon marine vinyl
Horizon is marine vinyl. Capriccio has a subtly pebbled appearance, while Textil uses embossing for a linen-like surface. Coordinate the selected texture with quilted panels, plain bolsters and contrasting welt.
Sunbrella Horizon texturesWoven marine upholstery
Woven fabrics bring textile texture, stripes and coordinated pillow options to marine seating. Select the actual upholstery collection for the seating location, then plan its color and pattern alongside adjacent vinyl or smooth upholstered panels.
Sunbrella marine fabric guidanceUltrafabrics and Ultraleather
Ultrafabrics produces polyurethane-based upholstery with leather-like finishes. Application guidance differs by collection. Review the selected collection’s current application guidance and care requirements for your boat’s seating environment.
Ultraleather product informationPlan the whole cushion. The cover is one part of the cushion. Foam, backing, seams and attachments also affect the finished assembly. A water-resistant upholstery surface does not make the complete cushion waterproof.
Published material and construction records
Documented mezzanine projects
See how materials and construction were combined on specific boats. These specifications apply to the named installations.
Viking 68 sportfish refit
The published Viking 68 refit describes quilted Sunbrella Horizon Capriccio Cloud mezzanine upholstery with Charcoal welts. The work included new foam and covers, recovered armrests and a coordinated drink caddy.
Read the Viking 68 refitSlight Edge mezzanine and flybridge
The 2016 IAA entry for Slight Edge records Buckskin Brisa Distressed Outdoor and EZ-Dri foam in a two-tone seating update. Canvas Designers recovered cushions and created a mezzanine jump seat, coordinated caddies and a drop-in backrest.
View the Slight Edge project recordFit before finishing details
A seating plan, piece by piece
Review what you want to retain and what needs to change, including the spaces that must remain accessible.
- Seat bases
- Seating depth, cushion thickness, edge profile and the condition of the supporting surface.
- Backrests and bolsters
- Support, curvature, cushion alignment and clearance as guests move through the cockpit.
- Material and detailing
- Actual material samples, color, seams, welt, topstitching, quilting and embroidery.
- Access and attachments
- Hatches, storage openings, service access and the existing snaps, tracks, hinges or other mounting points.
From seating photos to a clear scope
How your project takes shape
Show us the seating
Start with the boat details, location, wide cockpit photos and close-ups of worn areas.
Define the scope
Review recovering, new foam or a new set, alongside materials, details and your requested date.
Confirm the fit
Agree on measuring or patterning, cushion profiles, attachments and access clearances.
Build and fit
The agreed upholstery work is produced, with fitting or delivery arrangements confirmed for the project.
Boat make, model, year and location. Pieces to include. Seating photos, material preferences and requested completion date.
Discuss your projectBefore you start
Mezzanine upholstery questions
Compare the scope, materials and details before choosing the finished look.
Call the upholstery teamWhat is mezzanine seating on a sportfish boat?
Mezzanine seating is the raised seating area overlooking the cockpit on many sportfishing yachts. Its upholstery can include seat cushions, backrests, bolsters and caddies. The arrangement and fit depend on the boat’s seating base and access points.
Can you recover existing mezzanine cushions?
Recovering is worth discussing when the existing shapes, foam and layout are still usable. If the foam has lost support or the fit needs to change, review replacement foam and covers or a new cushion set. Photos help define the initial scope.
Is Sunbrella mezzanine upholstery woven fabric or vinyl?
It can be either. Sunbrella makes woven upholstery fabrics and Horizon marine vinyl. Horizon Capriccio has a pebbled appearance, while Textil has an embossed linen-like texture. Confirm the exact collection instead of identifying the material from a photograph.
Which material is best for mezzanine upholstery?
The appropriate choice depends on sun and spray exposure, the seating construction, surface feel and care routine. Compare actual samples and the manufacturer’s application guidance. A shaded mezzanine and fully exposed seating may call for different material choices.
Can the cushions coordinate with my helm chairs and caddies?
A coordinated plan can include the mezzanine, helm seating and caddies. Share photos and any existing material information or samples. Compare the pieces you are keeping because age and use can change how an older color looks beside new upholstery.
Can you add diamond quilting, contrast piping or embroidery?
Canvas Designers offers custom quilting and embroidery, with piping and panel details reviewed during design. The selected material, panel size, pattern placement and artwork affect the result. Agree on these details before the covers are patterned or assembled.
What determines mezzanine upholstery cost and timing?
The number and size of pieces, material selection, foam condition, detailing and access requirements help define the quote. Timing also depends on material availability and the work schedule. Include any launch or travel date when you contact the team.
How should I care for new mezzanine cushions?
Follow the selected material’s cleaning instructions and ask about drying and storage for the finished cushions. Confirm that a cleaner is compatible before using it. General marine upholstery guidance is useful, but the actual material and cushion construction should guide care.
Canvas Designers · Riviera Beach
Plan your mezzanine upholstery
Share the seating layout and the details you want to improve. Our Riviera Beach team can review the scope, material options and fitting approach for your boat.
Riviera Beach, FL 33404info@canvasdesigners.comServing the marine community since 1985
