Upholstery Starter Kits If you are interested in traditional upholstery and need the equipment to get started then, one, or both, of our Upholstery Starter Kits might be just what you need to get started with your traditional upholstery projects. Tools Starter Kit – Contents BUY NOW Tools: Wooden Mallet C S Osborne –…
A much loved and well used armchair was given to us by Nicole Campbell in Crookes, Sheffield to re-cover with a playful, fun fabric from Studio G – On the Farm. The transformation was incredible (see photos below).
Joel Latham from Kelham Island, Sheffield (just around the corner from our workshop) came to see us with his two 20th Century armchairs which he wanted bringing up-to-date. Joel chose a beautiful fabric from Linwood’s brand new Tango range in colourway Pampas. For the full range of colourways in the Tango range click here.
Antique Wing Armchair Our re-upholstery and re-covering services can transform an ordinary piece of furniture into something spectacular. A good example of this is when Helen Honisett of Nether Edge, Sheffield approached us for a quote for her beloved antique wing armchair. The chair had been upholstered several times by previous generations of Helen’s family and…
Steve Terry from Beauchief, Sheffield found The Unique Seat Company through the website and paid us a visit at our workshop to discuss re-covering his unusual, 20th Century armchair. Steve chose a beautiful velvet fabric from the Linwood Annecy range and asked us to make a scatter cushion in the same fabric with a luxurious feather…
Sally Litchfield from Ashover found our services through our website and came to visit us at our workshop near to Kelham Island in Sheffield to choose a fabric for us to re-upholster her inherited dining chairs. Sally chose a beautiful woollen fabric from Art of the Loom and a matching braid and decorative nails for…
Our traditional upholstery evening classes are back by popular demand early in 2017. The courses will run for six weeks, on either Monday or Thursday evenings, from 18:00 – 20:00 and will cost £195.00. See the Upholstery Courses section of the website for available dates or click here. The evening classes will be suitable for all levels of…
Rose Drew from Hunter’s Bar in Sheffield asked if we could re-cover her cherished antique French bedroom chair which was old, sagging and tired. Rose picked a luxurious gold, velvet fabric from our Linwood Omega range and a complementary gold braid which suited the chair perfectly. We also replaced the webbing and the hessian which had perished and broken, restoring the chair…
Lynne Wilkinson from Dronfield, Derbyshire approached us after picking up our leaflet at the Rutland Arms Antiques Centre in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Lynne asked if we could re-panel her antique dressing screen which was old and tired, in a fresh new fabric. Lynne choose a beautiful duck egg blue and gold fabric from our Linwood range…
Local Sheffield artist Trevor Neal asked us to re-upholster the French bed he had recently acquired. We removed the old fabric and then re-covered the bed using Trevor’s own fabric and a luxurious matching braid which we sourced for him. The results were stunning, as you can see from the photograph. Trevor’s comments, “Hi Heather…
