Furniture & Upholstery Articles

Chalk Paint Furniture

Sometimes I get the urge to paint furniture instead of working with textiles. Even tough in some cases I'm really against it. If you have a good condition, antique hard wood piece of furniture, please don't ruin it with chalk paint! This piece however really needed a...

Made to Order Giant Floor Cushions

I have lost count of how many of these giant floor cushions I have made and sold in Brighton. A lot of flats and houses in this town are very small, so it can be hard to fit enough seating. These cushions are ideal for those kind of spaces. Plus there is something...

Chequered Coffee Tables

My client had a nest of tables that she wanted painted in chequered black and white. I knew there was going to be a lot of layers of paint and masking tape involved but I took on the job as I like a challenge as well to learn new techniques. This was a style of...

Patchwork Tub Chair No 7

I couldn't resist to make another one! Had all these gorgeous bits of velvet left from the wing back armchair project that I wanted to use and a tub chair came into Shabitat this week so perfect timing! Its up there with my favourites this one. I do have some more of...
Velvet Wing Back Armchair

Velvet Wing Back Armchair

I love making my patchwork upholstery chairs, but its time to move onto something different so I wanted to reupholster an old wing-back chair. We get them in at Shabitat fairly often. As all materials I use are reclaimed or end of roll, I never get big enough pieces...

Upholstered Armchair For Nursery

Upholstered Armchair For Nursery

My good friends Dan and Millie are about to have a baby. Consequently they are going to need a nursing chair. Fortunately they had found an armchair that they found comfortable but needed recovering. Millie had these fab pair of curtains that she wanted to re-purpose...

Patchwork Tub Chair Upholstery

Patchwork Tub Chair Upholstery

More patchwork chairs you say? Lynn was so pleased with her two matching deep button armchairs that she wanted me to make her another two! Plus a footstool. These are the same shape as my usual tub chairs, so they didn't take too long to cover. Quite pleased with the...

Upcycled Patchwork Armchairs Made To Order

Upcycled Patchwork Armchairs Made To Order

Lynn had seen some of my other patchwork armchairs on my website. She had two comfortable armchairs that needed a facelift. She wanted something in bright colours with a lot of pink blue and orange. I had some help from the lovely Anna from Brighton Upholstery too as...

Video Casette Recycling

Video Casette Recycling

VHS Furniture Most materials are recyclable, but videos are a hard one to dispose of properly. In theory some of the parts are recyclable but they need to be screwed apart and separated which is very labour intensive for materials with no real value. Do you still have...

More Patchwork Upholstery!

More Patchwork Upholstery!

Patchwork Armchairs. Well the first two armchairs I upholstered found homes pretty quickly, so I made another one! Using different colour fabrics of course. Yes, they can be made to order. Just get in touch.

Upholstery Project No.1

Upholstery Project No.1

Patchwork Tub Chair. I finally got around to reupholster some armchairs. Hurrah!! I chose these tub chairs as they are probably one of the easiest shapes to do if you are a novice like me. I used a variety of vintage curtain fabrics like brocades and velvets. Pretty...

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