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.
7 Week Traditional Upholstery Course – Change Your Career The 7 Week course is designed specifically for those who wish to set up their own traditional upholstery business. Attend the course on dates convenient to yourself (within the available dates published on the website) Pay for all 7 weeks (35 Days) in advance and receive…
Caroline Simpson from Bristol emailed us after seeing our work on the website. Our antique furniture, upholstered in modern fabrics, had inspired her and she had decided to have a Parker Knoll armchair, which had been passed down to her by her parents, re-upholstered in an on-trend fabric so that the chair would fit nicely into…
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…
We are pleased to announce that from June 2017 we will be running 5 Day Advanced Traditional Upholstery Courses for those who have attended our 5 Day Beginners and 5 Day Intermediate Courses. The 5 Day Advanced Course will build on the skills you have already learnt and will enable you to upholster large, complex items…
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…
Vicki Towndrow from Ecclesall, Sheffield asked us to traditionally upholster three antique armchairs for her new home. One chair was an Edwardian drop-in seat armchair, the second a Victorian pin-stuffed armchair and the third an antique, can backed nursing chair. Vicki’s nursing chair required re-springing and completely re-upholstering (see photographs below). The frames on the other antique chairs…
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…
Lynn Beckwith from Leeds saw the French bed we had re-covered on our website for Sheffield artist, Trevor Neal and asked if we could re-cover her own recently acquired bed. Lynn chose a beautiful duck egg blue and bronze fabric from Linwood and asked us to individually hand nail the frame with French natural decorative nails….
