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DIY: Build an Ottoman Weekend Workshop
Alli arrived at 1:00 pm on Saturday with 1 1/2 yards of fabric. At 4:00 pm she walked out the door with her very own custom 24″ x 18″ upholstered ottoman. Other than staining the legs and screwing in...
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Celine’s DIY Upholstered Bedroom
Celine is a smart cookie. She wisely signed up for one of my pillow workshops so she could get her foot in the door for the Beginning Upholstery class. Once she got her little foot in that door, she...
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Upholstery Pop Quiz
Each week I get questions from readers who are elbow deep in a reupholstery project that has them flummoxed and frustrated. If I can see the problem, I can usually talk them right through it. This...
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Lady Shot With Her Own Staple Gun
See Little Orangey right here? We’re very angry with him right now. After UNPLUGGING my air compressor and rolling it out of the way, I inadvertently hit the trigger and a staple shot right between my...
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Fresh New Upholstery Classes 2013
One thing I love more than anything else in this world is a gift given in a clever way. Brian, new WNU student, received this hand created gift certificate for Beginning Upholstery from his partner,...
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Le Corbusier Inspired Upholstered Pallet Ottoman
This isn’t the first upholstered pallet ottoman I’ve made, or that’s even in my shop, but it’s my new favorite coffee table for the front lounge. Pallets, spools, reclaimed wood–each can be handily...
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How To Make Double Welt Cord
It’s not unusual for a friend to ask me to clean up, or finish an upholstery attempt gone bad. Such was the case with a vintage rocking chair my friend tried to reupholster by gluing the fabric to the...
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Semi-Professional Electric Staple Gun
If you’re tackling a big chair or more, here’s the electric staple gun I use in my upholstery classes. A pneumatic stapler hooked up to a nice powerful air compressor is better, but this is the next...
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Headboard Tuesday
There’s no better diy inspiration than a piece of high priced furniture that you just have to have. High Heeled Foot in the Door was coveting this Colette fully upholstered bed from Crate &...
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Chair Seat Wood Replacement and Reupholstery
We’ve seen plenty of slip seat reupholstery projects but this one gets an A ++++. Handy guest blogger Krista, over on Sew Homegrown posted a lovely little tutorial showing how she completely replaced...
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