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Friday Night Goodwill Price Check
As I type this post, I’m working at my double-decker tall desk that consists of a big desk from Goodwill with a Danish Modern coffee table from Goodwill on top of it. And you say there’s no such thing...
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Real Women Can Upholster
From left to right: Charlotte, Oklahoma City; Kim and Ann, Cincinnati; and Susan, New Jersey. We quickly grabbed this photo before more campers had to leave. As you can see, everyone was on the last...
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Tai’s $5.00 Mushroom Ottoman Makeover
When new student Tai pulled up to my studio one Saturday morning a few weeks ago to show off her $5.00 mushroom ottoman find, you’d have thought she found a tiny bag of diamonds. She was beaming....
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Tattered Bus Seats Get a Big Time Makeover
Listen up all you like minded people who can’t stop collecting promising salvage yard junk and upcycling it into functional, refreshed furniture–like OLD BUS SEATS!!! That’s right, here’s a project...
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Upholstery Club: Eclectic Chair’s Heather Linnitt from Leeds, England
If I could choose a new best upholstery friend from anywhere in the world, it would be Heather. This lady is a woman after my own heart. Remember our interview with Ray Clarke? Through his FB page, I...
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Beginning Upholstery Classes
By the way, this is Christina’s BEFORE chair. She even looks excited to tear it down! We’ve added two more upholstery classes to our Fall lineup. Check out the class availability at our Classes tab. I...
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Vintage Furniture Walkbout: Love It or Leave It?
It seems only logical to combine a Saturday afternoon of ‘thrifting therapy’ with a blog post. As I was meandering through one of my favorite local antique/vintage furniture malls (I hate that term...
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Online Upholstery Bootcamp Launches August 18th!
CHAIR UP Online Upholstery Bootcamp is the virtual twin of our Beginning Chair Class, aka, Upholstery Bootcamp. Except for one HUGE difference–IT’S ONLINE!! We’ve had so many requests for an online...
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10 Chairs I Try to Pin Over and Over Again
Over on Pinterest, I have a Board called Chair Obsession. More people than you might imagine have a secret little chair addiction. I’m not exactly sure why, other than what I know about my own chair...
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Should This Furniture Be Reupholstered?
There’s no shortage of posts around the blogosphere about the wisdom of reupholstering a piece of furniture. I’ve explained the pros and cons to students and customers for over twenty five years....
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Flipping Furniture: An Online Business Course
What’s the easiest thing in the world for someone to teach? It’s the thing she’s been doing for over 25 years. Well, all of you Spring Chickens, I’ve spent that many years building an...
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Real Women Can Upholster
From left to right: Charlotte, Oklahoma City; Kim and Ann, Cincinnati; and Susan, New Jersey. We quickly grabbed this photo before more campers had to leave. As you can see, everyone was on the last...
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Tai’s $5.00 Mushroom Ottoman Makeover
When new student Tai pulled up to my studio one Saturday morning a few weeks ago to show off her $5.00 mushroom ottoman find, you’d have thought she found a tiny bag of diamonds. She was beaming....
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Tattered Bus Seats Get a Big Time Makeover
Listen up all you like minded people who can’t stop collecting promising salvage yard junk and upcycling it into functional, refreshed furniture–like OLD BUS SEATS!!! That’s right, here’s a project...
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Upholstery Club: Eclectic Chair’s Heather Linnitt from Leeds, England
If I could choose a new best upholstery friend from anywhere in the world, it would be Heather. This lady is a woman after my own heart. Remember our interview with Ray Clarke? Through his FB page, I...
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Lazy Days of Summer Upholstery Classes and Workshops
We’ve gotten so many inquiries about upcoming classes, it’s time to get this doggone schedule posted. Wouldn’t it be so great to sit down together at Starbucks and chat about what you want to learn?...
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Upholstery Bootcamp: Hot Days, Cool Classes (Sold Out)
We’re happy to be back in America and we’re feeling so generous that we’re offering you a Creative Freedom 4th of July Price Blast. If you’ve been debating about joining us for our July Upholstery...
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Annual Dog Days of Summer Upholstery Bootcamp
No class has ever been as over-the-top popular as our annual August Dog Days of Summer 3 Day Upholstery Bootcamp. Students love it! As the summer winds down, and knowing that the days are getting...
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The Blue Chair Humbling
Upholstery students have come through my studio by the hundreds, not including the online students I’ve had. What I realized yesterday (yes, only yesterday!) is that all of this teaching has made me a...
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Beginning Upholstery: 3 Day Bootcamp and Wednesday Night Upholstery Club
Nobody likes to read blog posts or email newsletters that are constantly pushing products, right?! I agree. So, let’s reframe the goal of this post. Pretend that I’m like your mom reminding you to...
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