Here we are again, another Lockdown. We have continued working but due to family shielding and commitments, we’ve not been at full capacity but realise we’re lucky that we’ve been keeping safe and relatively sane. Be aware though that it may take longer to reply to enquiries either via phone or email. We would like [More…]
We’re hoping that someone can help us with a pair of chairs we’ve acquired. We haven’t seen anything quite like them before and believe they were purchased from Arding & Hobbs department store at Clapham junction during the late 50s/ early 60s. They are completely original although missing their seat cushions and have never been [More…]
Each week we open up the workshop never quite knowing what we’ll find and a few weeks ago Dave had left an unusual Ercol Wooden Armchair that had arrived via Keith our furniture restorer. The Pirelli webbing required replacing which was not a problem but we had not seen this type of Ercol before or even [More…]
We have a policy at Number 10 where we will only take on a commission once the client has decided which fabric they want to use. The reason being is that sometimes it can take a little time to choose the right fabric and previously we have picked up large items to get ready to [More…]
Wow, where has this year gone ? As we head, hurtling towards 2018, we can take a minute or two especially on this day to stop and reflect the comings and goings of the last few months. It’s certainly been eventful and to be honest, we’ve not had much time to update our Facebook page, let [More…]
Rockley Park circa 1986, it really was the time of our lives. The then boyfriend had a great idea to set up a steam cleaning business with a white escort van and a diesel generator steam cleaner and for £5 a caravan, we would clean the outside. We not only steam cleaned caravans but we steam cleaned quite [More…]
We’re talking bad backs here, not back to back projects – although it has been a tad frenetic in the workshop – but physically bad backs. Unfortunately, we are at that age where we start to understand why our parents had those awful suites back in the 1970s, it’s because they were so comfortable. Now [More…]
When it comes to upholstery many people automatically think that it is all about sewing and can be quite surprised when we tell them that the sewing part it is just a small aspect of the trade. Initially the only sewing we did was for making piping swiftly followed by a box cushion. As our skills [More…]
We love this time of year; leaves on the ground, clocks going back, heating switched on. No wait…in reality this means a muddy track up to the workshop, A workshop that gets so dark by 4pm, we need to fire up lights that would not be out of place on a premiership football pitch and zero [More…]
Scattered over the four corners of the world; or rather between the workshop, our home garages and Kay’s sisters outbuildings, we have acquired a rather large amount of chairs and stools. These range from Victorian, Edwardian and right up to mid century modern and beyond. If you happen to be looking for something specific and [More…]