Cally’s magic pants

Chris Goodwin — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:05:54 +0000

This September has seen us take on a rather sorry looking Georgian style chair. It had probably been re-upholstered back in the 1980’s, in a green velvet but the client had discovered that a modern mid century designed day bed she had was covered in a Bute Turnberry herringbone check fabric and she wanted the chair covered in the same material.

We recommended a re-covering service rather than completely re-upholstering as the the chair was integrally sound. Like most jobs when we stripped back the chair we found it wasn’t going to be straight forward and the old flocking needed to be removed and replaced along with a new calico covering to keep everything in place.

Cally quipped that removing the existing top cover was akin to removing your magic pants and everything just goes “ahhhh” and spills over the edge.

Hopefully with the calico now in place the chair will be able to keep its new cover smooth and “muffin top” free.

Spot the difference

Chris Goodwin — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:34:24 +0000

We’ve all been busy in the workshop this month and one of the transformations has been this Georgian style armchair which was previously upholstered in a plain blue fabric but now has been covered in a rather funky Abraham Moon multi coloured wool. The material is the grey multi spot from the Dales Collection but reversed which makes the chair look rather fun, although all those lines and stripes certainly gave us a headache!

It’s not the only chair that is getting the spotty treatment as another client likes this fabric and has chosen to use the same material on their chair.

Number 10 Upholstery » Georgian chair

Cally’s magic pants

Spot the difference