Back to School….or rather the Workshop…

Kay Wright — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 22:07:59 +0000

What a joke! …. We wish we had the summer off but it’s been hectic in the workshop, so much so that we feel we haven’t had a holiday at all this year. (Although let us not forget, Canada, France, Majorca….) We haven’t had time to post our “For Sale” items on the upholstery website as they have sold before we have got the chance. With the British summer weather though, I think we were relieved to be holed up in the workshop with all that rain.

The most recent item that has been sold, was a cocktail type bedroom chair with a similar stool which was actually a Howard Keith one made for the festival of Britain in the 1950s. We also have an “Encore” style chair too which is due to be re-upholstered.

This week we have been concentrating on commission work as well as many items for our space at Toads Vintage Hall and I managed to catch Cally putting the platform cloth on a really sweet Edwardian nursing chair. More pictures to follow – just browse our gallery page to see what we have been up to.

A-MAZE-ING

Chris Goodwin — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:59:11 +0000

Its about time Dave had a little blog spot especially as he’s worked very hard the last
few weeks making us a wooden trough to hold all our rolls of upholstery fabric and hanging more hooks for our ever increasing supply of measuring tapes.

After perusing various books on patterns for different rush designs, he came across a “Maze” weave and promptly decided to try it out on a small stool.

It took 70m….yes that’s 70 metres….of continuous sea grass and anyone who has given weaving a go will appreciate how time consuming it is to complete. So much so that he had to have a lie down….in France…again….

The stool is available to buy for £45 so just contact us if you require further details.

Number 10 Upholstery » Stool

Back to School….or rather the Workshop…

A-MAZE-ING