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Upholstery Beginner: Preparing for your first upholstery course

How to prepare for training as an upholstery beginner to ensure you make the most of your investment.

By Sharon O'Connor|2022-10-14T06:30:00+00:00October 14, 2022|How To Guides, Vintique Upholstery News, Virtual Vintique|0 Comments
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  • Sharon O'Connor at work reveals the best places to buy upholstery supplies. Here she is holding a mallet and chisel to remove fabric on an upturned chair

Upholstery SOS: The best places to buy upholstery supplies

My pick of the best places to buy upholstery supplies and the go-to stockists I couldn't be without.

By Sharon O'Connor|2022-07-08T06:30:00+00:00July 8, 2022|How To Guides, Owning A Small Business, Upholstery Q&As, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Sharon O' Connor stand with presenter Jacqui Joseph in front of the finished ottoman covered in a blue patterned fabric

Step-by-step Ottoman transformation

Three years ago this week my first episode of Money for Nothing (MFN) aired on BBC One. One of my projects was a fairly unremarkable Ottoman. See the transformation in progress.

By Sharon O'Connor|2022-03-18T06:30:00+00:00March 18, 2022|Creative Projects, How To Guides, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Vintique Upholstery personal branding photoshoot: Sharon O'Connor outside the Vintique Upholstery workshop

How to plan for a personal branding photoshoot

I realised recently that the profile photography on my website [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2021-10-29T06:00:00+00:00October 29, 2021|How To Guides, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • a completed reupholstered a chair in the journey of reupholstering a chair. Wing back chair covered in an orange fabric

The Journey of Reupholstering a Chair

It sounds simple enough when a perfectly good wing chair arrives in [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2021-10-15T06:00:00+00:00October 15, 2021|How To Guides, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Photo of Teach me Upholstery, Vicky Grubbs new book

Teach Me Upholstery: Book review

My first meeting with Vicky Grubb from The Upholstery Cabin [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2023-05-25T15:20:35+00:00September 3, 2021|How To Guides, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • How to slip stitch - Final thread being cut for chair covered in a birds and floral fabric

Step-by-step guide on how to slip stitch

We’ve already talked on the blog about single piping and [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2021-07-23T06:00:59+00:00July 23, 2021|How To Guides, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Black chair with dark wood legs having the double piping attached

A step-by-step double piping guide for chair upholstery

A few weeks ago on the blog, we talked about [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2023-05-25T15:23:16+00:00June 25, 2021|How To Guides, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Stapling upholstery single piping onto chair with a staple gun

A step-by-step single piping guide for chair reupholstery

Piping is used as a finish for many upholstery projects, [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2021-05-28T06:00:38+00:00May 28, 2021|How To Guides, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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  • Upholstered blue patterned Lloyd Loom Ottoman lid

How to upholster a Lloyd Loom Ottoman

When you’re starting out as an upholstery beginner, it’s really [...]

By Sharon O'Connor|2021-03-05T06:00:46+00:00March 5, 2021|How To Guides, Upholstery Tips, Vintique Upholstery News|0 Comments
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