I’m pretty confident when it comes to how I use colour in my wardrobe and how I’ve styled my home with colour and fabrics, so it will come as no surprise to you that I embrace colour, prints and textures in my work too. I believe colour is very powerful and it’s not just how [...]

In today’s world a ‘throw-away’ culture exists where people are very quick to discard rather than update, fix or repair. In fairness, when it comes to most things in life, whether it’s cars, kitchen utensils, technology or almost anything else, buying a new item comes with more choices and better quality and so it’s understandable, [...]

I’ve seen A LOT of sofas. Hundreds in fact. Most of the time these sofas have been brought to me by customers who purchased their sofa from a big-name manufacturer and they’ve fallen apart within the first two years. There are a number of reasons this might happen from insufficient cushion fillings to broken arms, [...]

We have a crisis looming in the new and second hand furniture industry, in particular the high use of chemical toxins that impact the health of our families, homes and pollute our air. These chemicals have been proven to be more dangerous in a fire, than the fire itself according to the fire service. [...]

Every September I take a deep breath, as I ease out of Summer and into the Autumn months in the knowledge that this is always the lull before the ‘Christmas rush’ storm. With less than 100 days until Christmas, the energy shifts and the sense of urgency ramps up, as people start to plan what [...]

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer and are easing into Autumn, whilst enjoying this wonderful blast of heat we’re having. I know I’m not ready start wearing jumpers just yet. For my 1st blog of the season after a Summer blogging break, I thought it would be a good time to catch up [...]

This week I added a new addition to my Very Vintique shop: The Joyful Chair. In my signature pop-of-colour style, it’s a super modern spin on a classic spoon-back nursing chair. This vintage chair was originally covered in a typical 50’s green velour, but I thought it was time this beauty had a print. [...]

“This is a fabulous chair. Yes, it’s seen better days. It’s obviously well-loved, and she’s had it for over 40 years, but I still think there’s a lot of years left in it.” – Jacqui Joseph This week my latest Money For Nothing project aired on the BBC. This project was from June last [...]

My workshop is endlessly filled with pieces that have a family history or sentimental connection, but this was a project that had extra meaning… Mr Evans’ chair is a project that sums up why my job as an upholsterer is such a joy and a privilege but so emotional sometimes. This job wasn’t just [...]