Upholster Blog Posts

The nursery’s now been painted, hurrah!  In the end we went for Sorbet (Dulux) on two walls, which is a pale pink, and then B&Q’s Grey Hints for the rest of the room.  When the decorator was painting the grey, … Continue readi...

Source: projectnursery.com via Michelle on Pinterest I had a look round a lot of websites for inspiration on nursery themes and colours, and this was by far our favourite, from Project Nursery. The soft pink and grey is really soothing … Contin...

You know I love making benches from headboards. However, I try to change them up ever so often. I decided to give a softer touch to this bench. It started with these bed pieces. I’ve had them for a long time, I believe I got them from my sister...

The best fabric options for your furniture upholstery: Furniture fabrics are a different breed. They need to be chosen carefully as otherwise you may spoil the look of your furniture.... Read more »...

Jamie calls this the cutest ugly chair ever.  While we were thrifting during their visit at Christmas, jamie found this chair. I secretly called her dad and asked him to go pick it up while we ran some other errands. We surprised her with it and...

I am so excited to be guest posting here at My Repurposed Life! I can't wait to show you my first attempt at reupholstering. I'm Cassandra and I spend my free time doing renovations and projects with my husband Nate. We share our adventures on our bl...

    Thank you, Gail, for having me on My Repurposed Life! I found this chair at a local antique store for $8. I was so cheap and cute, I figured I could easily fix it up.     My original plan was to redo the caning in the s...

    Thank you, Gail, for having me on My Repurposed Life! I found this chair at a local antique store for $8. I was so cheap and cute, I figured I could easily fix it up.     My original plan was to redo the caning in the s...