And here is the chair I upholstered for my Auntie. I used the same material as the stool, as it went well with the age of the chair and the olive green against the brown distressed wood worked nicely. This was a bit more tricky to do than the stool, as the chair had a border around it, so i couldn't tuck the material under neath. On this i had to add a trim of material to hide the nails and staples. Overall I think it looks great and the customer- my auntie was pleased.

This is the second stool I upholstered for my Grandma and Grandad. I bought the material myself, and chose a subtle colour and pattern that matched the furniture in the living room. You have to make sure that you pull the material so its taught against the stool, so you have no lumps and bumps.

Hey I'm getting good!

Hey again,

Here are some more photographs of my Upholstery skills. This is the bespoke curtain I made, as an example to show clients in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and feel I have learned a lot and would love to create more items in the future.

From left to right

Box pleat, Triple pleat, Goblet pleat, Pinch pleat, then Box pleat again.

I haven't blogged anything for a while as Iv'e been busy doing some upholstery classes. It was an opportunity for us to learn some other skills within the interior architecture field. I have been able to upholster stools and chairs, and make a bespoke curtain with a variation of pleats so if i ever decided to start making curtains i have an example of what the customer could choose. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and cant wait to start crating more pieces. Here are some photos i took along the way to show my progress, and so i have an idea of how i did it in the first place. 

First I took all of the original material out and the nails and staples. 

 Here I added the wadding to give extra padding.

Carefuly stapled the material on, it has to be pulled taught, so there isn't any excess material.

 The corners are quite tricky, just had to make sure i took my time.

Carefully folding the edges to look like this.

 Trim off the excess material.

The stool should be soft and taught.

Added the bottom lining on to make it look professional.

 Here is the finished stool with the legs attached.

I was really pleased this this as it was my first attempt, and it went very well.