9 Essential tips for starting upholstery
Upholstery is such a rewarding and practical skill! It allows you to restore old furniture, personalize your home, and even start a business. However, as a beginner, you may find…
Starting upholstery: safety rules and advice
Starting Upholstery: Safety Rules and Advice Starting Upholstery: Safety Rules and Advice Welcome to upholstery work! Safety should always be your top priority when working in any craft environment. This…
Webbing stretchers
Here everything you want to know about webbing stretchers. When do I need a webbing stretcher ? You will need a webbing stretcher every time you want to attach traditional…
How to use a regulator
What is a regulator ? A regulator is an old tool tool used in traditional upholstery work. It allows you to move fibers (horsehair or coconut fiber) in the hessian.…
Pliers for upholsterers
Many pliers or pincers are use while upholstering. Most of the time for stripping. The kind of pliers I use daily. This is the pliers you'll find in my workshop.…
Stripping
Stripping is one of the very first step of every upholstery project... I'm a huge fan of antiques so I've stripped off many, many seats in my life and I…
How to remove tacks and decorative nails ?
Stripping isn't easy but having the right tool and the right gesture will change everything. To remove old tacks and nails you need this tools and this is how to…
How to remove staples like a pro.
Stripping Staple Stripping a seat made with traditional. Tacks is way more easy and than stripping one with staples. You will need some traditional manual tools to do this, at…
Upholstery books (for beginners)
If your starting upholstery you might need some support as upholstery books ! Usefull upholstery books. I love books and as a professional upholsterer of course I love collecting upholstery…
Hammers !
Lets talk (a lot) about hammers here. This my absolute tool this one ! Let's see the different hammers I'm using upholstering. The traditionnal upholstery tack hammer. This is the…