My favorite fabrics brands
Here the brands that I curently use at the workshop in alphabetic order. These are the brands that I sell in my shop, the one I love, the ones I…
WELCOME TO MY BLOG! My name is Céline Vanier, I’m a french upholsterer and luxury fabric dealer doing upholstery since 2008. If you’re interested in upholstery I hope you will enjoy to discover my work here at the workshop as well as the many upholstery tutorials available here.
Pierre Frey’s new fabrics collections …
This week I was lucky to discover the last fabrics collections by the well known french brand Pierre Frey. Let me show you (just some) of my favorites ! There…
Velvet green Leopard armchair
I love velvet, I love leopard pattern, so what a great joy to see this old antique chair becoming beautifull again covered with this fabric! The chair BEFORE Chic and…
The power of piping (in upholstery)!
Piping is one of the different ways to finish a chair. I think the power of a piping color on the perception of a fabric is just amazing ! Let's…
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…
Art chair with Michel Pavin
What a crazy project This summer I did an amazing project in collaboration with my friend the artist Michel Pavin. White card for Art. I just loved so much the…
Bridge chair + pink velvet cotton
Sometimes upholstery just feels like magic ! This chair is an antic one, it's almost 100 years old but now it looks brand new. This little chair we call "fauteuil…
Louis 15 style chairs + Misia
This project was a nice one ! Covering this pair of chairs we call in french "cabriolet" (yes like the car ;) was a real pleasure. What a luxurious fabric!…
Marie’s corner chauffeuse + Romo
What an amazing upholstery project this one ! I just had to share it with you guys. This pair of Marie's corner chair used to be plain red and now…
Summer Class 2024
I CAN'T WAIT ! Summer Class 2023 was such a success I can't wait for these new season to begin. Creating these english spoken individualized and intensive workshops was one…