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Master the Art of DIY Upholstery – Step-by-Step Tutorials, Tips & Furniture Restoration Techniques
Welcome to your ultimate destination for DIY upholstery tutorials! Whether you’re a curious beginner or a skilled professional looking to refine your craft, this site is packed with everything you need to start—and finish—beautiful furniture reupholstery projects with confidence.
Explore a growing collection of step-by-step upholstery guides that cover a wide range of skills, from basic fabric selection and foam replacement, to advanced techniques like tufting, piping, and spring tying. You’ll learn how to reupholster chairs, sofas, ottomans, dining seats, headboards, and even vintage or antique furniture. Every tutorial is crafted to be clear, practical, and easy to follow—perfect for hobbyists, DIYers, and aspiring professionals alike.
Here, you’ll find:
– Beginner upholstery tutorials for first-timers
– Advanced techniques for experienced upholsterers
– Insider tips to make your projects faster, cleaner, and more durable
– Answers to common upholstery questions
Whether you’re restoring a family heirloom, giving old furniture a modern twist, or starting your own upholstery business, you’ll find the support and guidance you need right here. And if you ever get stuck or have a question, feel free to leave a comment under any tutorial—I’m always happy to help if I can.
So grab your hammer or your staple gun, pick your favorite fabric, and let’s transform your furniture—one project at a time!
Learn to knot a button whith my apprentice 🤗
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…
The simplest and more important strripping security tip I could give is this one: NEVER LET YOUR HAND IN FRONT ANY TOOLS WHILE STRIPPING! That was close ... This happened…
This tips is even older than these nails: you can simple use old nails to learn how to nail properly.
This kind of covering is quite easy if you want to try upholstery ! It's also a technique you can apply on other parts of a chair of course !…
This is a pretty simple tutorial for beginner this one. So here I'll show you how to upholster this little chair easily with foam. A (very) usefull technique This is…
Sometimes the padding of the back is old but not that bad and you just need a little something to make it look new again. In this case we go…
Of course you could wonder "Why an extra fabric" and my answer will be: "better quality, long lasting". The foam ages so well when it never see the light or…
This is a technique you can use on a seat after an elastic webbing, a jute webbing, or on the top of the hessian after sewing the springs. Here we…
This is a simple little tutorial to learn how to cover this arms on classic Louis 15 style "bergère" or "cabriolet" chairs.