Amanda Brown encourages creative types who are looking to upgrade their furniture to think outside the box — big-box retailers, that is. “I’m not the same person as 1,000 other people with the same ...

Being able to upholster something at home is an incredibly useful skill. Once you learn to reupholster a chair, you can turn all kinds of thrift store throwaways into useful, good-looking furniture. A ...

Reupholstery can seem very intimidating if you’ve never done it before, but with a good tutorial and some patience, you can ...

There are two different types of decorators – those who like to repair and repurpose furniture, and those who see a damaged chair or table and decide it's time to replace it with something new. But ...

From badly faded upholstery to uneven chair legs, sometimes older pieces of furniture require an overhaul in repairs. In cases like these, when a new coat of varnish alone won’t work, don’t just junk ...

Before: This vintage wing back chair was beautifully crafted but had seen better days. After: Updating its original frame and applying leopard cut velvet grospoint fabric, Zimman’s transformed this ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A winged chair stands with its claw and ball feet on a table in upholsterer Katerina Gibb’s studio. Having stripped ...

Reupholstery is a key skill which has seen a renewed interest during the coronavirus lockdown. It is possible for beginners to handle some small reupholstery projects, but there is a risk of messing ...