Have you ever thought of a chair or a sofa as art? Some people right away would say yes, while others see a chair or sofa as a place to sit and relax. Upholstery is functional art, that you use in your everyday life. Having a piece custom upholstered, lets you be creative and bring your own personal style and taste into your home… make your mark. The upholsterer is the artist that brings the vision to life, by using fabrics, trims and decorative nails hand picked for your project. Vision I recently upholster two chairs for clients who love color and were trying to bring color in their log c ..read more

One of the things I enjoy the most about what I do is working with all of the beautiful fabrics and seeing how they transform a piece of furniture. There are so many different categories of fabrics to choose from to fit your lifestyle and décor. I thought it would be good to review performance fabrics. What are performance fabrics? Performance fabrics are fabrics made to withstand life’s everyday messes, weather you have fur babies, children or a messy spouse they will clean up like new. Best places to use them The best place to use performance fabrics is on your upholstered furniture or cus ..read more