I know most of you remember the Saarinen chair I found in the streets of Jersey City last year and I already gave you a little peek of the...

Yesterday my upholstery course started again and I almost finished the chartreuse Saarinen chair so I have to bring a new project to class ...

Back in September I mentioned that I was going to take another upholstery class starting in October and now it is nearing its end. There ...

I did it! The chair is finished, I am sitting on it and writing this post. It is so comfortable but I might be biased after fighting with i...

Last week I managed to staple the seat cushion and some loose bits of fabric on the backrest. The only thing left to do is to add the finis...

The last round was all about finishing the backside of the backrest. I used a flexible metal strip (ply grip) and stretched the fabric over...

Another successful round in the fight woman versus chair. Last Thursday I was able to start stapling the fabric for the backrest back onto ...

As mentioned in my previous post I lost the last round against my chair but my inner Tim Gunn was telling me to make it work. So I packed ...

The chair finally did it and knocked me out during last weeks class. I had trouble piecing the pieces back together because the lineup mark...

My class last Thursday was actually pretty fun because I started to cut the new fabric I'm going to use to reupholster my chair. I cut ...

I had my second upholstery class session last Thursday and glued some foam back to the backrest and also took apart the old fabric to creat...

My upholstery class started on Thursday and I stripped my chair down to the bones. The foam underneath was rotten in some parts and crumble...

Tomorrow I will start my very first upholstery class and I am already super excited.  I found the side chair by Eero Saarinen for Knoll...