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An Interview with Andrea Mihalik of Wild Chairy

An Interview with Andrea Mihalik of Wild Chairy

Well, I’ve jumped into the visually dangerous world of Skype video interviews. Whether I want to proceed with video interviews, or less visually threatening simple audio podcasts is yet to be determined. Today’s interview with Andrea Mihalik, founder and owner of Wild Chairy, will let 

Textural Healing

Textural Healing

The most exquisitely interesting things I find are usually discovered on the road to somewhere else. I think that’s a fair statement. As was the case as I was hunting down upholstered banquettes when I spied these pieces of multi textural deliciousness created by artist 

Oversized Tassel Tutorial

Oversized Tassel Tutorial

This isn’t a new project but since I found it had over 500 pins on Pinterest, I felt it was worth reusing. If you think creating giant tassels is straightforward, you’re in for a little surprise. It’s still very easy though. I first saw giant 

Flipping Furniture Starts June 1

Flipping Furniture Starts June 1

I’ll tell you right here and now that this post is about my Flipping Furniture online class. You can read all about it to see how people just like you have taken their hobby and turned it into a profit making small business. The reason 

Meet Paris Upholsterer Damien Jaffré

Meet Paris Upholsterer Damien Jaffré

Off and on during the past year or two I’ve been stopped dead in my tracks with images I see on Damien Jaffré’s Instagram feed found at damienjaffreupholsterer.  I remember him telling me long ago that he’s a Paris upholsterer who wants to relocate to 

Before and After Roman Bovine Beauty

Before and After Roman Bovine Beauty

One fun aspect to fiddling around on Instagram during odd hours is that you discover people all over the world who are doing the same things you like to do. Less than a year ago, I discovered Nia Sayers, founder and owner of Summerland Style,