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 …
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 …
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, …
What happens when everything you can think of making looks like everything you’ve been doing for the past five years? Either you a.) Give up b.) Don’t change c.) Start looking around to see what you can copy, or d.) Go get yourself inspired. Of …
Handmade upholstery fabric will be ‘having a long moment’, as predicted. As more and more talented Makers venture into the age old craft of upholstering, the designy, artsy participants can’t help but give bequeath their creative stamp to existing furniture. This folksy, sewn appliqué fabric …
On Monday, over on Instagram, I posed the question to my lovely followers how much they thought it would cost to flip this $9.99 Goodwill chair. Today, I’m breaking it down. Now remember, costs vary depending upon what part of the country you live in. …