

Upholstery: Things To Consider
After spending quite a bit of time last week at my grandfather's upholstery business, Durham Upholstery, I started thinking more and more about upholstery and how the right fabric can make (or break) a piece of furniture. Selecting the right fabric is extremely important. The fabric should be durable for the amount of use it will receive and visually, it should help tie the remaining pieces in the room together. Having your furniture re-upholstered can be an expensive investm


Upholstery Project
Over the weekend, I visited my parents' home and was assigned the lovely task of re-upholestering my mother's breakfast chairs. Since this wasn't my first time re-upholestering the chairs I wasn't too surprised by the request, seems like every season my mother wants me to change out all the upholestery/drapery in the house. I guess she gets bored easily. Nevertheless, the whole job (including selecting the new fabric, removing the old fabric and covering the 5 chairs) took