From the Workshop

Projects

Real jobs off a working bench — documented stage by stage. Furniture, vehicles, plant, soft furnishings: what came in, what we found, what it took.

Furniture

Fluted Chair in Blue

Fluted Chair in Blue

Fluted-back chair

Blue upholstery fabric

 Modern Wing Chair in Red Tartan Check

Modern Wing Chair in Red Tartan Check

Modern wing chair (new build)

Red tartan check, pattern-matched across every panel

 Parker Knoll Wing Chair in Teal Velvet

Parker Knoll Wing Chair in Teal Velvet

Parker Knoll wing chair (model PK 720/745/1013)

5.5 h at the bench · Teal velvet

Vehicles & Campervans

Jensen S-V8 — Fitting a New Car Carpet Set in Navy

Jensen S-V8 — Fitting a New Car Carpet Set in Navy

Jensen S-V8 roadster — full interior carpet set

10 h at the bench · Navy automotive carpet

 Kawasaki Motorbike Seat in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Kawasaki Motorbike Seat in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Kawasaki motorbike dual seat

Double-diamond quilted automotive vinyl, plain black vinyl skirt, red vinyl piping

 Renault Twizy — Seats Wrapped in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Renault Twizy — Seats Wrapped in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Renault Twizy front and rear seat pads

Black double-diamond quilted automotive vinyl with orange contrast stitching

Why we document every job

Textbooks show the ideal. A working bench shows the truth: the split rail nobody mentioned, the previous upholsterer’s shortcut, the frame that turned out to be worth saving after all. These pages record real work as it happened — the hours, the materials, the problems and the finish — from an AMUSF-accredited workshop in Hebden Bridge.

The full method behind every job is in The Working Upholsterer’s Bible.