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9781612121376

Spruce: A Step-by-step Guide to Upholstery and Design

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  • ISBN13:

    9781612121376

  • ISBN10:

    1612121373

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2013-10-22
  • Publisher: Workman Pub Co

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Summary

Discover the joys of upholstery and bring new life to your worn-out furniture. With a few basic tools, an eye for color, and some ingenuity, you can customize your home with fabrics and textures that reflect your unique personality. This comprehensive guide features more than 900 photographs and includes five projects designed to teach you all you need to know to reupholster any piece of furniture. You’ll soon be confidently stripping down old sofas, stuffing sagging ottomans, and revamping chairs with your own distinctive style. 

Author Biography

Amanda Brown is the author of Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design. Brown is the owner of Spruce, a furniture redesign studio in Austin, Texas. Her fresh aesthetic for interiors has garnered acclaim from publications including the New York Times, Metropolitan Home, and Southern Living. She lives in Austin, Texas.



Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*Sponge at Home. Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter at @designsponge.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY GRACE BONNEY

 

INTRODUCTION

 

MIX 'N' MATCH UPHOLSTERY

 

Chapter 1: Getting Inspired and Designing the Space

 

PROJECT 1: An American in Paris: Upholstering a Louis Chair

 

CHAPTER 2: Design Plan and Yardage Estimate

CHAPTER 3: Tying Coil Springs for a Tight Seat

CHAPTER 4: Padding and Upholstering a Tight Seat

CHAPTER 5: Upholstering Arm Pads, a Picture Back, and Finishing the Chair

 

PROJECT 2: A New Pair of Slippers

 

CHAPTER 6: Determining Yardage for a Small Pattern

CHAPTER 7: Prepping Sinuous Springs and Padding a Tight, Boxed Seat

CHAPTER 8: Sewing and Attaching Fabric to a Boxed Seat

CHAPTER 9: Upholstering a Channel Back

CHAPTER 10: Finishing the Frame of the Slipper Chair

CHAPTER 11: Making and Attaching the Skirt and Back Scroll Panels

 

PROJECT 3: Spread Your Wings

 

CHAPTER 12: Calculate Yardage for a Large Pattern

CHAPTER 13: Spring Tying for a Loose Seat

CHAPTER 14: Padding a T-Shaped Deck

CHAPTER 15: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric

CHAPTER 16: Upholstering the Inside Arms and Wings

CHAPTER 17: Upholstering the Inside Back

CHAPTER 18: Finishing the Outside of the Wingback and Applying Nailhead Trim

CHAPTER 19: Constructing a T-Cushion

 

PROJECT 4: Three-Seater Tune-Up

 

CHAPTER 20: Determining Yardage for Railroaded Fabric

CHAPTER 21: Spring Tying with an Edge Wire

CHAPTER 22: Padding a Straight Deck

CHAPTER 23: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric and Tack Band

CHAPTER 24: Padding and Constructing Boxed Arms

CHAPTER 25: Upholstering an Inside Back with Back Cushions

CHAPTER 26: Attaching the Outside Back and Completing the Sofa Back

CHAPTER 27: Fitting and Sewing Boxed Cushions

 

PROJECT 5: Ottoman Empire

 

CHAPTER 28: Material Requirements for Diamond Tufting and Leather Upholstery 101

CHAPTER 29: Diamond Tufting the Cocktail Ottoman

 

PROJECT 6: Topping It Off

 

CHAPTER 30: Sewing Knife-Edge Pillows, Bolsters, and Boxed Pillows

 

APPENDIX

 

Setting Up Shop

Stripping Furniture

Sewing Tips and Tricks

Glossary

Resources

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index

 

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