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From Upholstery to Upcycling Enthusiast: Catch up with Nigel’s Story

It’s coming up to three years this December since we taught our first upholstery workshop. Covid slightly delayed the full launch and we started running them again in April 2021.

Upholstery Blogs

5 easy steps on how to choose a team building activity for your business

Running regular team building activities in your business can have a wide range of benefits for companies, including improved communication, collaboration, motivation, problem-solving skills, productivity, and organisational culture.

Upholstery Blogs

Are you into furniture upcycling? Here are five simple upholstery projects you could tackle with some basic skills

Do you enjoy giving old pieces of furniture a new lease of life? Adding them to your home to add the finishing touches to a room.

Upholstery Blogs

Top Tips on What You Physically Need to Start Upholstery as a Hobby?

You may never have considered upholstery as a hobby because you thought it was out of reach. I'm going to share with you what you need to get you started and it's surprisingly not as much as you think!

Upholstery Blogs

Five Ways You Can Reuse the Sewing Skills From Our Sewing Workshop

When I create new workshops I'm always trying to make sure you get the most value out of them. How do I do this? I look at how you can reuse the skills again and again so that you get the value for more than that day.

Upholstery Blogs

How We Are Finding Ways To Be More Sustainable In Our Upholstery Business

Sustainability has always been an important part of our business values, from repurposing old furniture and giving it a new lease of life, through to our custom ranges of furniture that were built from reclaimed wood & sustainable materials.

Upholstery Blogs

Semper Hopkins’ Favourite Three Ranges of Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Upholstery Fabrics

I’ve always been interested in understanding how things are made. My career before upholstery was in Corporate Retail working for The Co-op Food within Trading and Own Brand Development. I had the opportunity to work with suppliers and manufacturers to sustainably source my own label food products.

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7 lessons I’ve learnt that will help you on your upholstery journey

I’ve blinked and 7 years have passed since I registered my business as a limited company on the 30th June 2016. I'm sharing my seven top tips for those of you who are starting out on your upholstery journey. I’ve looked back on my experiences and shared the lessons I’ve learnt. Some of these lessons can be applied to more than just upholstery. Hopefully they may inspire and help you too.

Upholstery Blogs

Upholstery Fabric 7 Top Tips on How To Choose the Right One

Are you new to the world of upholstery? Choosing the right fabric may seem like an arduous process. This is understandable considering all of the fabric types, colour and design that are available. How do you choose the one which is right for you?

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Three Reasons Why I Needed Help From a Personal Stylist, Yifan

You might wonder why I needed help and coaching from a personal stylist with all the creative expertise I have for interior design and upholstery. You might think the principles of colour must be very similar? I personally don’t find styling my clothes very easy, I know the reasons why.

Upholstery Blogs

A Simple Piece of Furniture That You Can Upholster at Home in a Few Hours

In a recent blog I gave you top three tips on how to choose for your upholstery project. I recommend you choose something simple and small, that has a purpose and what you are interested in.

Upholstery Workshop

Exciting Launch of Five New In-Person Upholstery Workshops for Spring 2023

There’s never a dull day being an entrepreneur. The variety of roles you do in your day to day job is exceptional. Some people don’t like the huge number of hats that you have to wear. What I have learnt over the years in business is that you don’t have to be an expert in all of them.

Fabric, Upholstery Blogs

How to do your bit for the environment with woollen alternatives

If you are on the look out for more sustainable brands, check out Little Beau Sheep, a business dedicated to sustainable products.

Blog, Fabric, Upholstery Blogs, Upholstery Workshop

Design and Make Your Own Footstool In 4 Easy Steps

Design and make your own footstool in 4 easy steps - Create your own bespoke footstool at our Upholstery Workshops in Cheshire

Blog, Custom made furniture, Fabric, Upholstery Blogs

Make the most of your kitchen space with booth and banquette seating

Have you been looking for some new kitchen inspiration, but bored of the usual kitchen island/ dining room and chairs combination? Why not take a look at Banquette and booth seating.

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Exciting new project for one of our favourite pubs!

We've recently had the pleasure of completing a special project for the Brownlow Inn. It was a privilege to be able to work with them as it is one of our favourite places to eat as a family. We have been going there for family celebratory meals for years including our engagement and pre-wedding night, so as you can imagine, it holds lots of special memories. So we couldn't be more proud to see some of our furniture taking pride of place in their bar eating area.

Blog, Custom made furniture, Fabric, Upholstery Blogs

Make the most of your kitchen space with booth and banquette seating

Have you been looking for some new kitchen inspiration, but bored of the usual kitchen island/ dining room and chairs combination? Why not take a look at Banquette and booth seating.

Blog, Custom made furniture

What types of dining chairs can you transform?

Are you unsure on whether your type of dining chair can be transformed? Look no further, in this blog we will be showing you the types of dining sets we have had the pleasure of updating and transforming to give you some ideas on how your furniture can be saved from the tip. We have done a range of projects from antique furniture, to modern day dining sets so be sure to know we can help you on your upholstery journey.

Q&A - meet our upholstery workshop clients, Upholstery Blogs, Upholstery Workshop

From Upholstery to Upcycling Enthusiast: Catch up with Nigel’s Story

5 easy steps on how to choose a team building activity for your business

Are you into furniture upcycling? Here are five simple upholstery projects you could tackle with some basic skills

Top Tips on What You Physically Need to Start Upholstery as a Hobby?

Five Ways You Can Reuse the Sewing Skills From Our Sewing Workshop

How We Are Finding Ways To Be More Sustainable In Our Upholstery Business

Semper Hopkins’ Favourite Three Ranges of Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Upholstery Fabrics

7 lessons I’ve learnt that will help you on your upholstery journey

Upholstery Fabric 7 Top Tips on How To Choose the Right One

Three Reasons Why I Needed Help From a Personal Stylist, Yifan

A Simple Piece of Furniture That You Can Upholster at Home in a Few Hours

Exciting Launch of Five New In-Person Upholstery Workshops for Spring 2023

How to do your bit for the environment with woollen alternatives

Design and Make Your Own Footstool In 4 Easy Steps

Make the most of your kitchen space with booth and banquette seating

Exciting new project for one of our favourite pubs!

Make the most of your kitchen space with booth and banquette seating

What types of dining chairs can you transform?

From Upholstery to Upcycling Enthusiast: Catch up with Nigel’s Story

5 easy steps on how to choose a team building activity for your business

Are you into furniture upcycling? Here are five simple upholstery projects you could tackle with some basic skills

From Upholstery to Upcycling Enthusiast: Catch up with Nigel’s Story

7 lessons I’ve learnt that will help you on your upholstery journey

Exciting Launch of Five New In-Person Upholstery Workshops for Spring 2023

7 lessons I’ve learnt that will help you on your upholstery journey

Three Reasons Why I Needed Help From a Personal Stylist, Yifan

Top fives places to visit in Belgium and Holland in our motorhome Wally

From Upholstery to Upcycling Enthusiast: Catch up with Nigel’s Story

Why Nigel chose to join us for a Footstool Upholstery Workshop- Q&A with Nigel Keeble

Why Sarah chose to join us for a Upholstery workshop – Q&A with Sarah Toolan Tivnan

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