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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Out first European trip to Belgium and Holland in the motorhome. What an awesome trip. Read our latest blog for the highlights.

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Top three tips on how to choose for your upholstery project

Are you thinking about having a go at your first upholstery project, or maybe you’ve already had a go and thinking about choosing your next one. I wanted to share my top three tips on how to choose your project.

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Five Reasons Why Upholstery is an Amazing Hobby to Take Up in 2025!

Upholstery is an Amazing Hobby to Take Up. Read our latest blog to find out our top five reasons why you should give it a go.

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We are delighted to announce that Semper Hopkins Upholstery is officially a B Corp™ certified business!

As a B Corp™ we’re part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.

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Cheshire East upholstery business recognised as one of UK’s most exciting firms in #SmallBiz100 national campaign

We've been recognised as one of UK’s most exciting firms in #SmallBiz100 national campaign I'm extremely excited to announce that SEMPER HOPKINS UPHOLSTERY & INTERIORS LIMITED has been selected as one of the UK's top 100 small businesses by the Small Business Saturday UK #SmallBiz100

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May News from the workshop ……our top five highlights from a busy month!

Have you noticed my blogs & featured posts have returned? I promised myself to write two a month and I’ve done it. I have been doing so much computer work for my b-corp assessment I’d run out of energy to do any of my other usual business tasks and let it slip, but I’ve found my flow.

Blog, News, Upholstery Workshop

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

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

Top three tips on how to choose for your upholstery project

Five Reasons Why Upholstery is an Amazing Hobby to Take Up in 2025!

We are delighted to announce that Semper Hopkins Upholstery is officially a B Corp™ certified business!

Cheshire East upholstery business recognised as one of UK’s most exciting firms in #SmallBiz100 national campaign

May News from the workshop ……our top five highlights from a busy month!

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

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

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

Top 7 questions answered – what Isobel thinks of her upholstery workshop experience

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