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Our First Workshop: The Highlights
On Saturday the 13th of December we hosted our first upholstery workshop...
What an amazing day.
I'm still buzzing from our first workshop. All of the months of planning and rescheduling through these challenging few months have been worth…
Workshops: Covid Safety Measurements
We have put the following measures in place to make the workshops Covid-19 safe. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us on:
Phone number: 01260 609021
Email: hello@shupholstery.co.uk
The safety of our clients and staff are…
Everything you need to know about our upcoming upholstery workshop
We are getting very excited to be running our first workshop on 5th December (fingers crossed following Lockdown updates!!). With further dates planned in January/Feb/March spaces are filling up fast.
We wanted to share more details with you…
COVID 19 message
With the announcement over the weekend of a new lockdown, we want to reassure you that here at Semper Hopkins Upholstery and Interiors we will remain open for business as we can work safely from the workshop.
We can continue to work with clients…
A story of a Monkey, a Puzzle and a Tree…
A story that starts with a tree which's name resonates with the reader... Originally the tree's name is Araucaria and it originates from Argentina and Chile. The tree came to the United Kingdom in 1834. One man seeing the tree for the first…
The spark that lights the fire
My Story
Looking back on how I went from working in Food Retail at the Co-operative to having my own upholstery brand it all started when I wanted to furnish my new home.
Sometimes that is all it is, one moment that changes your path forever….
I…
Choosing the right colour fabric for your furniture
Our latest blog covered fabric: the basics including setting your budget, fabric durability, and caring for it! We wanted to give you some practical guidance on where to start your search.- choosing the right fabric may seem like an arduous…
A client’s journey…how to get your very own custom made furniture
Last week we gave you our top five tips on what you need to think about before you buy a new dining table. This week we are sharing a clients story and our customer journey with you. Clients often ask us how does it work having a piece designed…
My top three favourite things about upholstery and why I started it as a hobby
Emma's top three favourite things about upholstery and why she started it as a hobby. Fancy giving it a go? Try out one of our upholstery workshops.
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
Why Sarah chose to join us for a Upholstery workshop – Q&A with Sarah Toolan Tivnan
Q & A with Sarah - find out what she thought of her recent footstool upholstery workshop.
International day of happiness – do more things that make you happy!
International Day of Happiness is on 20th March 2022 and takes place across the UN and its focus is build back happier and make peoples wellbeing a top priority. As we will all know, with how things have been the last two years, this day of happiness might not have always been the ‘happiest’. It was much harder to do things which made us happy last year with the UK being in lockdown, not being able to see those we love and not being able to do day to day activities we once, perhaps, took for granted!
Making Time For Mum…
Making time for yourself as a mother is one of the most important things you can do as part as self-care. Of course, keeping busy and looking after your children will be a main priority, and your work if that applies.
Our Story
How did Semper Hopkins begin?
Many years ago, I started learning upholstery so I could create furniture for my own home. In 2013 we carried out a huge renovation on our home, which had gone massively over budget and we had run out of money to…
2022 The year of doing the things I love, and the year I turn 40….
Where has 2022 gone? We are already at the end of March. This year marks a big milestone birthday for me. I turn 40 on the 21st April, very luck to share the same birthday as the Queen. At the beginning of the year I had considered writing up 40 things I wanted to do when I turn 40, but that seemed like a daunting task to think of 40 things and it takes precious time, so here I am just going along with it and doing it. My motto for 2022 was to do more things that make me happy, and doing less planning is one of them!
January News from the Workshop
How has the first month of 2022 gone for you? It feels like Christmas is an age ago now and the past month has flown by! January is usually the month I use to plan exciting things for the year ahead. I’ve been busy doing that as well as spinning several other plates!
An Update From Emma
Hello… it’s been a while since I updated you on a little bit about me and the face behind the camera most days! Semper Hopkins Upholstery and Interiors have come a long since we started in 2016 and we have new followers and new changes that have happened! So, for all of my old, new and upcoming followers; welcome and here is a little about me, the business and what has been going on over the past couple of years…