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Dining Chair Upholstery Makeovers from the Cheshire based Workshop

Do you have a set of dining chairs which need a revamp or simply don’t match your interiors anymore? There is no need to waste a perfectly good set of chairs when you have the chance to give them a completely new look! Instead of going out and buying a whole new dining set you can really get creative with fabrics to revamp your dining chairs and have the opportunity to have something completely different to what is on the high street.

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Step by Step Guide On How To Make Single Piping

There are so many different skills to master in most crafts and trades. You will always find you are learning new skills, tips and tricks to make your life easier. We are frequently asked for demonstrations and how we make things so we thought it would be useful to give you some insider tips. In this blog, we will be giving you a step by step demonstration on how to make single piping.

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Ever wondered how to turn this simple wooden frame into a stylish Stool?

Want to know what lies beneath the fabric? Do you look at this stool frame and think I wouldn't even know how to start making this! If you joined us on an upholstery workshop, we would teach you everything you needed to know - as well…

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Rocking Chair Transformations – Giving An Old Piece Of Furniture A New Lease Of Life

Furniture can hold memories for lots of different reasons. A rocking chair passed down through generations or you may remember sitting in one during your childhood with a parent or grandparent, for instance.

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Exciting News – Launch Of New Website And Upholstery Courses Coming Soon

We have some exciting news to share with you. In the coming weeks we will be relaunching our website with a new improved look, as well as some new features including a furniture quote builder for custom made furniture, two new upholstery workshops, and the ability to book our workshops as a group if you wanted to come with friends and family, a work event or hen party.

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Design Ideas For Yours Industrial Dining Chairs

Are you struggling to find high-quality dining chairs that fits in your home, and beautifully compliments your decor? Picking the right chair for your dining room can be difficult when you can’t find the perfect style, colour or size. From our workshop in Scholar Green, Cheshire we can tailor make the perfect industrial design dining chair to fit your room by finding out what will work best amongst your interiors and compliment them.

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Struggling with storage? Fed up with boring mass produced products? Why not learn to make your own at an upholstery workshop….

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Dining Chair Reupholstery – Making New From Old

When considering a dining room make over, it is so important that you take into consideration working with what you have already got. If your dining chairs look a bit worn in or simply don’t match a colour scheme anymore- there are ways to…

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Creating The Perfect Dining Table For Your Home From Our Cheshire Workshop

Are You Looking For A Table That Makes An Impact On Your Visitors But Not On The Environment? Do You Need A Dining Table That Is Both Stylish And Practical? We Can Help.

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Choosing Sustainable Fabrics

Why do we use sustainable fabrics? Here at Semper Hopkins, sustainability is a big part of our company values and choosing materials which reflect in that matter to us. We use reclaimed materials, repurpose old furniture and use a range of hand-picked…

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New Plans for 2021

Its our 3rd birthday. March 2021 marks our 3 rd year since we rebranded the business and opened the workshop at Kent Green Chapel. It will be 5 years in June since the business was established as an Ltd company in 2016. If you had asked me even…

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Are You Thinking Of Starting Upholstery As A Hobby? How To Create The Perfect Workspace At Home.

The truth is, I started my upholstery training years ago for several reasons; one of these was because it was a release from my stressful job. The second more important reason was because we were mid-way through a huge renovation project on…

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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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Where do you get your interior inspiration from?

Where do you get inspiration for your interior style in your home? Lifestyle magazines, pinterest, or ‘influencers’ on social media showing you ideas from inside their own homes?

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Do you love to learn new skills? Natasha does, find out why

Do you love being in your home? Do you want your home to look like no one else’s? Do you want your home to have your style and vision, and to be filled with furniture that you’ve either learnt to make or put your own stamp on.

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How you can design your own footstool in four easy steps

Learn how you can design your footstool in four easy steps, and we will custom make it for you.

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What lies beneath the fabric?

A recent upholstery transformation of an Edwardian sofa. Find out more in our latest blog.

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Can you Open Your Mind to New Ideas, Challenge your thoughts and Spark Conversation?

It is already 5 months into 2022… Where has this year gone already? Normally by now, a lot of us have either stuck by our new year's resolutions or they disappeared just around February time? I am happy to say this year I have definitely (so far) stuck to my resolutions and attempted to make time for myself.

Dining Chair Upholstery Makeovers from the Cheshire based Workshop

Step by Step Guide On How To Make Single Piping

Ever wondered how to turn this simple wooden frame into a stylish Stool?

Rocking Chair Transformations – Giving An Old Piece Of Furniture A New Lease Of Life

Exciting News – Launch Of New Website And Upholstery Courses Coming Soon

Design Ideas For Yours Industrial Dining Chairs

Struggling with storage? Fed up with boring mass produced products? Why not learn to make your own at an upholstery workshop….

Dining Chair Reupholstery – Making New From Old

Creating The Perfect Dining Table For Your Home From Our Cheshire Workshop

Choosing Sustainable Fabrics

New Plans for 2021

Are You Thinking Of Starting Upholstery As A Hobby? How To Create The Perfect Workspace At Home.

Top three tips on how to choose for your upholstery project

Where do you get your interior inspiration from?

Do you love to learn new skills? Natasha does, find out why

How you can design your own footstool in four easy steps

What lies beneath the fabric?

Can you Open Your Mind to New Ideas, Challenge your thoughts and Spark Conversation?

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