We now offer chair caning!

We now offer traditional hole to hole chair caning. Individual strips are woven through a series of pre-drilled holes around the perimeter of the chair. We use the 7-step method as we have found this to be the strongest and most reliable.

Article in the Times Record

I was so honored to have had an article written about me and my business in our local newspaper, "The Times Record". Hopefully, all who read it will think more about our environment.
If we all have just one piece of furniture reupholstered, re-caned, re-finished, instead of trashing it, we can prevent some of the toxic fumes that come from getting rid of the furniture in a landfill.

If you want to read the article, here's the link:

http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2010/06/02/features/doc4c06961af01d8929698605.txt

tip of the day

Save Those Used Tea Bags

Do not throw out your tea bags with the trash. Save them in a dish and then empty them around your garden plants and shrubs. It makes a good substitute for peat and will add plant goodness and save you cash.

This tip goes right in line with my "reuse, re-purpose, reupholster philosophy.

Tufted back chair

Hapitat for Humanity

I feel so very fortunate to be doing something I really love; reupholstering furniture. Now, I really want to give back so I'm volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. It is such a wonderful organization and I'm pretty handy with a hammer so....I'm really looking forward to helping someone else realize their dream.

The Reupholstering Class

Class went so well last night. There are 5 women in the class and each one brought a piece of furniture they want to reupholster. I started off by explaining what to look for when buying new furniture and also included a "How to" on how to choose furniture at a flea market or yard sale. The women were perfectly marvelous and were so eager to learn. We've got various stages which is great as they'll learn how to put the webbing on a chair, tie springs, re-design their ottomans, etc. I just love the group and I know we'll have a lot of fun. At the end of the course, they'll have a finished piece of furniture.

Reupholstering Class

We'll be teaching a reupholstering class through Merrymeeting Adult Education starting on Feb. 23, 2010. This is a hands-on class to teach beginners the fundamentals of reupholstering furniture. We will work with each student's footstool, ottoman or drop in seat to show the many techniques which can be carried through to larger pieces of furniture.
Upon completion of the course, the student will have a better understanding as to how upholstered furniture is put together. They will learn about repairing the frame, replacing old webbing, tightening or gluing joints and spring tying.

In addition to reupholstering their furniture, we will also discuss the things you should consider when buying new furniture.

Should be a great class and its open to everyone in the Midcoast Maine area.