Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612121373 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This comprehensive guide features more than 900 photographs and includes five projects designed to teach you all you need to know to reupholster any piece of furniture. You’ll soon be confidently stripping down old sofas, stuffing sagging ottomans, and revamping chairs with your own distinctive style. . Discover the joys of upholstery and bring new life to your worn-out furniture. With a few basic tools, an eye for color, and some ingenuity, you can customize your home with fabrics and textures that reflect your unique personality
Specific activities required for completing the projects include padding and constructing boxed arms, attaching webbing and burlap to the arms, attaching the dust cover to the bottom of the sofa, and cutting out fabric for the cushions. And that is certainly the case with this gorgeous book, which perfectly matches complete, precisely written directions with correspondingly crisp, helpful photographs. From Booklist *Starred Review* It stands to reason that a big, heavily illustrated book of instructions on how to upholster furniture should be as attractive as the finished projects it presents. --Brad Hooper . Sound dizzyingly complicated? Take a breath and follow Brown step by step, and you’ll be surprised at how talented you may become in the art of upholst
Jessica Black said Pure Awesomeness. I've looked at quite a few upholstery books since I don't have any places nearby that teach upholstery. This one by far is my favorite. Reasons I prefer this book above the rest:The author covers enough different styles of furniture so that you can tackle anything - and shows you how to determine which instructions would be best in her book for different pieces of furniture.The upholstery lingo isn't over my head. This is a book that will help the beginner, intermediate and advanced. I feel like I don't need to look anywhere else to learn how to reuph. "A fantastic book, easy to follow" according to Judy. A fantastic book, easy to follow, I just love how well the instructions are and it help me a lot in re-making my furniture, every body is surprised of the final product, I was amazed of my work. Thank you Amanda Brown for such wonderful book. I have attached pictures of the before (black leather furniture) and the after (light multi-green color with pillows), pillows are not finished do, I just need to do the covers for the pillows.. "Well done" according to A. Stubbs. Well written, well photographed, well indexed, and well bound (I was especially pleased with the three bookmark ribbons).This may be the upholstery book you are looking for. I'd be hard-pressed to find a flaw with it.If I lost it, I'd buy it again, I'd even pay more.