Old mills and upholsterery skills

I’m a sucker for the interiors of old mills, so today was doubly exciting when we returned to take photos of our sofas nearing their upholstery completion.

 

Mr Raj kindly let me take some photos of the old mill workshop walls.  Don’t ask why old cardboard templates should appeal to me but they do.

And now the main event.  The rebirth of our three times recovered sofas.  

We’ve had them 25 years and are still wonderfully comfortable. 

It was fabulous to see the fabric we are having laid out on the cutting bench with the shapes already cut out for the back cushions.

It’s a bit of a self indulgent blog post this as it ages since I’ve visited anywhere that roused my love of old industrial textile mills and all they hold inside them.

Mr Raj talked us through the process of reupholstering and said he had paid particular attention to our job as the fabric was so unusual and a difficult but delightful job to work on. The craftsmanship of his tradesmen is excellent. The pattern matching and cutting has to be exact so as not to waste precious material. Everything is carried out on site.  If you were to buy a brand new suite or chair the frames are made in situ as well.

Nearly there now

What an exciting project this has been for us all.

As it was pointed out to us, most people want grey or beige plain fabrics now so this was a good chance for the team to practice their skills.

The final episode will be later this week when they arrive back home.

LINK TO RAJ UPHOLSTERY

We are a tad excited.

Lynn 

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