Amanda Brown

Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603429030
• Artikelnr.: 40020675

Autorenporträt

Amanda Brown is the author of Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design. Brown is the owner of Spruce, a furniture redesign studio in Austin, Texas. Her fresh aesthetic for interiors has garnered acclaim from publications including the New York Times, Metropolitan Home, and Southern Living. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*Sponge at Home. Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter at @designsponge.

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY GRACE BONNEY
 
INTRODUCTION
 
MIX 'N' MATCH UPHOLSTERY
 
Chapter 1: Getting Inspired and Designing the Space
 
PROJECT 1: An American in Paris: Upholstering a Louis Chair
 
CHAPTER 2: Design Plan and Yardage Estimate
CHAPTER 3: Tying Coil Springs for a Tight Seat
CHAPTER 4: Padding and Upholstering a Tight Seat
CHAPTER 5: Upholstering Arm Pads, a Picture Back, and Finishing the Chair
 
PROJECT 2: A New Pair of Slippers
 
CHAPTER 6: Determining Yardage for a Small Pattern
CHAPTER 7: Prepping Sinuous Springs and Padding a Tight, Boxed Seat
CHAPTER 8: Sewing and Attaching Fabric to a Boxed Seat
CHAPTER 9: Upholstering a Channel Back
CHAPTER 10: Finishing the Frame of the Slipper Chair
CHAPTER 11: Making and Attaching the Skirt and Back Scroll Panels
 
PROJECT 3: Spread Your Wings
 
CHAPTER 12: Calculate Yardage for a Large Pattern
CHAPTER 13: Spring Tying for a Loose Seat
CHAPTER 14: Padding a T-Shaped Deck
CHAPTER 15: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric
CHAPTER 16: Upholstering the Inside Arms and Wings
CHAPTER 17: Upholstering the Inside Back
CHAPTER 18: Finishing the Outside of the Wingback and Applying Nailhead
Trim
CHAPTER 19: Constructing a T-Cushion
 
PROJECT 4: Three-Seater Tune-Up
 
CHAPTER 20: Determining Yardage for Railroaded Fabric
CHAPTER 21: Spring Tying with an Edge Wire
CHAPTER 22: Padding a Straight Deck
CHAPTER 23: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric and Tack Band
CHAPTER 24: Padding and Constructing Boxed Arms
CHAPTER 25: Upholstering an Inside Back with Back Cushions
CHAPTER 26: Attaching the Outside Back and Completing the Sofa Back
CHAPTER 27: Fitting and Sewing Boxed Cushions
 
PROJECT 5: Ottoman Empire
 
CHAPTER 28: Material Requirements for Diamond Tufting and Leather
Upholstery 101
CHAPTER 29: Diamond Tufting the Cocktail Ottoman
 
PROJECT 6: Topping It Off
 
CHAPTER 30: Sewing Knife-Edge Pillows, Bolsters, and Boxed Pillows
 
APPENDIX
 
Setting Up Shop
Stripping Furniture
Sewing Tips and Tricks
Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index