Upholstery Projects — Real Jobs, Documented

Furniture

Fluted Chair in Blue

Fluted-back chair

Blue upholstery fabric

Modern Wing Chair in Red Tartan Check

Modern wing chair (new build)

Red tartan check, pattern-matched across every panel

Parker Knoll Wing Chair in Teal Velvet

Parker Knoll wing chair (model PK 720/745/1013)

5.5 h at the bench · Teal velvet

Vehicles & Campervans

Jensen S-V8 — Fitting a New Car Carpet Set in Navy

Jensen S-V8 roadster — full interior carpet set

10 h at the bench · Navy automotive carpet

Kawasaki Motorbike Seat in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Kawasaki motorbike dual seat

Double-diamond quilted automotive vinyl, plain black vinyl skirt, red vinyl piping

Renault Twizy — Seats Wrapped in Diamond-Stitch Vinyl

Renault Twizy front and rear seat pads

Black double-diamond quilted automotive vinyl with orange contrast stitching

From our workshop

The gallery

The projects above are documented stage by stage. These are the finished pieces — forty-three of them, reupholstered by hand at Greenwood Upholstery in West Yorkshire. Victorian show-frames and Queen Anne wing chairs, mid-century settees, chaises, footstools and stools. Tap any photograph to see it larger.

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Mid-century open-arm settee, re-covered in a soft green wool.

A pair of Queen Anne-style wing chairs in antiqued tan leather.

Victorian open armchair, deep-buttoned in blue ticking stripe with stud detail.

Victorian carved spoon-back chair in a black floral tapestry.

Bedroom tub chair in olive wool with contrast buttons.

Small Victorian chair in a peacock-feather print, buttoned back.

Art Deco bentwood lounge chair in a Persian kilim print.

Victorian scroll-arm library chair in a red diamond weave.

Wing chair in green check tweed with burgundy cord piping.

Vintage side chair re-covered in green check wool.

Round button footstool in a peacock-feather print.

Bentwood stool in a cream-and-green ticking stripe.

Queen Anne-style wing chair in a blue basket weave.

Long bench footstool in a green diamond weave.

Deep ottoman footstool in a warm plaid chenille.

Tall wing-back armchair in green windowpane tweed with braid.

Carolean-style high-back carver in sage chenille.

A pair of mid-century lounge chairs in a soft stripe.

Art Deco bentwood armchair in a blue geometric weave.

Wing-back fireside chair in duck-egg blue.

Mid-century open-arm chair in a charcoal wool.

Upholstered headboard in a bold botanical print.

Deep-buttoned tub chair in raspberry wool.

Slipper chair in a blue-and-green stripe.

Caned bergère chair in a Welsh tapestry weave.

Victorian mahogany chaise longue in a peacock print.

Deep-buttoned wing chair in a blue tartan check.

Victorian spindle-back tub chair in sage velvet.

Bench footstool in a flame-stitch weave.

French fauteuil in navy velvet with an embroidered back.

Two-seater scroll-arm sofa in raspberry.

Two-seater sofa in a sage Greek-key chenille.

Edwardian chaise longue in mustard velvet.

Mid-century open-arm chair in a geometric weave.

Wing-back chair and footstool in a floral sprig print.

Caned-back armchair with a blue wool cushion.

Snuggler armchair in green chenille with a flame-stitch footstool.

Painted stick-back chair with a charcoal wool seat.

Why we document every job

Textbooks show the ideal. A working bench shows the truth: the split rail nobody mentioned, the previous upholsterer’s shortcut, the frame that turned out to be worth saving after all. These pages record real work as it happened — the hours, the materials, the problems and the finish — from an AMUSF-accredited workshop in Hebden Bridge.

The full method behind every job is in The Working Upholsterer’s Bible.