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State of the Upholstery Trade

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There is no reliable public data on what upholstery work is worth. Rates get passed around as rumour, and new workshops price from guesswork. This is an attempt to fix that with numbers from actual benches.

Anonymous, free to read, and free to cite. No names, no email addresses, nothing that identifies a respondent — just the figures, aggregated.

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Thirteen questions, about three minutes, and the more workshops that answer the more useful it becomes for everyone — including you, next time you set a price.

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The book this came from

Every chapter, on the bench beside you.

This whole reference is free and always will be — but a screen is a poor thing in a dusty workshop. The Working Upholsterer’s Bible is the same 35 chapters and 72 figures in a wiro-bound A4 edition that lies flat on the bench and takes a thumbprint without complaint. Written by a working AMUSF-accredited upholsterer, thirty years in.

The four editions — from £9.99


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