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Four forms that carry a job through the workshop: the enquiry, the condition report, the job sheet, and the note that gets signed at handover. Free, no download and no account — fill them in on screen and print, or print them blank and fill them in at the bench.

Put your details on them

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The quote and invoice are covered separately by the free quote and invoice spreadsheet, which does the arithmetic. These four are the workshop half — the paper that stays with you.

Written for use anywhere. Where a form mentions fire certificates or labels, check what applies in your own country — the fire regulations checker covers the UK position.

Customer enquiry

Your workshop
Customer
The piece
What they want
Notes and next action

Furniture condition report

Your workshop

Complete before any work starts, ideally at collection with the customer present. Photograph everything noted here.

Frame and structure
Upholstery and cover
Existing damage and marks

The customer confirms the condition recorded above is an accurate description of the piece at the point of collection.

Job sheet

Your workshop

Travels with the piece. One sheet per job.

Work to be done
Materials
Compliance
Time and progress

Record actual hours even when the job is priced as a whole. It is the only way to find out whether your estimates are any good.

Collection & delivery note

Your workshop

Two copies — one for the customer, one for your file. Use the same form for collection and for delivery.

On handover


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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