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Adulting

The year of the adult (mostly).

Jen smiling behind a Juki industrial sewing machine in the upholstery workshop.

Crazy silly busy

A year of ups & downs

Three carved wooden dining chairs showing different stages of traditional seat upholstery.

As seen on TV

Tradie-Ladies

Jen and Kerri seated beside their Interwoven Expression chairs on the set of The Block 2020 upholstery challenge.

Life is a mosh pit

Towards COVID normal

Blue Eclectic Boogaloo Interiors sandwich-board sign outside the brick upholstery workshop.

Love & humility

Towards normal

Upholstery twine, scissors, a tack hammer, needles and tacks arranged on a hessian-covered chair seat.

The Passion Project "Coco"

Introducing “Coco”, a modern take on a classic

Bird-of-paradise flower in a purple vase, with the restored Coco desk chair softly blurred behind it.

R U OK?

Checking in with our tribe

Jen unrolling upholstery fabric across a wooden workbench in the Eclectic Boogaloo workshop.

Life's stocktake

42?

Cloud-filled sky over a quiet beach and pier, with sunlight near the horizon.

Our Inner Soul

Peer through the window into our soul

Jen and a student working on an upturned wooden chair frame at an upholstery workshop bench.

Imposters Syndrome

Classic case of Imposters Syndrome

Jen smoothing the red diamond-tufted velvet seat of a restored bed bench.

Into the Twenties

What a difference a year makes, as I look onwards & upwards into the twenties.

Jen standing beside a restored wooden dining chair with cream upholstery against a dark workshop wall.

Join the movement

My patient zero.

Jen’s first restored armchair, with curved wooden arms and blue-and-white geometric upholstery.