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Classic MCM

Mid-century magnificent

Restored bare wooden mid-century armchair frame on a pallet beneath a workshop window, ready for upholstery.

Business as Unusual (COVID-19 style)

The creativity process unplugged with a COVID-19 twist

Close-up of hands working twine through jute webbing beneath a chair seat.

Imposters Syndrome

Classic case of Imposters Syndrome

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

Berger'eh

Vision of a new custodian

Antique French Bergère chair with carved timber frame and white upholstery lining, mid-restoration on a workshop pallet.

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.

Art Deco Sweet

A century of soirées

Tack hammer resting on an Art Deco chair’s worn geometric upholstery beside a curved wooden arm with decorative inlay.

A New Beginning

There is much irony in fact that it takes great consciousness to simply stop.

Vintage armchair stripped of its outer fabric, revealing hessian padding, exposed timber and dark wooden legs.