Upholstery Guides & Stories | Eclectic Boogaloo Journal

Join the movement

Nov 14, 2019

My patient zero.

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

Saving the world, one chair at a time

Oct 13, 2019

Our mission, our little part. Our skill that allows us to contribute in a movement a lot bigger than me.

Vintage wooden dining chair with a carved backrest and its seat upholstery removed, against a dark blue wall.

Art Deco Sweet

Oct 5, 2019

A century of soirées

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

Disconnect to Connect

Sep 29, 2019

My soul has been fed and I feel revived.

Black-and-white photograph of a group walking across a grassy clearing surrounded by tall trees in the Dandenongs.

A New Beginning

Sep 25, 2019

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.

Another step in my journey

Sep 24, 2019

Another step

Looking down at mustard-yellow shoes on a concrete workshop floor beside frayed layers of upholstery fabric.

Product Spotlight Series: #3 "Mid-Century Lovers" Armchair

Aug 2, 2017

We'll meet again. Don't know where. Don't know when ...

Close-up of the Mid-Century Lovers armchair’s wooden arm and denim blue cushion with yellow piping.

Product Spotlight Series: #2 Blushing Lady

Aug 2, 2017

A chair designed with our core values of Sustainability, Artistry and Connectivity in mind.

Close-up of a machine-stitched portrait in black thread with coral accents on blush pink chair upholstery.

Product Spotlight Series: #1 Midnight Neon Lady Cushion

Jun 21, 2017

Introducing our Midnight Neon Lady Cushion.

Midnight blue cushion with a neon machine-stitched portrait and pink piping, resting on a woven rug beside an open book.

Why, oh why?

Jun 14, 2017

What is our why? What motivates us to design and create?

Jen looking upwards beneath a bright blue sky with white clouds.

Our very own "Sketchy Beginnings"

Jun 7, 2017

Why so sketchy?

Introducing Sketchy Beginnings: a blue mid-century armchair with yellow piping and stitched figures beside framed abstract art.

Let's start at the very beginning

Dec 13, 2016

Stylish & Refined

Childhood photograph of Jen on the left with two other children, smiling and posing together indoors.

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