Upholstery & Restoration

We offer classes in Upholstery, Furniture Restoration, Gilding and related skills, for adults at all levels of experience.

Basic Upholstery is a short, structured class.

Upholstery and Furniture Finishing & Restoration follow open workshop format: Work on your own furniture, at your own pace, with instructors' advice.

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Upholstery Intensive 3M23

Seymour Beckford
Length:5 sessions
Day of week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates:August 21-25, 2023
Time:9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Take a week off from your Summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop! Spend five full days working on a project of your choice.
$550.00

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Upholstery Immersion 4S23 (Friday evening)

Seymour Beckford
Length:10 sessions
Day of week:
Friday
Dates:April 14-June 16, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Learn to upholster with a project all your own.

Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community.

$450.00

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Class is no longer open for registration.
Upholstery Immersion 7S23 (Tuesday evening)
Seymour Beckford
Length:5 sessions
Day of week:
Tuesday
Dates:June 27-August 1, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Excluded dates:
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Jump into reupholstering a small piece of furniture in this 5-week class.

Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community.

$240.00

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Upholstery Immersion 5S23 (Wednesday Evening)

Kathleen Gaskin
Length:6 sessions
Day of week:
Wednesday
Dates:June 28-August 2, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
This 6-week session will give you the chance to make-over that chair or ottoman that has potential, but needs work! Learn how to do-it-yourself in Upholstery Immersion.
$270.00

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Upholstery Immersion 6S23 (Friday evening)

Seymour Beckford
Length:6 sessions
Day of week:
Friday
Dates:June 30-August 4, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Join in for a 6-week, immersive upholstery learning experience!

An experienced instructor will teach you how to upholster a small piece of furniture, in a setting with tools, mentorship and community.

$270.00

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Furniture Finishing & Restoration 1S23

Michael Gleason
Length:10 sessions
Day of week:
Tuesday
Dates:April 11-June 13, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Have a piece of furniture that has potential, but could use some TLC or repair? Or a piece that needs to be refinished? Join Furniture Finishing & Restoration!
$425.00

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Class is no longer open for registration.
Upholstery Immersion 1S23 (Tuesday evening)

Seymour Beckford
Length:10 sessions
Day of week:
Tuesday
Dates:April 11-June 13, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Learn to upholster with a project all your own.

Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community.

$450.00

Details
Class is no longer open for registration.
Upholstery Intensive 4M23

Kathleen Gaskin
Length:5 sessions
Day of week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates:August 28-September 1, 2023
Time:9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Take a week off from your summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop! Spend five full days working on a project of your choice.
$500.00

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Upholstery Immersion 2S23 (Wednesday Evening)

Kathleen Gaskin
Length:10 sessions
Day of week:
Wednesday
Dates:April 12-June 14, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Have a piece of furniture that has potential, but needs a makeover? Looking to learn how to do-it-yourself? Join our Upholstery Immersion course.
$450.00

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Class is no longer open for registration.
Upholstery Intensive (Afternoon/Evening) 1M23

Seymour Beckford
Length:5 sessions
Day of week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates:August 7-11, 2023
Time:3:45 PM-9:30 PM
Dig in to an upholstery project of your choice. Spend five full days learning and practicing this useful craft.

This class follows an open workshop format, incorporating students of all levels. Work at your own pace, on your own piece of furniture, with the teacher as your guide.

$385.00

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Gilding & Frame Restoration 1S23
Nancy Dick-Atkinson
Length:11 sessions
Day of week:
Monday
Dates:April 3-June 26, 2023
Time:6:30 PM-9:00 PM
Excluded dates:
Monday, May 29, 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023

In this class, you'll learn how to restore antique gilded picture and mirror frames with genuine gold leaf, using traditional water and oil gilding methods.

$367.00

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Class is no longer open for registration.
Upholstery Intensive 2M23

Seymour Beckford
Length:5 sessions
Day of week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates:August 14-18, 2023
Time:9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Take a week off from your Summer routine and spend it in our upholstery workshop! Spend five full days working on a project of your choice.
$550.00

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