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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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  • 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
  • Michael Gleason
    Length:10 sessions
    Day of week: 
    Tuesday
    Dates:January 17-March 21, 2023
    Time:6:30 PM-9:30 PM

    Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Work on a project of your choice in an open-format classroom; the teacher will circulate and give instruction at all levels, but there is not a set curriculum. Bring your piece to the first class. Storage is limited; no large dressers. Limit 12 students

    $425.00
    Class is no longer open for registration.
  • Kathleen Gaskin
    Length:5 sessions
    Day of week: 
    Friday
    Dates:March 10-April 7, 2023
    Time:12:30 PM-3:30 PM

    Refresh your home decor with custom cushions and slip-covers of your own design!

    In this workshop you'll learn how to take measurements, cut fabric accurately, machine-sew and create cushions and slip-covers to precise specifications.  Bring an old cushion to renew, or a small piece of furniture you'd like to cover. 

    $245.00
    Class is no longer open for registration.
  • 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
  • Kathleen Gaskin
    Length:10 sessions
    Day of week: 
    Thursday
    Dates:April 13-June 15, 2023
    Time:10:15 AM-1:15 PM

    Jump in with both feet and learn to upholster your own furniture in a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community!

    $450.00
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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