In my dream life I know how to write in beautiful calligraphy, I can sing like Lea Michele and I know how to upholster furniture so it doesn’t scream “DIY”.
In real life my handwriting is completely straight up and down, my shower tolerates my singing and I have a basement full of hoarded furniture that needs to be reupholstered and is collecting dust.
Can’t win em all.
But apparently, Amanda Brown, author of the new book SPRUCE, is convinced that I CAN learn to upholster furniture like a pro.
After running a very successful and chic upholstery / furniture store she has written a book on the techniques she uses.
For a while I was collecting several pieces of garage sale and Craigslist furniture that I thought had really cool lines with dreams of one day upholstering them.
After massacring a few furniture pieces in my attempt to reupholster them I finally took them to a professional to which he charged 4 times what I bought for the chair so I stopped collecting upholstery pieces. Amanda’s book showed me the exact directions as to where I went wrong after skinning a chair and couldn’t put it back together.
Check out her story:
Epitome of cool.
Spruce is one of those decorating bibles that every seasoned or aspiring designer should have in their arsenal of resources.
Click to get your own copy of Spruce.
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Hey there! I’m Michelle; I’m an Passionate DIY’er and in constant pursuit of how to bring beauty to my house full of men (3 boys + 1 hubby). Stick around and see what I’ve got up my hard-working sleaves!
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. Thanks for sharing! Btw, sorry for leaving that super long, somewhat confusing message the other day about making the upholstered bed frame. I finally updated that post on my blog; hopefully it’s a bit more helpful. Take care!
No worries at all. I’m so glad you left detailed instructions…thank you! I’m going to check out your update now. 🙂
This is such a nice book to grab! It would be easy for us women to repair and remodel the things at home. Thanks!
You got that right! 🙂
Hi there, I check your blog regularly. Your writing style is awesome,
keep doing what you’re doing!
My girlfriend is getting this book for me for Christmas. I can’t wait!
You’re going to love it! Share pics if you create something fun! 🙂
Rebecca, when you do get the book can you write a short review about it on Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/Spruce-Step-Step-Upholstery-Design/dp/1612121373 We hope you enjoy it! Michelle, thanks for writing about us and being a part of our blog tour!