Our work

Restoration stories.

A few of the two thousand and some pieces that have been through the workshop. The two at the top have sliders: drag the handle to see what arrived and what went home.

Before: a tired armchair with faded, sagging floral fabric and loose stuffing — **Victorian armchair, Treforest** Found in a Pontypridd auction room for £20. New webbing, springs re-lashed, feather-wrapped seat and a hand-stitched edge.

After: The same armchair after reupholstery in ink blue wool with a new seat cushion — **Victorian armchair, Treforest** Found in a Pontypridd auction room for £20. New webbing, springs re-lashed, feather-wrapped seat and a hand-stitched edge.

Before: four oak dining chairs with torn brown vinyl seat pads — **Set of four dining chairs, Llantrisant** Fifty-year-old oak frames, new foam seats, and a wipe-clean fabric chosen because of three children and a Labrador.

After: The same four oak dining chairs with new seat pads in sage green performance fabric — **Set of four dining chairs, Llantrisant** Fifty-year-old oak frames, new foam seats, and a wipe-clean fabric chosen because of three children and a Labrador.

A restored Chesterfield sofa in deep-buttoned oxblood leather in a panelled study

Antique restorationOxblood hide

Oxblood Chesterfield, Penarth

Full traditional rebuild. Two hundred buttons, every one hand-tied.

A mid-century Danish teak armchair recovered in mustard yellow bouclé

ReupholsteryMustard bouclé

Danish teak armchair, Cardiff

New latex-foam cushions to the original profile and the teak given a wax.

Curved banquette seating in deep green velvet with brass studding inside a Victorian pub

CommercialBottle velvet

The Bridge Inn banquettes, Pontypridd

Fourteen metres of curved banquette, rebuilt in three phases over three Sunday mornings. Not a single lost service.

A large square ottoman footstool in grey herringbone wool with oak legs in front of a wood burner

Headboards & cushionsSlate herringbone

Herringbone ottoman, Radyr

Made to measure for a wood-burner hearth, with a lift-off lid for the kindling.

A row of tall bar stools reupholstered in tan leather at a marble café counter

CommercialTan hide

Café bar stools, Cowbridge

Eighteen stools, collected six at a time so the café never ran short.

A Georgian wing armchair reupholstered in sage green velvet beside a sash window

Antique restorationBottle velvet

Georgian wing chair, Cowbridge

Horsehair washed and reused, new hessian and scrim, close-nailed brass studs along the show-wood.

A Victorian chaise longue reupholstered in ink blue and natural striped ticking in a bay window

Antique restorationTicking stripe

Victorian chaise, Caerphilly

Walnut frame re-glued and the stripes run true across the back and seat, which is harder than it sounds.

A three-seat sofa reupholstered in oatmeal linen in a stone cottage living room

ReupholsteryOatmeal linen

Linen sofa, Llandaff

A twenty-year-old sofa with a good frame. New feather-and-foam seats and loose covers that come off for the wash.

A classic British car interior with newly re-trimmed tan leather seats and contrast piping

Vehicle interiorsTan hide

MGB seats, Bridgend

Original frames, new diaphragms and foam, leather matched to the 1972 factory colour.

A deep-buttoned headboard in ink blue velvet in a calm bedroom

Headboards & cushionsInk velvet

Buttoned headboard, Pontcanna

Super-king, wall-mounted, with a pair of cushions from the offcuts.

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