I do love it. It is VERY VERY physically demanding. You sweat a lot, and get dirty, which I don’t mind. If you enjoy the demo part of home projects (which I do), then you’d probably like upholstery work. It’s a very similar mindset (Something gross with potential! All the dirty work to get it to the bones! Making new design choices! ALL THE CHOICES! LOOK AT MY NEW PRETTY!) to all home design work. It takes the right blend of personality to achieve “That looks good ENOUGH” you can’t be a perfectionist, but you have to make it look GOOD. If you want to come by my studio sometime and get some tips/learn some basics, lemme know. I’m a teacher at heart.

Oh thank you! I will totally make that my first stop as soon as I dive into the project. It was so nice of you to give me some advice! I might be coming to you again once I actually start the project. Also, I’ve always wanted to be a reupholster, who knows, maybe this will start it for me, do you love it?

Your biggest question is the easiest answer: Rochford Supply. It’s up in Brooklyn Park (Not far from SR Harris if you are familiar with that bargain fabric fabulousness), and they have All The Upholstery Supplies and sell to the public. There are about a million types of foam, and they sell them in sheets. They *can* cut for you (for $5 a cut) but if you have an electric knife you can do it easy peasy. My upholstery shop is Lahlo Shelter, my website is still just my old, not recently updated blog (whoops! I should get on that.). Feel free to email me with any other questions!

Hey Laura, Yeah I sew enough to get by, I’ve done curtains and pillows and things like that. If I get stuck I can catch on pretty quick with a good old youtube vid, so I am hopeful I can figure out a few simple cushions.

That is so super sweet of you to offer to assistance if needed!!!, I will probably take you up on that. One of the big questions I have right now is where is the best place to purchase new foam for the cushions?

Thank you!
BTW, what is your upholstery shop called?

That’s good advice, as I get closer to project go time I’ll look into classes being offered locally. Or I’ll go to my old standby – the internet.

I’d always help with ideas for your house but I don’t think it needs any, it’s already so amazingly awesome.