learn upholstery + rejuvenate your creative spirit
Picture your dream chair.
Now picture yourself bringing that chair to life inside a stunning location with immaculate views, and with all the necessary materials, tools, and support provided for you with calm guidance.
Join acclaimed furniture designer and upholsterer Nicole Crowder of Nicole Crowder Upholstery as she guides you through unique 3-day, overnight workshop-retreat experiences stateside and internationally to fuel your upholstery passion and creative mind.
Cost: $4200-$5200
Hands on
Upholstery
The retreat-workshop is designed to provide you with hands-on support and guidance to inform your upholstery journey. You will spend a full day stripping and reupholstering various types of furniture, with Nicole personally assisting each of you. This is designed to help you approach and navigate different furniture shapes. Learn step-by-step how to strip furniture, the materials needed to build chairs back up, essential upholstery tools and supplies, and everything you want to know about fabric— from which materials are best suited for upholstery to how to clean and care for it.
upholster custom chairs
explore Fabric and Pattern combinations
YOGA. journal and brainstorm your design practice and process
“If the bones of a piece of furniture are good, everything else is cosmetic”
