Set up your UPHOLSTERY workshop like a Pro!
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2020
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Tysm for giving us a look at your set up! So impressive. I am in the process of reupholstering a sofa and matching chair from early 1900s and your videos have been incredibly helpful for figuring out materials.
love your video.very nice of you to share with us
This is such a cool skill! Your videos are very helpful.
Enjoyed the tour.
Great video!! Thanks for the tour. It is always nice to see how people have the workspace set up.
Awesome.
Honest and open love your videos
Thank's for the Tour Aimee, looks great what else would you need, Stay Safe !!! xx.
Thanks! Great video
I absolutely love your videos. I just started my upholstery business and this is extremely helpful! Thank you so much ❤️
Love the fabric behind the doors. Absolutely love your videos. Spending the weekend on my own Parsons chair.
Thanks for the tour Aimee! I grew up in a family business that operated from our home. It was a great way to learn various skills.
Just the Video I needed right now, I'm in the process of buying a Work shed for the garden, but keep changing my mind on the size, so it looks like I'm going to have to go bigger if I want to take things to the next level. I would love to see a video on Button making as you mentioned it, all knowledge is gratefully received.
Your Home is beautiful,I love all the period design details. You give so much of yourself to us, I thank you for passing on your knowledge, After watching a video, I just want to create.
Thank you Lindsay! Definitely go as big as your space will allow. I will do a button video next, just for you 😊 I’m so glad these videos inspire you!
Fantastic video Aimee!! You’re workshop is great!! Keep up the great work and that wonderful smile! Jason
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Love all the windows!! Currently looking for a house with a separate workshop.......as you were touring I saw some beautiful pieces! Love that cream couch in the workshop! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much. Your videos are very informative without being boring.
I have one tool I seen you use that is not on your list to setup. That is the CS Osborne No. 120 1/2 Staple Lifter - Heavy-Duty Upholstery Nail Tack Remover Tool. I couldn't do without it and I hope you will add to your list because it is the best staple remove I can find.
Aimee, THANK YOU so much for posting this. I knew taking my upholstery hobby to the next level was going to require some creative storage ideas and a reassessment of how we use our house so now I know how to proceed. There are a lot of ancillary components aren't there?! The fabric books alone! Lol. Looks like we either move house or create a workshop out back...our house is a tiny bungalow on a massive lot in Burlington (Ontario). I see a she-shed on the horizon...
Cheers!
Alana
Massive lot...yes, make a workshop! Make it bigger than you think you need...you’ll grow into it!
😳 Oh holy crap, that’s a whole lot of stuff! Amiee, I absolutely love your videos.
Thank you!
Love your spaces! Our pottery studio deserves a tour I think. My sewing room is the joy of my life these days. My mum taught me to sew when I was very little on my Singer hand turned chainstitch machine and I’ve been sewing all my life. I started my degree at NSCAD many decades ago in Apparel Design and ended up in the ceramic studio covered in clay. Go figure. 😉
That’s awesome! I’d certainly love a tour of your studio!
I would love to see your video on that ols couch
HELLO, I have a similar machine, singer 31-15 father inheritance, and with the quarantine I restored the table and assembled the machine in the dining room of my apartment ... I already made a sofa bed or two small armchairs ... this is a hobby for me .. thanks for the videos .. I am Daniel from Buenos Aires Argentina.
Thanks for watching....nice to meet you!
My skillset is very limited but I have a dedicated workspace and have adjusted my space for supplies over the years. Keeping it simple seems to be working for me and it's nice to sneak a peek at what a professional had done to cope with working at home. Thanks so much for some ideas I might be able to integrate into my own system which is just above the Fred Flintstone level of technology. Thanks for the smile and the one you put on my face with those poses.
“Keep it simple” is a great way of life, and I agree wholeheartedly. 😊
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio I walk to the Ranch I help out at, dog sit for a neighbor, check in parts at a small engine repair shop and recover atv seats. When someone asks, what do I do for fun, I point to the pond out back with my canoe ready for action, look over at the tree line and wait for animals of all shapes and sizes to appear and end every day with a sunset. If you only know cable tv and apps. and a car play, You better look around because you have lost your way. Thanks Aimee
Hi Aimee. I always enjoy your videos. I always look at upholstery workrooms/shops for “that tip” that I might steal (chuckle, chuckle). I am 70 1/2+ now and have been working with and in furniture since age14. Ashley furniture in my area of Georgia has recruited me to train their up and coming furniture tech’s from time to time and I always include them to view your videos. Besides she pretty to watch. Thanks
Christ Amy, that's a whole lot of space all added up. A real eye opener.
Right?
awesome worshop! i loved every bit of if. what i really really didn't expect was the size of the fabrics books! insane! nice air layout. what i would stress is for any workshop to have the amount of natural light yours seems to have. thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
fantastic , and so honest. wish i found your videos earlier.
Hey Ammie, you have a nice workshop & home. I can appreciate a shop that has functional beauty. I work out of my garage at home; I put most everything on wheels and most everything else is on the walls or hanging from the rafters. I have an 8x10ft trailer that doubles as a cutting table with planks & plywood; floor space is most valuable!
Garages work well, don’t they? Nice big doors 😊. I agree that things off the floor is best. What a great idea to use the trailer to cut on! Genius!
You do some very nice informative videos - thank you for sharing them. I noticed that near the end of this video you have supplies that you do not use very often sitting on the floor under your bench. You might consider creating a wooden tray the size of the space between the upright supports (similar to a drawer with just a 1/2" high lip on the back and sides) with small casters on it that could roll under your bench when not needed but allow everything to be pulled out at once for easier viewing when you are looking for something. This way all your materials are off the floor (in case of minor flooding) and so that little things don't end up being buried next to t he wall out of view. It would also allow the tray to be slid out when doing clean up to make vacuuming easier. Could put a knob, drop down handle or a fabric pull on the outer edge to make grabbing the tray easier when you want to pull it out. Just a suggestion to help keep the floor area clutter free if something drops from your hand and rolls under the bench never to be seen again like happens to me on the odd occasion.
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I really love your videos and appreciate your sense of humor. (e.g., "Husbands come and go but shears are forever.") I recently retired from my last job and have been looking for something gratifying to do to keep busy and for profit. Can you really make money doing this? I mean, our society has become a "throw away" society for just about everything. I did see your video on the quality of the furniture of the past. Have you done a video on the business aspect of reupholstering furniture? It looks like you have a large investment in materials. Thanks for your excellent videos.
Thank you, I’m glad you are enjoying the videos. If you’re serious about continuing, check out my teaching website www.upholstery.life for better and more thorough project videos. Yes, money can be made in upholstery if you are good at it and get to a point of being speedy as well. It takes time and patience to get there.
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio Thank you. I'll check it out .
I was wondering how you managed all the space required ??? Thank you, excellent video.
Hey there Aimee! Very neat home-feel setup ya got goin!;) I live in a split level home in the heart of the furniture capitol Hickory, NC. I work for a high end custom manufacturer full time but I run a small shop in my evening and weekend time for clients/designers at home. My bottom floor of the house is entirely an open garage workshop. I wanted to maybe throw out an idea/ask if you have ever considered a retractable cutting table. Comes in handy for flow match/4-way line-up/spot match fabrics when you need the room for laying out the pattern. It would work great for you in your small space for cutting and you can pull it out when needed and push back in for when you don't need it!
I also notice on other videos from various upholstery specialists on youtube that they don't use a gun and staple-puller/shears holster with a work belt while working. Not sure if you do or don't but I recommend this to anyone in the field because its aggravating picking up and setting down the main tools you need on hand at all times. Especially when you have that (what I like to call) "million dollar pull" and you reach for your gun or scissors and lose your grip in the process!:D
Anyway, thought I would babble a bit because I enjoyed your couple of videos seeing as I am looking for different storage options in my shop for all the "pile up" I have created on projects. I am terrible with organization! Best to you and your "rag tacking" journey as us southerners like to say!
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Also enjoyed your face.
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This was great! Every video you post I have been peering at the background to see what you’ve got in your studio so I enjoyed the close up! I just set up my space in ur garage but after three months it is already brim full! I may have to try and extend it somehow.
May be a dim question but do you have to pay for the fabric books? My clients are currently buying their own fabric and supplying it.
Thanks for the videos, they are so useful!
Thank you! There is no cost for the books. I recommend adding fabric to your business as soon as you can. Not only do you have a say in what you’re working with, it’s actually much appreciated by the clients to have your professional input.
Hey Miss A... I'm laughing the whole time I'm watching because I too have assimilated various rooms to facilitate working from home. Hope you have room left over for you to live. Looks like you don't have any family living at home, that helps. Glad to see you doing well... T
I have three wonderful and tolerant kids, they know no other way to live 🤣
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio that's too funny. Like growing up in a bakery with baked goods and flour everywhere. I bet they know more than the average bear about upholstery and all the relevant stuff. ✌️
My vision is to have the boys make the deliveries and my daughter to join the business as my apprentice! A mom can dream...😊 Team Swikit!
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio I hope they appreciate the art and history of what you do. What I wouldn't give to be 15 again and learn a craft from a true artisan!! T
Aimee, this is great info to have! Regarding the fabric books and meeting with clients, do you do the “designing” or do your clients use a designer?
Like someone else commented, you’ve got to write a book!
I help the client select appropriate fabric for their furniture. It seems doubtful that people still read books nowadays 🤣
Hi Aimee, just got this video. Obviously it takes a lot of tools and materials to have a full-time upholstery shop. Organization is key which you have developed the space very well in your home to function effectively, I myself am OCD so I like what you have done, You also have what appears to be a huge number of clients as well. I think it would be great for your children to be involved too since they are already very familiar with the work you do. I know from your previous video that you started when you were only 20 years old so with 25 years experience you would be a great tutor for your daughter. So, when are you going to post that picture when you were 20 just starting upholstery? After 25 years of upholstery work it seems to keep you young. It helps doing something you love to do obviously. Have a great day and thanks for the tour of your shop.
Thanks Chris!
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio That was quick! I was sitting here learning how to siphon gas from my car to a gas can with a new device, better than sucking on a hose. Anyway, it's always good to hear from you Aimee. Have a wonderful day!!
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Have fun with the siphoning!
@@ArtisanUpholsteryStudio It didn't work, the tubing kept getting stuck. Are you closed today? You really have not changed much at all, wow!
Hi Aimee,
I am redoing an old chair that has 5 coil springs, all the webbing has to come out because it’s all badly frayed and coming apart. Do you a video on how to properly set and
tie down coil springs?
Not yet, but I’ll get one up soon! 😁
Hi I do like ur job ur good upholstery well done do you need some one work with you as upholstery
Hi Aimee, random question. What angle is best used for webbing ? I was told /// this angle is best for webbing does it matter what angle?
Really wondering who told you that! I’ve never seen webbing put on an angle. It is always put on straight so the springs sit properly on the intersection of two basket woven pieces.
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Aimee, if you think upholstery takes up a lot of space, You should try twisting wrenches on cars... You never know when you’ll need that doodad off a 88 4-runner so you can’t possibly think of throwing it away... Next thing you know, you have enough parts and pieces to fill a warehouse.... twice... 🤷♂️
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How can I get fabric books from
If you’re a business with a tax number, you contact the companies and they’ll get a rep in touch with you
- W O W ! ! ! Your home" looks just like mine." Your home has to reflect it's owner. Otherwise, "what is it?" I don't entertain a lot at home (smile)..
Haha! Me neither, but there’s always lots of places to sit 😉