Tyg Upholstery

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Yesterday there was a pile of @harristweedscotland

Yesterday there was a pile of @harristweedscotland Today there are two completed base cushions in Burnt Orange and three scatter cushions in the Burnt Orange, a vibrant Yellow and Bubblegum Pink. Two more cushions in yellow and pink to finish off tomorrow

Next project. A two seater sofa to be covered in B

Next project. A two seater sofa to be covered in Burnt Orange @harristweedscotland with additional cushions. Just spent last hour cutting fabric for two base cushions with piping to be made tomorrow.

Lovely @harristweedscotland cushions in their love

Lovely @harristweedscotland cushions in their lovely leather chairs.

Very excited to be doing a collaboration with @hax

Very excited to be doing a collaboration with @haxtonstudio Trying some upholstery ideas out for Fraser Taylor’s stunning fabrics. Such a treat to be working with him.

Two cushions made for stunning vintage leather cha

Two cushions made for stunning vintage leather chairs for @fionakate73 Used gorgeous bold yellow @harristweedscotland which is always fab to work with. The colour lifts the brown of the old leather and gives a pop of fabulous colour. Great feather cushions supplied by @cushtiecushions

Back in pride of place in customer’s home. Looki

Back in pride of place in customer’s home. Looking good

Rejuvenated storage pouffe. Covered in blue velvet

Rejuvenated storage pouffe. Covered in blue velvet with studs decorating the base this matches the customer’s sofas in their sitting room. It used to be stuck in the corner and only used if they needed extra seating at parties(what are they?). They put it right out in front of the sofa when I delivered it back to them earlier this evening. And that is where it is staying, which is nice. No one puts the storage pouffe in the corner. Very happy customers.

Cushions finally returned to customer. Lovely fabr

Cushions finally returned to customer. Lovely fabric and will look great in their wee courtyard garden. Lovely fabric printed by @catdigital

New commission. To recover this leather storage po

New commission. To recover this leather storage pouffe with blue velvet and add some studding to match the sofas in customer’s sitting room.

In its new home

In its new home

Today’s job was to give some TLC to a slightly s

Today’s job was to give some TLC to a slightly sad looking piano stool for @fionakate73 Stripped it down and recovered it in beautiful @mairihelena velvet to bring it back to life. It looks fab and looks amazing in its new home.

Yesterday I had two chairs that had been left out

Yesterday I had two chairs that had been left out in the street and which I rescued back in January. Yesterday I sanded one of them, fixed the arm and the back spindles and added some oil to the wood and it looks beautiful. @warwickfabricsuk fabric arrived this morning too so I will get on to the cushions next week and also renovate the second chair. I think they are going to look amazing and will be for sale. DM for details.

Just delivered this to a very happy customer. This

Just delivered this to a very happy customer. This is the chair that was reinforced underneath and then I built the cushion pad and upholstered it. Now extremely firm and Grandmother’s chair has a new lease of life. #siddom #lloydloomstyle

I have 130 followers on here and I’m wondering i

I have 130 followers on here and I’m wondering if any of you can help me. I am at an interesting point with my upholstery work. I’m getting quite a lot of work and business is building but I believe I could do more if I were able to find somewhere to work that isn’t my living room floor or my kitchen table. What I need at this stage of my development is a small, watertight, secure work space- preferably somewhere ‘local-ish’ to me on the Southside - that I can set up my equipment, a decent sized table etc. and be able to lock it up at the end of the day (and know my equipment will be safe) and come back the next morning and take up where I left off the day before. Just now I have to dismantle my air compressor, pack my sewing machine away, clean up fabric, adhesive and tools etc. and then unpack them all the next day before I can set to work again. Doing this kind of work in my flat is not ideal. I’ve taken to wandering up and down back lanes in Mount Florida and Kings Park looking at people’s garages and sheds wondering if they might want to rent them to me. I’m on the verge of knocking on doors. Before I do that I thought I’d ask on here if anyone has any ideas. Do you or anyone you know have a decent sized garden shed/garage that is not really used? Or a shop/property sitting empty? It doesn’t necessarily need to be heated- this is physical work so I keep pretty warm. I can’t afford to pay very much but I could pay something and if that means someone earns something for putting their empty space to good use that has to be a good thing? If you have any ideas at all I would be very grateful to hear them. Please don’t hold back - you may have a suggestion you think couldn’t possibly work but, hey, you never know. I’d be pleased to hear it rather than find out something passed me by. And please feel free to tell other people I am looking. DM me if you have any brainwaves? And thanks for reading this.

Another imminent project is this leather covered s

Another imminent project is this leather covered storage pouffe. Plan is to use fabric that matches a chair in the customer’s sitting room to transform this piece and update it a wee bit.

The bottom of this chair has been successfully rei

The bottom of this chair has been successfully reinforced. I have spray painted it with a chalk finish paint in a lovely blue chosen with the customer. I haven’t shown the colour change because the paint finish is so dreadful I wouldn’t want you to see it. Have contacted supplier and, while I wait for a response, I am going to try another make of paint in a satin finish. Ongoing project.

Just delivered this commission back to a happy cus

Just delivered this commission back to a happy customer. One of my toughest projects so far. Took some working out but finally got there. Fabric is Dolly ll in Dew and Airforce from @warwickfabricsuk

This afternoon we have two lovely cushions. This @

This afternoon we have two lovely cushions. This @catdigital fabric is beautiful, particularly the Dandelion Clocks. Very pleased with these. Hope @mrsurbanpirate is too. #lucienneday

This morning I just had a few wee bits of gorgeous

This morning I just had a few wee bits of gorgeous @catdigital fabric from @mrsurbanpirate

While I wait for a fabric delivery to arrive for a

While I wait for a fabric delivery to arrive for another commission, I am squeezing in a wee Sirrom chair project. Going to try and reinforce the seat from underneath. Then we are going to use a gorgeous blue spray paint, build a seat pad (although it will rarely be sat on) cover the seat in some lovely fabric and add braid. Hopefully this time next week it will be transformed. #sirromfurniture

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