Lojo Design Craft

With an almost identical frame to another chair I reupholstered in the last couple of months, this antique chair also needed the seat to be removed and resprung and rebuilt once the frame was strengthened and made sturdy once more.
My clients loved the original emerald velvet and wanted to find something similar, so they found this rich, deep fir green velvet along with the beautifully matched decorative braid trim from .

One of the springs in this armchair was broken and needed to be replaced, so the opportunity was taken to have the chair reupholstered at the same time. Looking fresh for my very pleased clients.

Stone/mauve chenille fabric from .

A lovely, small chair has been sanded back to the natural beech frame, and now has new rubber webbing, new foam and new velvet fabric from .
Scroll to see what my client thought 😊❤️

This old chair needed quite the uplift as the springs had sprung in the wrong direction and burst through the bottom! So, before much else could be done, the whole seat was removed, resprung and rebuilt from the bottom up. Comfort restored, and smart, new threads.
Chenille fabric from .

An ottoman, again in Vermont Gold from .
Put your feet up.

A loveseat now uplifted with the kilim style fabric called Vermont, from , in Gold colourway.

The old polyfibre seat filling has been replaced with a new insert made up of polyfibre with foam core for more comfort and stability.

Happy 2024 to all LojoDC followers.
First up, one of three items for my first clients of the year - a vintage bedroom chair freshened up with kilim style fabric in golds and reds, finished off with antiqued stud trim.

Before I start posting this year's projects, here is one I hadn't posted from last year. Window seat cushions for a lovely hideaway in Northern Ireland.
The chosen fabric was Westray by in Sienna and Peony colourways, with tonal velvet piping.

Finishing the year with a fabric flourish 🎉🐆🌴
This little sofa had a makeshift loose cover over what may have been the original fabric, but now it has a fully tailored Jungle Jaguar Spruce outfit.
Fabric from .

These types of leather dining chairs tend to crack and peel a lot. I've reupholstered many. Rest assured that they can look good as new once again.
My clients chose Krayola fabric in Charcoal, and were very happy with the results.

B A N Q U E T T E B A R B I E

This job was timely, eh?
Delivered and installed onto frame in my delighted clients' new, open-plan living space. It's a biggie, and a beautiful shade of pink - Passione velvet in Magenta Burst.

S U I T E C O M P L E T E

Parker Knoll Froxfield two seater sanded, waxed and reupholstered to match the pair of Froxfield wingback chairs in my previous post, along with a small footstool which fits neatly underneath.
'Lovely' velvet in Slate.

A 'L O V E L Y' P A I R

A pair of Froxfield 750 wingback chairs, still in their original upholstery from 1956, have been completely stripped down to frame, sanded back to the beech show-wood and waxed, given new seat springs, rebuilt with new hessian, foam and wadding, and finally covered in 'Lovely' velvet fabric in Slate colourway.

Matching sofa and footstool pics to follow.

G A M E C H A N G E R

A large, grey ottoman bought for a bargain on Marketplace. My client wanted to brighten it up with this beautiful blue and white striped fabric found at , adding in a pop of deep pink piping to make it sing.

It's always worth looking for second hand bargains of quality, classic furniture which can then be updated to fit in with your decor. If the frame is of a certain quality, it can be reupholstered again and again.

R E - R E U P H O L S T E R Y

I first recovered this Laura Ashley armchair in 2016, and I've been trusted to refurbish it again 😁

This time my clients have chosen a wonderful, emerald green velvet - Plush Velvet, in Evergreen, from . I love this colour!

A good quality chair frame can be reupholstered many times. This is the fourth outfit for this chair. Well worth it if you have a comfy, well-made chair you can't bear to part with.

A small, bedroom chaise reupholstered in a mushroom shade and minus the button tufting and base fringe. Nicely trimmed with tonal braid.

F I F T I E S F A S H I O N I S T A

I love how this mid-century armchair, originally made in the late 1950s, has turned out in its new upholstery, having been stripped down to the very well made, beautiful frame (see previous post).

It is now covered in wonderful Sherpa boucle, Bobble Hat colourway.

The legs were sanded and re-stained to a smoked walnut shade which works so well with the fabric.

B O N E S A N D S I N E W

Looking forward to giving this 1950s chair some padding and warm clothing.

H E A D B O A R D

A quick change of fabric for this shallow buttoned headboard from a mushroom grey plain weave, to the lovely Summit herringbone linen in Linen colourway from .

C U R V Y C H A I S E

Hi everyone, sorry it's been a while but I am here 👋🏼

I've been working on on this lovely chaise longue - a bit of a learning curve* which took me a little longue* than usual. But keeping myself busy has been helping to chaise* the blues away since my daughter left for uni last month.

A little bit of interior repair was needed to fix the bit of the frame which had collapsed inwards, and the broken filigree wood trim was also repaired and re-stained. Then for lots of measured pleating, and more pleating, and accurate stitching together of pleating. Then a shed-load of buttons made and arranged in formation like marching soldiers.

Reupholstered in velvet - Maestro 3775, Inside Job colourway.
Antique-brass castors supplied by .

M O R E E R C O L

This time we have the 442 Bergere chairs and 443 footstool in ultramarine cotton velvet from - such a beautiful, deep blue that draws you in.

E R C O L I C I O U S

New webbing and new cushions for this set which includes the Windsor 203 easy chair and the Windsor 341 extension stool.
My clients chose this beautiful olive green velvet from

H E R R I N G B O N E R O C K E R

My client commissioned a fabric update for this rocking chair as a gift for their sister - how lovely is that? 🤗

The new fabric is Asthall, in Pewter colourway, from

C U T E B O X F O O T S T O O L

Lovely little footstool with a fabric update in an antiqued purple velvet and contrasting ruched fringe.

B O X C U S H I O N S G A L O R E

This Ercol set of sofa and two chairs has had a fabulous frame restoration (not by me), and new cushion covers made (by me) to give the seating a totally fresh look in orange wool cloth with yellow piping.

Scroll through to see the cute metal framed chair which my client brought back from the USA, with cushions recovered in denim-blue wool with the same yellow piping.

D I N I N G I N S T Y L E

Lovely teak, mid century dining chair seats reupholstered in beautiful Marl wool fabric in Moss shade, with just a hint of lime and teal in the weave. Great choice by my clients who are overjoyed with the results.

P U T Y O U R F E E T U P

My client wanted to save her pet-ravaged footstool, so it's had a good overhaul and is now sitting pretty in this checkered upholstery fabric from Edgeley Fabrics, a wonderful treasure chest of end-of-roll bargains in Stockport.

O W N U P H

Hello 👋🏼 just to let you know that im still here busying myself with client projects big and small.
I'm waiting on a few in situ photos, but in the meantime, here is my own sofa - recently reupholstered to replace all of the webbing, strengthen the seat platform and replace the leather (and previously recovered seat cushions) with sumptuous Passione 2.0 printed velvet from .
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This sofa was bought from over 20 years ago and has served us really well. It has survived our kids diving onto it, jumping on it, scrapping on it. It has been well loved and this was showing with the leather wearing through in places. I recovered the worn-out seat covers a number of years ago. It was losing some of its comfort and the seat platform had started to sag on one end.
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Having a good quality, solid hardwood frame has meant that this sofa can live on for another 20-odd years and beyond, having had its MOT, service and new clothing.
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Now that I've said all of this, I have to say that I cannot take on large sofas like this for client projects as I sadly can't accommodate the size in my workspace.