American Victorian Sofa: Stripping & Measuring for Fabric
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2016
- Kevin Kennedy began training with European masters as a young lad of 17. For 42 years, he has been an Upholsterer for countless Boston area designers and leading art restorers, including consulting with and heading the upholstery department at Trefler and Sons, in Newton, MA. Commissioned to upholster Napoleon's chair, and guest writer to the Upholstery Journal. His most successful venture yet, his studio in Arlington, Ma , Upholstery on Broadway, has been open since 2010.
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This is beautiful it's just such ashame that your clients chose leopard pattern for an antique sofa. I'm planning to do mine in solid velvet. Not sure what color yet though
I just want to have a beer with this guys and hear about all of the couch treasures hes found over the years!
Carissa Grimes my mom ran an upholstery business for several years. It was a family operation as she would have us ( her five girls) strip the sofa, chair, loveseat, etc. Trust me me when I tell you it was not always a treasure you found. 😖
"That'll buy coffee later on"😂 love this guy!
very interesting watching how this is done, hope you found some good treasures!
Love this thank you! So informative
horrendous fabric for such a lovely sofa
Thank you for such nice video
We just brought some victoria style sofa and chair and we have them in the garage waiting to close in the house to move in. And well they got black mold and wondering if we can refix them ourselves without paying soo much money for someone to fix it. We're thinking of getting them steam clean first. See if that removes the mold.
Loved your video. Lots of helpful information. I have a fainting couch I believe to have been made in late 1800's early 1900's that folds out into a bed. Since seat is part of bed I would like to know how you would redo coil spring section. I'm at a loss. Called several upholstery shops in my area and no one knows what I talking about or has seen one. Was hoping you could help or if you have worked on one and made a video I would like to watch it.
I love how you measure it all
Generally I enjoyed watching this video. However I do a few extra tips that wasn't in this particular demonstration 1. When your removing finnishing gimp which has been clued on try using lighter fuel to desolve the glue first! This tip comes in handy if your only need to repair an item and not recovering. Also fabric which has pile to it, lets say velvet there is a high chance of damaging it if you pull on the gimp even gently as in this video. Note orientally the gimp would of been hand saw on! 2. In the UK many authentic upholsterers dislike using staples in Victorian setters or older items. This was done solely for the benefit of the last upholsterer saving on time! If it's not authenic the item will lose value... note you can buy blue steel tacks in the UK if can't get them where you are in world. 3 The gentleman in this video said that the hand saw dug roll along the front edge of the seat was in good shape always a bonus but it was difficult for me to see in this video from my angle if the dug roll was still over hung across all of it's front edge by 1/2 inch or 25 cm. Note that the dug roll can be in good shape but it is still often push back which would give you a poor finish if that was the case. 3. From this video I notice there wasn't an calico fabric fitted to this project. Which means the last upholsterer before was in hurry to get the job done the cheap! In the UK we call this a cowboy job! As the gentleman upholsterer would of benefited greatly from as it would ment that much of felt wadding would of stayed in place. 4. No mention of the condition of the fame was mentioned so I can only assume it was in good shape. But please note in most modern homes these days has central heating which over time dry out the wood making it brittle between reupholstery. Therefore it is best you treat the frame with linseed oil before reupholstery starts! On furniture this old. I hope these tips helps? They sure have in my 40 years in the business.
Would love to see your channel and how you do it 😉
You are the pro but I have found that needle nose pliers work very well in removing staples.
Thanks Peggy
Is there a video of the finished product?! I really like this animal print and wanted to do the same with mine :)
Do you show how to sew the back pieces together? I’m stuck on a Victorian sofa project and need to see how that is done.
So was there tufting under the fabric?
Did you create a Playlist to show this job in full?? I can't find the subsequent videos to this couch
I watched 30 minutes into the video and just saw the customer's fabric choice. it boggles my mind that there are people that would spend the money to professionally reupholster an antique sofa who have such bad taste.
Howe you put up tha double cording on tha louis 16.chair
Any idea how much this couch would be worth before the reupholstering? And is there a video of how you recover it?
I see that you loved my comment but could you maybe answer my questions please?
Why wouldn't you use propex on the back of the frame?
I wanted to see the finished sofa with this leopard material.
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I went to check that out but it doesn’t go anywhere unfortunately :(
How many total yards for this project?
Oh man I watched the whole thing beginning to end and no gold coin : (
What type of fabric it nice
Sadly terrible pattern. But great video and thanks for sharing.
You are very good No BS very simple I understand you Who doesn’t understand you is a dumb
Gracias por compartir felicidades por todo el empeño puesto en este trabajo.Mi familia por mas de 40 años se ha dedicado a fabricar muebles Tapizados y tambien tenemos el servicio de Retapizado la verdad es genial clumplir las espectativas de los clientes les comparto un video saludos afectuosos desde la ciudad de México.czcams.com/video/fDTxaVl2ACs/video.html
It is so surprising to see all of these pattern haters. I love the pattern so much!!!
Me too !! It’s still velvet so still has a vintage feel people can be such crabs lol