How to Vet a To-the-Trade Upholstery Workroom Before You Sign the Order
If you specify furniture for a living, you already know the gap between a workroom that says "we do trade work" and one that actually runs...
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Upholstery advice, costs and care from the Palmetto workroom
What the bench has learned.
The questions we get asked before an estimate, answered properly. What a rebuild costs, when a frame is worth saving, which fabric survives a boat, and how to keep a piece looking right once it is back in the room.
Recent from the workroom.
Written by the people who do the work, not by a content team.
Custom Cushions and Foam: How to Choose the Right Density for the Job
Most people call an upholstery shop about a cushion because it has gone flat, and most assume the fix is new fabric. Often it is not....
Marine Upholstery in South Carolina: What Actually Survives Saltwater and Sun
Boat seating takes more abuse in one South Carolina summer than most living room furniture takes in a decade. Sun, saltwater, humidity, and constant UV exposure...
Custom Drapery for Hospitality Spaces: Fabric, Fullness, and Fire Ratings
Drapery is one of the few elements in a hospitality space that a guest notices without meaning to. It sets the light in a hotel room...
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