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Is This John Belushi’s Sofa!??

by | June 10, 2020 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

John Belushi’s sofa came to the shop! When my customer called to say she had it I tried to imagine what John’s sofa would look like. Sometimes I ask people “if you were a piece of furniture what would you be”? I get some interesting responses like “I would be a wing...
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Kevin Kennedy

Kevin Kennedy

Master Upholsterer

After 40+ years of upholstering ive seen some really crazy things, check out some of these hard to belive stories below!

I Upholstered Napoleon Bonaparte’s Chair

by | October 23, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

Upholstering the Infamous Napoleon's chair. Where do I even start with this one! With Napoleon being such a polarizing figure, I knew I had to go about this carefully. My excitement was overwhelming.  I approached reupholstering the chair as a costly museum piece...
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The Salty Loveseat

by | October 23, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

A long married elderly couple called me to reupholster their love seat , Little did I know that the story of their loveseat would be the most unusual story I heard concerning a piece of furniture. They sat me down opposite the loveseat while they sat on the piece in...
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The Reverend’s Chairs

by | October 23, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

My reverend friend had me upholster 4 throne chairs . She lamented that she didn’t have 6 to fill out her Dining table. She asked if I had ever seen any like them, I said no and the chances she would find two alike were very long odds. She said I will pray. The ever...
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Strange Lettering

by | November 4, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

MANY years ago my mentor who had been upholstering for many years, finished a handsome wing chair and gave me the task of delivering it on a hot summer day. Mrs. Jones was very happy and paid for the job. The next week however things took a very bizarre turn when I...
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The Hair Growing Chairs!

by | November 4, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

Early in my career I was given 6 upholstered seat dining room chairs that where very difficult. Make matters worse a fine white linen was chosen, as bad luck would have it the shop was introduced to a great new batting called “bonded Dacron” at the same time, Which I...
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My cameo on Friends! Upholstering the “Friends” Sofa!

by | November 13, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

I entertained a call here at the shop about a month ago, a very mysterious call about only repairing a popped button. The customer was reluctant to give me any other details, only the address in Boston and instructions on the entrance to the big factory building that...
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The Civil War Sofa – Bringing back memories

by | December 9, 2019 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

The in house estimate on the antique sofa seemed like every other, except there was something very familiar about the workmanship of the last upholsterer. I was told the sofa was Civil War era. "Whoever did it last was a good upholsterer but struggled with the curves...
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Let’s Stop The Spread! Learn How to Make Your Own Mask!

by | April 16, 2020 | Upholstery Stories | 0 Comments

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What we’ve been up to for the last few months! UPDATE!

by | May 11, 2020 | Updates | 0 Comments

What we’ve been up to for the last few months. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying our online classes! As you know , a lot has changed since we finished filming our last semester. We’ve taken advantage of this time off by completely revamping our store front for...
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We’re Back! The Shop is OPEN!

by | May 29, 2020 | Updates | 0 Comments

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