Emily Upholster Me – Upholstery Classes

Mar 4, 2012 by Emily

Homespun, Aratula

EMILY UPHOLSTER ME

Date: Saturday, 28th of April 2012
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Cost: $35.00 includes a $50 Furniture Fashionista voucher and a slice of arguably the best cheesecake you’ve ever had.
Location: Homespun, Cunningham Highway, Aratula

What will you learn:
This is not a standard upholstery class, it is a look into how I pick my fabrics and how to take something ordinary and turn it into a design statement no matter if your style is modern, retro, traditional or shabby-chic.

I will walk you through:

• What tools you need and where to get them
• What fabrics to choose the to suit YOUR style
• The techniques you need to know to get a professional finish.

You will get hands-on experience reupholstering chairs that I will supply for you to practice your newly learnt skills on so you can go home confident that you can tackle your own project.

Places are limited, for further information and to book, please contact Justine at Homespun on 0423 479 649 or email jj.cadena@bigpond.com

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My Vintage Chair Obsession

Mar 3, 2012 by Emily

In this blood of mine runs a type of passion hard to explain. It is not for a person, or in fact any living thing. Inanimate objects, but they are alive to me. Every one has her own voice and style. You can not  insinuate a colour, a design on her elegant bones without meeting objection if it is not quite right.

Some are aqua flocked damask with a parchment background. Some are lilac with small pink dots. Some are white and beige stripped linen. Some are grey velvet with contrast braid.  Some are loud. Some are quiet. Some have multiple personalities with hot pink and orange plaid on the back and floral silk on the front. And that is just the upholstery! Her frame may be white, shabby chic, french polished, gloss black, blonde…red? Hydrangea blue?

It is not easy to find her flavour. You have to sit (and sit you must), research and ponder. I conjure an image of the lucky person who will have her gracing a deserving corner of a beautiful room or accommodating many gracious rear ends at a happy dining table. Can you see it? Can you hear it?

It has taken it’s inspiration from France and England. It has been infused with the modern day. Our lifestyles, various as they may be. Our homes, contemporary, urban or country in style. We all deserve a beautiful vintage chair and there is one for you, for your home.

I am Emily, my obsession is the vintage chair.  It spreads to any beautiful furniture whether it be my style or not. Which brings me back to the blood, my grandmother had it, my mother has it, a family tradition. A tradition like witchery — the furniture obsession. It is not a choice but a passion imbued at birth. It consumes you, the desire to find and recreate and give them a new home, these lost and forgotten, undiscovered pieces of time, once loved or even brand new, dormant characters waiting to be given life.

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Juliet – Order Now

Mar 2, 2012 by Emily

This solid mahogany hand-carved carver chair frame ‘Juliet’ is available alone or as a pair. For more details and pricing please contact me at emily@furniturefashionista.com.au. LIMITED STOCK – ONLY 2 REMAINING!

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Firenze – Order Now

Mar 2, 2012 by Emily

This solid mahogany hand-carved dining chair frame is available as a set of four with the pictured table. For more details and pricing please contact me at emily@furniturefashionista.com.au

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New Product – French Inspired Children’s Chair

Mar 1, 2012 by Emily

From a drawing I did at the markets on Saturday to actuality. This gorgeous little kids chair is our prototype of this design thanks to Daniel’s handiwork. Tomorrow it will get a lick of paint and upholstery. I’ll post a pic when it’s all finished. This little throne is for my Princess Lillyana but we are taking orders soon.

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Reverse Garbage ‘Trash Amour’ Exhibition

Jan 10, 2012 by Emily

Trash Amour Submission

I have these cool little bedside tables that I am re-invigorating with fabric and paint. I picked them up from Lifeline for next to nothing, they were sitting there in the dust, all sad, pining away. Now they are fabric fantastic and have friends the Coffee Can Twins. These are destined for the Reverse Garbage exhibition Trash Amour.

Trash Amour at Reverse Garbage
Opening night: Saturday February 18th 6pm – 9pm
Address: Reverse Emporium at Reverse Garbage
20 Burke St. Woolloongabba

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Furniture Fashionista – That’s Me!

Dec 1, 2011 by Emily

We may be Veritably Vintage in many ways, but we are so much more than that, we are Furniture Fashionistas.

I am re-branding Veritable Vintage and will be launching Furniture Fashionista in January 2012. All the fabulousness of my vintage treasures and products with a totally modern twist to suit ANY interior.

As part of the launch, I am offering an exclusive Interior Styling Consultations for all customers with a purchase over $500 because I love to see a room come together!

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