Modern Style Furniture Upcycling Weekend Course

Learn to restore, design and upcycle vintage furniture on this unique in-depth 2 day Furniture Upcycling experience. Over two days, I'll share with you all the essential skills you need, plus my personal tips & tricks built up over the years as a professional furniture upcycler, to stylishly upcycle a piece of furniture to take home at the end and leave feeling confident to fly solo on more projects afterwards.We'll go right from the very start assessing the pieces and work needed, planning the designs & choosing colours together. This workshop style gives you the chance to gain insights from other projects as we go along - invaluable experience if you plan to tackle future projects as no two upcycling projects are ever alike! Plus it creates a lovely supportive environment with everyone discovering things together.Next you'll get a really good understanding of the core techniques required to prepare and repair furniture ready to re-finish it. That includes all the different ways to strip back old finishes in order to restore the wood and which to use when as well as getting it ready to paint, depending on your design. You'll get to use all the tried-and-tested products I use myself on the workshop so you will be able to move much more quickly into enjoying the transformation process, with far less heartache, less stress and much less wasted time & money!You'll also get a full supply list along with an accompanying upcycling guide and useful links in the dedicated Weekend workshop private resource area here on the website.However, I am keen to encourage you to use what products you have and to not feel you have to buy only certain products - upcycling doesn't have to cost a lot! We'll go through all the different paint and finishing products together to help you make sense if them and that you are able to select the right product for the job, wherever you are choosing to get them.You'll then discover the best ways to apply them to ensure you get a really smooth and durable finish as you start to work on giving your project its new look.Finally you can explore different techniques to add elements of design to your project to really add your own style to it.I can share with you the secrets of great geometric designs created with tape which I feature in my own work. Or, if you prefer, you can work with stencils in a variety of styles, learn how to add accents with metallic paint and gilding or how to add design by decoupaging with paper.WORKSHOP OUTLINEThis workshop combines all of the elements of the one day Workshops 1 & 2 but the processes will be tackled in the order that to best fits for your project over the 2 days.

• Assessing your piece to understand the condition and work needed
• Planning your design & choosing colour schemes, including colour theory
• Carrying out repairs and alterations
• Preparation techniques (Stripping methods & hand / electric sanding)
• Understanding the different types of paints and primers
• Painting techniques for a super smooth hand painted finish
• Modern style furniture design techniques & application (Such as Tape Design, Stencil work, Metallic

accents, Decoupage, Re-upholstery)

• Understanding different finishes and how to apply them well to enhance and protect
• Installing new fittings (E.g. handles, legs)

• All paint, materials, tools, and protective wear (aprons, masks, gloves etc)
• You'll get the opportunity to pre-select a specific paint colour/s for your project if you know what you are planning to do, otherwise, you can choose with help if you need it on the workshop itself
• Snacks & refreshments each day
• Access to a dedicated private online resource area with a downloadable Upcycling guide, handy process infographics, detailed supply list and other useful links
• Getting all your burning upcycling questions asked as we'll have plenty of chance to chat as we work! Whether it's about restoring vintage or running a furniture upcycling business yourself or help with how to tackle other upcycling projects etc.

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