Course Description
During this one week furniture upcycling course you will learn how to do several projects with step by step video instructions and personal guidance from expert upholsterer and author Juliette Goggin. You will learn how to use decoupage to transform anything from an old jewellery box to a chest of drawers with ordenance survey maps or botanical illustrations. You will learn to recover a drop-in seat chair to transform a piece of second hand furniture. Lastly you will learn how to create designer vintage cushions. Your tutor Juliette is an author and broadcaster and is on hand to answer all your queries and help with your own project throughout the week.
If you frequent auctions, second hand shops, car boots fairs and street markets, you'll know how inexpensive good second hand furniture can be. With this in mind you will learn a few projects you can tackle to bring some upcycled furniture into your home.
Requirements
• Fabric for Seat
• Tailor’s chalk
• Tape measure
• Scissors
• Wadding (optional)
• Masking tape
• Pushpins, small tacks and a hammer, or staple gun
Course outline
Upcycling Furniture
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The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Juliette Goggin
- Start course whenever you like
- 1 week tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 1 assignment marked by Juliette Goggin
- Certificate of completion from Juliette Goggin
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 1 lesson with expert video & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$199The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. Get the most from shared knowledge and community study
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 1 lesson with expert video & notes
- 1 course assignment
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$69
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Meet Juliette Goggin
A career in product design and development, where I have worked with fashion designers such as Cath Kidston and Julien Macdonald has helped me to understand and appreciate both the creative and the manufacturing process. This in turn led me to create my own fragranced gift and home collection, Juliette at Home, which reflected my love of all things recycled and vintage. It became a great success with independent retailers and department stores who loved the upcycled cake stands and candles in repurposed cups and vintage glassware. It also gave me the excuse to spend a lot of time scouring carboot fairs and second hand shops in search of all manner of things that I could repurpose into my own quirky range.
I was thrilled to be asked to take part in Super Scrimpers on Channel 4 where I shared this love of crafting with the show’s participants, whilst also giving lots of money saving tips. At the same time I also co wrote my first book, Junk Genius, with my talented friend Stacy Sirk. The book featured endless ideas for repurposing everyday objects and encouraged anyone with a creative flair to have a go at lots of simple, step by step crafting projects in their home.
I have just completed my second book Hand Made Beauty which is designed to encourage the enthusiast to create their own home made skincare products using natural materials and even plants from their garden.