Vanessa Butt Upholstery

01/09/2026

Just a month to go now until festivalofupholstery 🎉 I'll be there on Saturday 3rd October doing a talk on using different materials to move towards more sustainable upholstery. Early bird tickets still available on the festival of upholstery website!

01/09/2026

Only a month to go until festivalofupholstery !
I'll be there on Saturday 3rd October talking about materials that take a step towards being more sustainable in upholstery. Early bird tickets are just about still available on the festival of upholstery website, see you there!

27/07/2026

Trio of Cintique chairs finished in Linwood Fabric 'Pluto' range. Thanks to Cushion Warehouse for the great wool back inners!

20/07/2026

19/06/2026

Stripping down this lovely old Habitat chair with a sheet cane seat. This is a much quicker way than the traditional method of caning using skeins in predetermined holes; rather a pre-woven panel of rattan fixed into a continuous recess all the way round.

14/06/2026

🌿 In my happy place experimenting with new materials for foam alternatives. Wool insulation from my customer's pet packaging and playing about with UK H**p and some Sisal too.🌿🐑

30/05/2026

A coven of Cobra chairs designed by . New seat inners with recycled polyester filling, a beautiful hide from and a quick polish on the chrome with some T-Cut. The challenge with this project was fixing the upholstery on, with an all metal frame there was no option to staple. The seats needed to perfectly fit with a cord and toggle system finished off on the clips underneath. Final photo is the 'before' with the old vinyl slipping out of place.
I do love a challenge, me!

05/05/2026

**Foam-free** G-plan dining chairs with a stamp from 1969, reupholstered using recycled polyester filling (ultraflex) in a 'Corda' velvet.

29/04/2026

Recent seating project installed and looking sharp at HQ.
Designed by and .
Fabric 'Remix 3'.
Thanks for the photos .

24/04/2026

GPs chair from the 1940s. Fabric provided by customer, trimmings from .