Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design
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Amanda Brown
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 93.8 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 401
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Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design
Spruce: A Step-by-Step is a practical guide to upholstery, furniture redesign, and interior design by Amanda Brown. This digital PDF includes 401 pages and is available for instant download.
With more than 900 step-by-step photographs, the book explains how to renew chairs, sofas, ottomans, and other upholstered furniture. It combines design planning with detailed upholstery, sewing, padding, and finishing techniques.
The guide is presented in English and is suitable for readers learning to reupholster furniture at home.
Book Overview
Amanda Brown takes readers through the process of transforming worn or used furniture with contemporary fabrics and fresh details. The book begins with inspiration, space planning, yardage estimates, and material requirements.
Six projects provide a structured path through upholstery techniques. The projects include an upholstered Louis chair, slipper chairs, a wingback chair, a three-seater sofa, a cocktail ottoman, and pillows.
Later sections address stripping furniture and sewing tips and tricks. The book is categorized as a design and practical craft guide.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Design planning, fabric selection, and yardage calculations for different furniture shapes and patterns.
- Coil spring, sinuous spring, and edge-wire preparation and tying.
- Padding and upholstering tight seats, loose seats, decks, arms, backs, and wings.
- Techniques for boxed seats, boxed arms, cushions, skirts, and outside backs.
- Diamond tufting and introductory leather upholstery for a cocktail ottoman.
- Methods for sewing knife-edge pillows, bolsters, and boxed pillows.
- Furniture stripping and additional sewing guidance.
Why This Book Matters
Spruce presents upholstery as a learnable hands-on craft for nonprofessional furniture owners. Its detailed projects connect structural techniques with fabric, color, texture, and interior design decisions.
The book is also a substantial visual reference, using more than 900 photographs to demonstrate each stage of selected upholstery projects. It supports readers who want to give thrifted, vintage, or worn furniture a new finish.
Book Details
| Author | Amanda Brown |
|---|---|
| Foreword | Grace Bonney |
| Photography | Ryann Ford |
| Publisher | Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Publication Date | October 22, 2013 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 401 |
| Print Length | 400 pages |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 93.8 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 98324587 |
| ISBN-10 | 1612121373 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1612121376 |
| eBook ISBN | 978-1-60342-903-0 |
| Hardcover ISBN | 978-1-61212-137-6 |
| Dimensions | 8.25 x 1 x 10.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 3.14 pounds |
| Item Weight | 3.1 pounds |
| Customer Rating | 4.7 out of 5 stars |
| Customer Reviews | 825 |
| Customer Reviews | 827 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #84,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) |
| Best Sellers Rank | #74,539 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing) |
| Best Sellers Rank | #473 in Sketchbooks & Notebooks |
| Best Sellers Rank | #743 in Sketchbooks & Notebooks |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital PDF download, so no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.
The file works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. A Kindle device is not required, but PDF support may vary by application.
FAQ
When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download of the digital PDF.
Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital download and does not include physical shipping.
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The PDF can be opened with compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and reading apps.
Download Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design for a clear, photograph-led reference to furniture upholstery and design.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Edited by | Deborah Balmuth and Pam Thompson |
|---|---|
| Art direction and book design | Alethea Morrison |
| Text production | Jennifer Jepson Smith |
| Illustrations | Allegra Lockstadt |
| Cutting layout illustrations | Ilona Sherratt |
| Indexed by | Nancy D. Wood |
| Publisher Location | North Adams, MA 01247 |
| Copyright | © 2013 by Amanda Brown |
| Pages Analyzed Locally | 10 |
| Page Count | 401 |
| eBook ISBN | 978-1-60342-903-0 (ebook) |
| Hardcover ISBN | 978-1-61212-137-6 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
| Library of Congress Classification | TT198.B73 2013 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 747'.5—dc23 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 2013012590 |
| Customer Rating | 4.7 (825) |
| Photography Credits | Photography by © Ryann Ford, except for © Amanda Brown: 22, 23, 74, 75, 140, 141, 194, 222, 223, 310, 311, 359 (top l. & r.), 373 and 380 (welt cord foot), and 384 (zipper foot); © Nataliya Dvukhimenna/123RF.com: 319 (illustration background); and © 7io/iStockphoto.com: 13 (illustration background) |
| Photo Styling of Interiors | Jenny O’Connor |
| Fabric Pattern Illustrations | Allegra Lockstadt |
| Printed In | China |
| Printer | Shenzhen Caimei Printing Co., Ltd. |
| SourceLink | https://www.amazon.com/Spruce-Step-Step-Upholstery-Design/dp/1612121373 |
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