Services at The Chair Workshop
Chairseating Estimates
Contact us for advice and a price range, by email, telephone or post. Please include photograph(s) where possible.
Renovation
Some furniture may need more extensive frame restoration or upholstery. We work with established upholsterers and an experienced antique restorer, Spencer Samson, in Kendal (Tel. +44 (0)1539 723483).
Seat Weaving / Chairseating Classes
Personalised tuition is available in all re-seating methods, to suit various abilities.
Bring your chair or restoration project and with our expertise, demonstration and guidance, you can restore your furniture and learn a new craft. Lessons can be booked at a time to suit you. We have workstations for one or two people to work simultaneously and seating materials (cane, rush, rope, seagrass, Danish cord etc.) are always in stock.
All classes are charged per person per hour, plus the cost of materials.
The Chair Workshop is situated on Main Street, near cafes, pubs, shops and fell-walking countryside. Why not make a weekend of it and combine your lesson with one of the many events and activities organised in the town? www.sedbergh.org.uk
Mail Order, Seating Supplies & Kits
All types of natural seating products are stocked, as well as the full wood restoration range from Liberon, for customers who would like to restore their own chairs.
Most products are available through the online shop and mail order.
In addition pre-woven loom cane seats, such as the 'Habitat' Bauhaus-style chair, can often be re-seated by post. For this service it is essential that your seat is packed securely and that you have discussed your requirements with us before posting.
Chair seating kits make excellent craft projects and gifts.
Our kits are made-to-order and typically consist of your choice from the list below. Please contact us to finalise your kit.
- For a cane seat:
Cane of various sizes, an instruction booklet, a cane weaving tool, cane side cutter pliers, golf tees, a variety of centre cane, a bar of beeswax, curved or straight artery forcepts (for intricate caning) - For a seagrass, rope or rush seat or stool:
Seagrass, rope or rush, an instruction booklet, a metal (seagrass) needle, a long wooden (seagrass) needle, hardwood rush tools, a beech stool frame - For a Danish cord seat:
Danish cord, L nails.
