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First I have to caution anyone against thinking an upholstery project will be a snap. In my experience as a novice re-upholsterer, EVERYTHING related to these tpes of projects seems to take longer than you think.

My mom and I recently signed up for a community ED upholstery class, so I purchased two wingback chairs from craigslist intent on using them for my class project. I also purchased ample fabric to use on them from JoAnns at a great price. To make a long story short, over the past six months I have learned that wingbacks are one of the trickiest projects to take on in the upholstery world due to their curves, and the basket-weave fabric from JoAnns couldn't have been a bigger mistake, as matching up the grid-like pattern is an absolute nightmare.

I will say though that the chairs pictured look like a much more manageable project and if you want to make your life easier, pick a fabric like a simple tweed that has enough random variety to hide your mistakes.

Any idea on what stores will carry the collection? I really hope we get the coffee table in Salt Lake City.

I made this for my dad for Christmas last year. It looks beautiful, but it is much larger in reality than it looks in the picture (plan out where you will put it ahead of time). We found some great pots from Home Depot with a blue oriental glaze, but these too have to be fairly large to accomodate desired sitting height. The instructions were great, and none of the steps were very difficult.