Upholstery

This is a core subject of The School of Stuff. We teach traditional and modern upholstery and we offer a range of upholstery courses to suit different needs, from a two year course in traditional upholstery techniques for career changers to our project based twelve week evening classes for people who are doing upholstery for fun. We run occasional five day intensive courses, weekend taster courses for beginners, and a one year one day a week course in modern techniques which is geared towards those wanting to set up in business. So something for everyone.

Furniture Restoration & Recycling

This is another core School of Stuff subject. From September 2012 we are running an evening class in furniture restoration. We are interpreting the subject broadly, to include remaking, reconfiguring and revamping furniture. You will learning whatever skills you need to complete a project. In May 2013, we will be putting on a new class called Deconstruct/Reconstruct, which we are quite excited about. We've been inspired by designer Martino Gamper's work and we will be reconfiguring old furniture components into new forms. Exciting stuff.

We also run five day intensive project based furniture restoration sessions from time to time; the next one is in July

And from September 2013 we will be running a two year one day a week furniture restoration course, for career changers and antiques trade professionals.

Cabinet Making

Cabinet Making is another core subject. We have three 12 week cabinet making classes and a daytime intensive 12 week session. Thursday evening: Basic Skills for beginners. Wednesday evening: Intermediate Skills for improvers. Monday, daytime, Basic Skills Intensive, which is a solid grounding in core skills for cabinet makers, and covers the same ground as the two evening classes.