Creator, Maker, Collector, City Girl

I’ve always had an artistic eye, a curious mind, and productive hands. 

My media and tools have varied widely over the years, from paints and canvas, to fabric and scissors, needles and thread. Color, creativity, and construction with whatever materials I have at hand have brought me joy and satisfaction throughout my life.

When I found I could combine these passions into furniture transformation, I recognized it as my calling. 

The style, history, character, and age of a piece of furniture inspire me to tell a new story with each one.

At first I turned tired, lovely, vintage wood furniture into skillfully painted, collectible statement pieces and shipped them to buyers all over the country. Then I began studying and practicing the age-old craft of upholstery, spurred on by a longing for the kind of skills that old-world artisans practiced—with coiled springs, burlap, twine, wood wool, coir, cotton, horsehair, tacks, and hand stitching.

After training with a master traditional upholsterer in 2014, and studying countless old books on the fine craft of traditional upholstery, I set out on my own to design and craft seating pieces using traditionally-based upholstery techniques as well as contemporary ones, but with colorful, bold outside coverings that make a modern, artistic statement. I have honed my skills over the years with further training—at the British School of Upholstered Furniture near London, and with British and French master upholsterers with Upholstery Education, a school based in San Diego.