Give your furniture a new lease on life

We offer a furniture upcycling course to cover preparation and finishing techniques in order to give your furniture a new lease on life!

This workshop is led by Ophélie Chaumat, a decorative painter with twenty years of experience.

Content and objectives:

What is the difference between restoring, upcycling, or renovating a piece of furniture?

We speak of restoration when the piece is rebuilt identically.
Renovation brings a piece of furniture back into good condition.

Upcycling, on the other hand, changes the visual appearance of a piece of furniture with the aim of modernizing it.

During this hands-on 3-hour workshop, you will review the different steps required to renovate and upcycle an antique wooden piece of furniture.

• Learning how to diagnose a piece of furniture: waxed, varnished, oiled
• Preparing wooden surfaces: dewaxing, stripping
• Treating and repairing wood

The second part of the course will focus on choosing paints and application techniques for a successful finish.

• Undercoats and adhesion primers
• Selecting a paint
• Choosing the right tools

Assessment:

Entry quiz:  Test your knowledge
Instructor observations throughout the course
Skills assessment quiz

Please note:

You may bring an apron or smock. If needed, we will provide a protective jacket.