Easiest EVER guide to styling a footstool… …or don’t bother! I have to admit, we have a coffee table in our lounge that is well-used…as a coffee table. Yes, I have books on it, and candles, but also every day stuff like the mail, actual coffee mugs and day-to-day paraphernalia, so it never looks ‘styled’. The mini-spa, however, is a whole different ball game as it’s for our B&B guests, which gives me an excuse to style it up! Not that I’ve gone mad, but a few candles, hydrangea heads and a book

Spend the day in the upholstery studio with me while I make a bespoke footstool commission. Now.. to be totally honest when I got the order for some reason 1m x 1.5m didn’t sound that big in my head?.. I now realise it is absolutely ginormous (this was before Christmas okay?!) and I actually had to remove the top layer of wood in order to reduce the weight of it! Instead I replaced it with webbing and hessian. I still learn from each and every project! This is one of my favourite ever fabrics by