Natural upholstery materials include 100% natural latex foam, premium wool batting, organic cotton batting and organic cotton ticking fabric, all non-toxic alternatives to ‘conventional’ upholstery materials. Learn all about these four materials and how to use them in your upholstery project – whether you’re a diy maker or a professional, these videos and tutorials will give you a jump start on creating healthy upholstery for yourself or your clients.

[video] How to Cut Latex Foam for Upholstery

By |2019-10-17T20:16:00+00:00December 2nd, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

  Watch the video to see three Ways to cut Natural Latex Foam for Upholstery: Upholstery saw Electric carving knife Sturdy shears Subscribe to our [...]

[video] Natural Latex Foam: How Much Does it Weigh?

By |2018-08-30T20:41:08+00:00December 1st, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

Making a window seat cushion out of natural latex foam? Here's how to figure out how much it will weigh: Natural Latex Foam weighs about [...]

Natural & Organic Fabrics for Upholstery

By |2023-09-12T21:01:58+00:00November 27th, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living|

  Chairs upholstered in Birch Organic Fabrics 'Flight' pattern Looking for a safe, healthy fabric for your upholstery project? We're talking about fabrics [...]

[video] How to Choose Latex Foam Firmness for Upholstery

By |2019-10-23T22:58:07+00:00November 21st, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

Need help choosing a foam firmness for your sofa cushion or chair restoration project? This video explains four factors that affect upholstery foam choice, and [...]

[video] How to ‘Book Wrap’ your Latex Cushion with Wool Batting

By |2019-11-14T19:58:33+00:00October 1st, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

'Book Wrap' it! Watch this video to see the best way to cut your wool batting when wrapping your natural latex foam cushion: For tips [...]

[video] How to Measure your Natural Latex Cushion for Wool Batting

By |2019-11-14T19:42:39+00:00July 29th, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

Watch this video and download the companion worksheet for step-by-step instructions for calculating how much wool batting you will need to book-wrap your latex foam cushion: [...]

[video] How to Measure your Cushion Foam for Best Fit

By |2019-11-14T23:41:43+00:00April 3rd, 2017|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

Watch this video and download the companion worksheet 'How to Measure Your Cushion for New Latex Foam' to learn two ways to measure your upholstery cushion for [...]

Interpreting the CA Flame Retardants Standard for Upholstered Furniture

By |2017-06-03T13:31:46+00:00August 15th, 2016|Natural Upholstery Materials, Upholstery Health & Sustainable Living, Upholstery Tips, Techniques & Repair|

With the new flame retardants test, is it only the outer upholstery fabric which should pass the test, or does it apply the filling materials [...]

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