Professional Upcycling for Beginners - Apr '25

Would you like to be taken through the process of upcycling a piece of furniture from start to finish? This full day course will give you all the tools, tips and advice to upcycle a piece of furniture. 

This will include being shown how to:

• Design Prepare (including small repairs)
• Sand
• Paint
• Stencilling/ageing/decoupage
• Protect

All using the best professional products and exciting, modern paint techniques that will breathe a new lease of life into your chosen piece. 

By the end of the day you will leave with a gorgeous piece of upcycled furniture, feeling confident of your skills and full of ideas for future projects.

The workshop will have a relaxed and informal atmosphere where we can inspire each other and have lots of fun along the way.  Feel free to bring a small unpainted, wooden piece of furniture, or you can pick one up at the Reuse Hub!  It can get very messy so please wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided throughout the day, please bring your own packed lunch.

Duration: 1 day (10:30am to 4:00pm)

For more information about the teacher, Caroline Moriarty: 

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