This is an attempt to provide a simple introduction for the complete beginner, with simple projects and easy-to-follow instructions, drawings and photographs. The author, a television DIY presenter and author of many books on the subject has included useful short cuts that the professionals use. He concentrates on the most widely found types of upholstered furniture such as dining chairs, stools, pouffes, wing chairs and antique chairs and includes projects such as buttoning headboards, springing and webbing.