Hage Upholstery

After 4 great years I have decided to close Hage Upholstery due to health reasons.

I have always dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur. Thank you to everyone who took a chance on me and supported me, especially my partner and metamour for always being there for me behind the curtains with their skills in the trades. Without you I wouldn't have been able to provide the results that I did. Also, thank you to my best friends, who were always there to remind me that I am doing a good job.

As a parting note I wanted to leave some words of wisdom to future entrepreneurs:
1. Get an education about entrepreneurship, whether it may be formal or informal, before investing in your business. This is crucial.
1.1 In this education you should learn how to determine if your idea is viable.
2. Make decisions about how to reconcile personal values with business decisions in order to be able to go forward with a clear head. These two will sometimes clash.
3. Be prepared to have perspective and grace on success and failure. Remember that failure is part of the entrepreneurship process, and it is often a helpful indication of where you need to make a change as opposed to meeting a dead end.
4. Build solid skills in time and energy management.
5. Learn how to not take things personally, and learn how to be comfortable with confrontation.
6. Always consider the consequences to your actions.
7. Your business will not survive if the process is not sustainable.
8. Consider that most businesses fail, and that you need to make your project a full time job in order to give it a fighting chance.

A parting note for people who support small businesses:
1. Most small businesses are living paycheque to paycheque. Just something most people don't realise.
2. Getting what you asked for is important. It is just as important to treat small business owners like human beings. Although I understand the frustration and the risk, having grace and patience when things don't go as planned increases your chances of being a satisfied client in the end.

I will be completing some final jobs before moving on to something better suited for my health and in alignment with my future plans. I am very happy that I opened this chapter and I am leaving feeling very proud of what I learned and accomplished.

Sarah

Un marriage de styles!

A marriage of styles!

Soren Hansen Model 4365 Wing Chair for Fritz Hansen Denmark , 1960s

Another challenge survived, this time with cowhide 😅🐃
J'ai survécu un autre défi, cette fois ci en peau de vache avec fourrure!

5 piece Chadwick Modular Sofa by Herman Miller reupholstered in a warm brick chenille.

Aimeriez-vous 100$ à dépenser pour un projet de rembourrage avec moi? Rendez-vous au marché des fêtes du 8 au 11 décembre pour participer au tirage de 3 chèques-cadeaux de 100$ pouvant être dépensés avec l'entreprise de votre choix au Grover ou au Chats des Artistes, deux édifices regroupant 49 créateurs participants.

N'hésitez pas à venir voir nos espaces de travail et envisager d'acheter chez nous !
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Would you like 100$ to spend on an upholstery project with me? Come to the holiday market on December 8th to 11th to enter the draw for 3 100$ gift certificates that can be spent at the business of your choice at the Grover or the Chats des Artistes, two neighboring buildings with 49 participating creators.

Please come by to see our workspaces and consider buying from us!

Alerte concours! 🎟

Voici l'occasion de vous faire plaisir et d'encourager les merveilleux créateurs d'ici 🎉
La Virée des Ateliers vous offre trois certificats-cadeaux d'une valeur de 100$ chacun, applicables chez votre créateur coup de cœur du Marché de Noël. Pour participer, il suffit de nous rendre visite lors de l'événement, entre le 8 et le 11 décembre, et de remplir le coupon concours.

Lien vers l'événement pour connaître l'horaire 👉 https://fb.me/e/2Hwtw8KMM
Une participation par personne.
Tirage: Dimanche 11 décembre à 17h

Bonne chance à tous les participants 🫶

La Virée des ateliers remercie l’Arrondissement de Ville-Marie, centre-ville pour son soutien financier dans la réalisation du Marché de Noël. Un grand merci également à nos partenaires : Desjardins Caisse de la Culture , Desjardins (Caisse du Quartier-Latin de Montréal) et la CDC Centre-Sud

We have all seen broken caning on chairs. It's so beautiful but a lot more fragile than upholstery... especially if your friends think they can stand on it 😅. I upholstered these seats for future sitting... and standing 💖. Party on ✌️

Nous avons tous vu du cannage brisée sur des chaises. C'est tellement beau mais beaucoup plus fragile que le rembourrage... surtout si vos amis pensent qu'ils peuvent se tenir debout dessus 😅. J'ai rembourré ces sièges pour s'asseoir... et pour se tenir debout 💖. Party on ✌️

Fabric is the extremely versatile Julia by .

Laissez-vous envoûter par un nouveau tissu...

Une autre transformation amusante. Les clients ont acheté leurs chaises de salle à manger en chêne de La Baie en 1985 et se sont demandé si cela valait la peine de les retapper. Je leur ai donné quelques points à considérer et ils ont décidé d'y aller de l'avant. Que pensez-vous du résultat ? Ce n'est pas tous les jours que je travaille sur des chaises aussi ancienne et qui n'a eu qu'un seul propriétaire !

Another fun transformation. The clients bought their oak dining chairs from The Bay in 1985 and wondered if it was worth reupholstering them. I gave them a few things to consider and they decided to go for it. What do you think of the result? It's not every day that I get to work on a chair this old and it only had one owner!

Maxwell Fabrics

2 set de 4 chaises en teck, une beauté classique, versatile, scandinave. Rembourrage refait a neuf.

2 sets of 4 teak chairs - classic, versatile, scandinavian beauty. Complete reupholstery.

Quelle transformation! Ce meuble as déjà été retapé une fois auparavant. Les ressorts, la paille et le cotton ont resté, et le tissu est changé. Cette fois ci j'ai dégarni jusqu'à l'os pour découvrir que les deux chaises avais de belles oreilles. Pourquoi pas les montrer? Et pour le choix du tissu, la cliente ne pouvais se décider entre un motif et un tissu uni. Donc pourquoi pas le meilleur des deux mondes?

What a transformation! This piece of furniture has already been reupholstered once before. The springs, the straw and the cotton remained, and the fabric was changed. This time I stripped it to the bone to find that both chairs had nice ears. Why not show them? And for the choice of fabric, the client could not decide between a pattern and a solid fabric. So why not the best of both worlds?

Bing bang boom!

Did you know that springs don't normally break? What people normally consider to be a broken spring is simply a spring that has fallen out of place. This normally occurs due to poor installation but eventually it happens with age. Most modern industrially made furniture do not have metal springs, but when they do they are not normally installed to stand the test of time. They are rather installed to save them time and mainly give you a good first impression! 🤔🤔🤔 I don't know about you but I think you deserve better than that 😉