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Set of 2 chairs available at @arrua.bcn 🧡More awaiting restauration, available for diy workshop.jpg
Set of 2 chairs available at @arrua.bcn 🧡More awaiting restauration, available for diy workshop (1).jpg
After hours and hours of sanding, it’s finally time for my favorite part of every wood project- .gif

Chair Restoration Workshop

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With Audrey Pogu

In a wood workshop in Barcelona, Audrey invites you into her studio for a hands-on introduction to the art of restoration and repurposing. Surrounded by tools, materials, and pieces waiting to be transformed, you’ll spend a few focused hours learning how to bring new life to a second-hand chair.

Throughout the workshop, Audrey will guide you step by step through the process: preparing the surface, staining or painting the wooden structure, applying a protective finish, and reupholstering the seat from a curated selection of fabrics. Her intention is not only to teach practical techniques, but also to share the thoughtful craft of working with existing objects — slowing down, observing materials closely, and discovering the beauty of giving something old a new story.

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a renewed chair ready for your home — and with a deeper appreciation for the craft, patience, and creativity that lives within restoration.

With Audrey Pogu

In a wood workshop in Barcelona, Audrey invites you into her studio for a hands-on introduction to the art of restoration and repurposing. Surrounded by tools, materials, and pieces waiting to be transformed, you’ll spend a few focused hours learning how to bring new life to a second-hand chair.

Throughout the workshop, Audrey will guide you step by step through the process: preparing the surface, staining or painting the wooden structure, applying a protective finish, and reupholstering the seat from a curated selection of fabrics. Her intention is not only to teach practical techniques, but also to share the thoughtful craft of working with existing objects — slowing down, observing materials closely, and discovering the beauty of giving something old a new story.

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a renewed chair ready for your home — and with a deeper appreciation for the craft, patience, and creativity that lives within restoration.

Details

  • Duration: 3 hours

  • Location: TMDC Coworking Space Carrer del Cobalt, 57, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona

  • Description: A three-hour hands-on workshop to personalize your own wooden stool and take it home the same day. Guided step by step, you’ll explore simple restoration and finishing techniques while transforming an object into a piece that reflects your style. Choose from a selection of stains, varnishes, and fabrics to colour, finish, and upholster your stool, learning how different materials and finishes can shape the final look and feel. This workshop offers an introduction to working with wood and surfaces in a relaxed studio setting. You’ll move at your own pace, with guidance and practical advice throughout the process. Leave with a small, functional piece for your home — and the satisfaction of having shaped every detail yourself!

    Includes: One wooden stool, access to the workshop, materials (stains, varnishes, fabric), tools, and instruction.

About the artist

Audrey Pogu is a French maker based in Barcelona and the founder of Siempre Studios, a furniture restoration studio dedicated to giving second-hand pieces a new life.

She grew up in the countryside, where many evenings were spent in her father’s workshop experimenting with scrap wood and tools — an early introduction to the joy of making things by hand. Years later, when she moved into a long-term home in Barcelona with her partner, she began furnishing it with restored thrifted pieces, discovering the beauty and potential hidden in vintage furniture.

What started as a personal project soon grew into Siempre: a space where Audrey sources and restores second-hand furniture and home objects, transforming them into unique pieces for modern interiors. Her mission is to make beautiful, character-filled furniture accessible while offering a more sustainable alternative to buying new.