As Printed in the Lafayette Journal and Courier, July 2008
Kim Newell, owner of Kim's Upholstery Shop and Custom Slipcovers in West Lafayette, is co-coordinator of the eighth annual Slipcover Summit 2008, which will be held Wednesday through Friday in Indianapolis.
Newell also will be teaching two classes at the summit: "Sew Boxed Cushion Covers Fast!" and "Build a Cushion from Scratch"
As Printed in the Lafayette Journal and Courier, August 2006
Kim Newell, owner of Kim's Upholstery Shop in W. Lafayette participated in the 25 hour class on antique traditional over-stuffed upholstery using horsehair and excelsior. The class was taught by award winning craftsman Kim Buckminster of Falls City, Nebraska in his upholstery shop.
Six upholstery professionals from throughout the country came to Falls City to learn the old ways of springing up, stuffing, and hand stitching the internal foundation of the antique furniture.
Opportunities to learn techniques such as these are becoming rare, as the true upholstery craftsmen are growing older.
Kim's Upholstery Shop has been in operation since 2000, upholstering residential and commercial furniture, and manufacturing custom slipcovers.
