Chester Home Workshop
- Chester, Connecticut
jhrannestad@gmail.com
Facebook Fabric, upholstery, paintings and honey, made by hand in Chester.
A small home workshop near the Connecticut shore. Everything here is made in small batches, and most things can be made to order.
- What we make
Hand-Dyed Fabric
Linen and cotton dyed by hand in small batches, sold by the yard or made into table linens.Upholstery
Reupholstery, cushions and slipcovers for chairs, benches and window seats.Watercolors
Original paintings of the shoreline, marsh and garden.Local Honey
Raw honey from hives in the lower Connecticut River Valley.- Commissions
Custom fabric colors, painted commissions and upholstery work are quoted individually. Get in touch with what you have in mind.
Before the bundle
Leaves and petals laid out on cloth, ready to be rolled up and steamed.
A season of boat work
A fitted berth cushion, navy rail covers and new cockpit curtains, all finished at the dock.
Studio help
Our most dedicated tester, making sure the sofa cushions pass inspection.
Goldenrod bag
Goldenrod prints on a little bag hanging by the door.
Helm seats
Faded helm seats and cushions came off a boat and went back aboard in clean white vinyl.
Bags so far
A roundup of the bags so far, from printed totes to striped market bags and a few with initials.
Two chairs back home
An armchair in a striped wool and a tub chair in a fresh white slipcover, both finished this week.
A little gift bag
A small printed gift bag with cosmos and coreopsis, just the right size for a jar of honey.
Grasses on peach
A peach-toned panel printed with tall grasses and goldenrod, hung up to cure.
Fern and oak pillows
Two new pillows by the window, one printed with oak leaves and one with ferns.
Wildflower tote
A wildflower-printed tote with a hand-braided jute handle.
On the drying rack
A rack of freshly printed lengths drying in the studio before they are rinsed and pressed.
Hollyhock and marigold
Hollyhock blossoms bloomed into deep magenta rounds on one length, and marigolds left soft yellow prints on another.
Oak leaves and wildflowers
Oak leaves and wildflowers printed straight onto cloth, each one leaving its own outline.
Round stool, start to finish
A round stool rebuilt from the frame up: reglued, retied, padded and finished in white linen with a ruffled edge.
A scroll-arm bench
This bench came in stripped to bare wood and went home in red moiré, its frame painted a soft gray.
Scissors and tape measure
A quick watercolor of the two tools that never leave the worktable.