Natural Upholstery vs. Conventional Upholstery Supplies

You have a beautiful frame of a chair or couch that really needs some cushion, and you want to use chemical-free, eco-friendly supplies, but where do you start? Here is a list of substitutions from the standard petroleum based products. Dacron Batting –> Wool Batting Foundation Material –> Cotton BattingDecking Fabric (to cover the springs) […]

Shredded Latex Chair Cushions

Six pounds of shredded latex stuffed each of these economical chair cushions, actually 5.5 lbs. in the smaller one and 6.5 in the larger one.  I’m impressed that the amount of fill we send out with our standard shredded latex pillow kit (which is enough to overstuff a standard pillow) filled out these cushions so well. […]

Tiny House Couch

Designed by the artist who created the first tiny house pictures on our website, another tiny house creation has come to life. Using 6″ of firm natural latex, two batts of 4 lb. wool, inner twill cases, and her customer’s fabric of choice, this design represents a traditional looking couch. The curved armrests were shipped to […]

Four Couches

Using one 6″ King Hard latex slab, one 6″ Queen Hard latex slab and 14 cuts, we cut enough latex for four couches. Now that is some figuring. 91″ x 30″ 93″ x 27″ 81″ x 27″ 70″ x 26 Here are pictures of two of them. Even without wool batting, these cushions are filled out […]

DIY Articles

Here you will find information and resources to help you with your next sewing or upholstery project, be it chair or bench cushions, couches, bassinets, floor cushions, play mats, dog and cat beds, and even the nonupholstery projects, such as ornaments, yarn baskets, stuffed animals or dolls, doll’s bedding or whatever you can imagine. You […]

Wool Batting Wrap – Why?

Wool batting is a sheet of wool fibers, aligned and layered in sheer sheets on top of each other, over and over until the batt’s desired weight is achieved. A wool batting wrap around latex both is used both when making couch cushions and when making a mattress. Here’s why. SOFTENING Latex is bouncy.  It has […]

How to choose Firmness for Cushions

These tips are based on the assumption that the primary purpose of the couch will be for sitting on.  If the comfort of the couch is more important for sleeping on, see The Banana Test for determining firmness. ORGANIC NATURAL LATEX Choose firmness based on depth first (there are five firmnesses – D65, D75, D80, […]

How to Cut Natural Latex

Perhaps you happened upon a piece of latex in our Clearance section that is just about the right size for your projects or maybe you have an old couch made of latex that you are ready to part with but you realize there is still life left in the foam, so you get creative.  Your […]

Futons, Couch Cushions and Latex

Natural latex foam can be cut to almost any size. This ability to be resized, along with its flexibility and its comfort, makes it a high-end fill to any piece of furniture. SIZE Our Arpico natural latex comes in 6” slabs and as large as 76” x 80.” Since it is Dunlop processed, the molds […]