East London Furniture Institute - ELFI

East London Furniture Institute - ELFI East London workshops delivering expert furniture making & upholstery education

28/07/2026

Congratulations to all of our learners and teachers, a lovely celebration to end our first year at our new location here at ELFI. Thanks to special guests and for presenting the certificates! đź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards ...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
Here we have the winners of the prize for modern upholstered box.
Kindly sponsored by Martins Upholstery Supplies Ltd.

The two winners were presented with prizes by Tony from Martins

Winner - Mariel Reed-Cooper
Winner - Romina Mele- Cornish

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Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
This year Franco Marinelli offered his annual Technical Skill Award for traditional deep buttoning. Winners will be very lucky to receive a copy of Franco’s new upholstery book, hot off the press!!

Presented to our winners by our course lead Rachael South.

First place - Javier Romero Torres
Runner Up - Matt Parratt

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Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards ...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
Here are the three winners of the award sponsored by Sonnaz SONNAZ for the Robin Day modern armchair. Prize winners photographed here with our course lead Rachael South

First place - Lucy Lee
Runner Up - Annmarie Adamson
Runner Up - Sarah Osborn

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Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards ...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders and our prize sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
Next up the winner for modern upholstered armchair, kindly sponsored by John Lewis & Partners

Presented to our winner on behalf of Jason Block (Partner & Upholstery Technologist) by our course lead Rachael South

Winner - Amanda McCullough

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Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our o...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our other prize sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
Here we have three prize winners for the Margaret Johnson Memorial Award for traditional dining chair, presented on behalf of David Johnson by Malcolm Hopkins

First place - Billie Hansel
Second place - Romina Mele- Cornish
Third place - Amy Turnbull

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Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our s...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here at Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.
Here we have three prize winners for intermediate traditional upholstery, presented by the Master of the Worshipful Company of Upholders, Stephen Tanner and the Warden to the Trade, Roger Wates.

First place - Matt Parratt
Second place - Amy Metcalf- McQueeney
Third place - Rebecca Degiogio

đź“ŤEast London Furniture Institute

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our o...
22/07/2026

Every year we are delighted to welcome the Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders and our other prize sponsors for the Livery Awards hosted here Upholstery at The East London Furniture Institute
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners. Here we have the award for the advanced traditional armchair presented by the Master of the Worshipful Company of Upholders, Stephen Tanner and the Warden to the Trade, Roger Wates.

First place - Sarah Osborn
Second place - Javier Romero Torres
Third place - Susannah Douglas

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19/07/2026

We’ve had a fabulous (and busy!) last week of term, everyone has now finished their chairs ready for assessment. Here’s a little taster of some of our learners work from this year. All of you have worked so hard, congratulations! 🥳 See you at the certificate presentation to celebrate! Full images of everyone’s work to follow…….

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