After years of working as a professional upholsterer I started running upholstery and lampshade workshops due to demand, and quickly discovered I really loved teaching.

The demand for classes has continued ever since and during Covid - when I was overwhelmed with upholstery work - to save my sanity I decided to redirect the business away from upholstery to focus on lampshades - and The Lampshade Workroom was born.

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The workroom is located in an idyllic location, in a small valley within the Jamberoo Valley on south coast NSW.  Our property is nestled on the edge of rainforest, with a creek running from the Illawarra escarpment just a few metres from the workroom.

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Because I love travelling, I also run workshops in other places around NSW - including scheduled events at other business locations, as well as private groups in homes.

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I look forward to hearing from you if you'd like to make a booking or an enquiry!

Kate

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No-one enters or leaves the Lampshade Workroom without the approval of Pipsqueak, who takes her job very seriously.

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Being an Australian Border Collie, she has a number of traits which make her well suited for this role - extreme friendliness combined with strong herding instincts and attention to detail (obsessiveness) means she's usually got a better idea of everything that's happening on the place than Kate.

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