i own a custom upholstery shop.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word \"upholstery\" comes from the Middle English word \"upholder\", which referred to a tradesman who held up his goods. The term is equally applicable to domestic, automobile, airplane and boat furniture, and can be applied to mattresses, particularly the upper layers, though these often differ significantly in design. A person who works with upholstery is called an upholsterer; an apprentice upholsterer is sometimes called an outsider or trimmer. Traditional upholstery uses materials like coil springs (post-1850), animal hair (horse, hog and cow), coir, straw and hay, hessians, linen scrims, wadding, etc., and is done by hand, building each layer up. In contrast, modern upholsterers employ synthetic materials like dacron and vinyl, serpentine springs, and so on. \"Upholder\" is an archaic term used for \"upholsterer\", but it appears to have a connotation of \"repairing\" furniture rather than creating new upholstered pieces from scratch (cobbler vs. cordwainer). In 18th-century London, upholders frequently served as interior decorators responsible for all aspects of a room's decor.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My dad owns an upholstery shop. He pretty much provides furniture with padding, springs, and fabric covers."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I would love to work with your dad to learn how to upholster furniture.  Recycling furniture is a growing market"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It really is. Uphosterers, or trimmers as they are sometimes called, can always find business. People always need them."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It seems like I run into someone daily getting a sofa or dinning room chairs upholstered. Do you ever help him?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sometimes I help him with the simple stuff, like seats. I'll help with the padding and cover them with either leather or just regular fabric"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Have you ever help him recover any Mid Century Modern furniture? I love that period."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes! It is especially popular with scholars and museums. It is a significant design movement, really."}, {"role": "user", "content": "How long does it normally take to recover a basic sofa?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Between 16 and 22 hours. It can be quite a long job."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I reupholstered some dining room chairs once it was hard work but worth it. I still use them. My sister asked me where I bought them.  i was flattered let me know I did a good job but I couldn't do it again. It took toooooo long. "}]