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Expert Upholstery Training: Online courses that fit your schedule.

Our online upholstery courses are for all skill levels. Learn to revive old furniture, build bespoke pieces, and start a side hustle with our easy to follow, step-by-step tutorials. All at your own pace from home.

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Hours of lessons and outcome based courses taught to you by one of the best upholstery tutors* in the world!

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Purchase Individual Courses

For Facelift Academy members on a Free or Beginner plan, courses are available for individual purchase for a one-time fee. View our courses below and follow the purchase links to add the course to your membership.

Sofa Course

13

07:01:37

Intermediate

This is a comprehensive 13-part course that will teach you a wide range of skills involved in the process of tearing down and rebuilding a luxury sofa

£497 £97

Lifetime access

Headboard Course

5

01:54:34

Advanced

In the Headboard Course we will create a diamond tufted headboard in 5 parts. You'll learn invaluable skills for producing high-end headboards.

£97 £37

Lifetime access

Curved Back Chair Course

6

02:04:30

Advanced

The Curved Back Chair Course is a 6-part tutorial that will show you how to template and upholster a chair back with a significant curve.

£97 £57

Lifetime access for just £57

Ottoman Box Course

6

02:37:33

Intermediate

The Ottoman Box Course is a 6-part tutorial showing you show to build and upholster an ottoman storage box from scratch.

£297 £77

Lifetime access

Deep Buttoned Back Slipper Chair

9

03:18:329

Advanced

The Deep Buttoned Back Slipper Chair Course is a 9-part tutorial showing you how to build and upholster a a deep button back slipper chair from scratch.

£327 £87

Lifetime access

Parker Knoll Course

8

04:55:44

Advanced

The Parker Knoll Course is an 8-part course, guiding you through the complete restoration of a Parker Knoll chair.

£357 £97

Lifetime access

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THE ULTIMATE MEMBERSHIP

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Full access to all videos and courses, from beginner to advanced.

Exclusive email access for personalised guidance and troubleshooting.

Access to all PDF downloads for comprehensive learning.

Special training on starting and scaling your upholstery business.

Monthly live webinar: Neil's deep dive on a community chosen subject.

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Join the Academy and get 30% off your first 3 months.

Don’t Just Take Our Word for It

Here’s What Our Students Say

Many of our students started out just like you – unsure where to begin. Now they’re tackling

projects they never thought they could – and getting incredible results.

OLGA KOTT

@kott.soft.furnishings

148K Followers

Olga shares inspiring ideas and detailed tutorials in the world of soft furnishings.

Together with her family, she invites her community to join their creative journey, one stitch at a time.

TOBIE LOCHNER

@lochner.tobie

84 Followers

A full-time professional with a passion for design, Tobie spends his spare time creating custom furniture pieces.

Blending fashion, creativity, and craftsmanship, his hobby reflects a unique eye for style and detail.

CHAZA DARWICH

@chaza_diylady

187K Followers

Chaza is a creative powerhouse, inspiring a massive community with her hands-on DIY projects.

She partners with brands and venues to host engaging workshops that attract audiences and build lasting connections.

HEATHER GRASBY

Heart and Sew by Heather

@heathergrasby

294 Followers

Heather brings creativity and dedication to her craft, sharing her journey and inspiring others through her unique projects and collaborations.

Her work reflects a passion for quality, detail, and meaningful connections with her audience.

FaceLift Academy emphasizes hands-on practice, encouraging involvement in practical projects from the start, which helped me build confidence and skills. Neil breaks down complex techniques into simple, digestible steps, ensuring everyone can follow along and succeed. After 20 days, I upholstered two small chairs almost without difficulties, thanks to the engaging and motivating teaching style.

This course was worth every cent (Euros here). And I cannot recommend the FaceLift Academy highly enough. Whether you’re a complete beginner, like me, or someone with some experience looking to give a shine to your skills, this course offers something for everyone. You will enjoy it

ROCCO FORGIONNE

SIENA, TUSCANY

Dominik crafts modern, custom upholstered wall panels that blend style, quality, and easy installation bringing unique design to any space

DOMINIK

@ZAE_design

2,013 Followers

The Blonde Upholsterer

Manchester, UK

Armstrong Upholstery

Columbus, Ohio 🇺🇸

I’ve been watching Neil’s tutorials on YouTube during the past year and l find them really helpful for learning new techniques or refreshing my memory. In our trade experience is precious and l love how it’s generously shared by Facelift Interiors. Thank you so much & keep rocking!

Pleasant Design

Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿

To anyone considering learning upholstery, I can't recommend FaceLift Academy highly enough. Whether you're a beginner or experienced, you'll learn so much from Neil. He brings enthusiasm, integrity, and humor to his tutorials, making them direct and easy to grasp. The Academy is the best place to learn, offering detailed, in-depth courses that cover everything from start to finish. If you're thinking about joining, do it! You won’t regret it, and you'll have plenty of laughs along the way. Thank you, FaceLift Academy!

Tanya Long

Huntingdonshire, UK

I’ve been watching Neil’s tutorials on YouTube during the past year and l find them really helpful for learning new techniques or refreshing my memory. In our trade experience is precious and l love how it’s generously shared by Facelift Interiors. Thank you so much & keep rocking!

Pleasant Design

Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿

To anyone considering learning upholstery, I can't recommend FaceLift Academy highly enough. Whether you're a beginner or experienced, you'll learn so much from Neil. He brings enthusiasm, integrity, and humor to his tutorials, making them direct and easy to grasp. The Academy is the best place to learn, offering detailed, in-depth courses that cover everything from start to finish. If you're thinking about joining, do it! You won’t regret it, and you'll have plenty of laughs along the way. Thank you, FaceLift Academy!

Tanya Long

Huntingdonshire, UK

II started my business here in Kona, Hawaii and I truly wouldn’t have been able to do it without the help of Facelift Interiors! One of my first projects was diamond tufted booths for a restaurant and I was confident I’d be able to do it with Neil’s detailed, easy to follow videos.


I’ve successfully gone on to do many many more projects thanks to their extensive library.

I can’t wait to have access to FaceLift Academy to keep learning from them and grow my skills & knowledge!

Kona Canvas Company

Kona, Hawaii

I found Facelift Interior’s videos on YouTube just as I was starting my own upholstery business. The videos have been invaluable to me because even though I’m already doing upholstery, every job is different and there are always new things to learn. It’s so helpful to see how other upholsterers do things and Neil’s videos are easy to understand and enjoyable to watch.

They’re filmed well and he is very good at teaching, he gives you all the information you need to understand how and why he’s doing the things, without overloading you with too much information. He’s funny too, that always helps! I’m excited for the Facelift Academy, upholstery is a very under appreciated trade, but great teachers like Neil making their knowledge and skills available on a wider scale is just what we need!

Indya Hanlon Upholstery

Northern Ireland

I’ve been watching and learning a lot from Neil's videos on YouTube for a while so when I got the opportunity to join The Facelift Academy, I jumped at the chance.

The knowledge and information that Neil shares is excellent and the way in which he presents his step-by-step video guides is brilliant. He is very easy to listen to and keeps your attention with easy to understand guidance and a little humour thrown in.

I truly believe that with the help of his videos, you could complete a project from start to finish as the detail is spot on.

I can’t wait to see what Neil has coming up next.

A Vision Creates

I first came across FaceLift Interiors about a year and a half ago while looking for a specific upholstery trick video on YouTube. Neil’s video quickly got my attention among many others on there, not only because he explains everything down to micro-detail while showing every bit of it, but he does it effortlessly, adding a super fun and friendly flair making the experience of learning quite enjoyable.

From sewing to staining and building a frame to of course gorgeous upholstery, FaceLift Interiors has an extensive video library for any upholstery needs. Thanks for all the shared knowledge, Neil, and good luck with FaceLiftInteriors Academy.

Errissitti

New York, USA

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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Neil Banyard

Master Upholsterer · Founder of The Facelift Academy

With over 16 years of hands-on upholstery experience, Neil has transformed everything from antique armchairs to modern bespoke sofas. He’s not just a teacher — he’s a working upholsterer who’s spent years in the trade, perfecting his craft and sharing it with the world.

Today, Neil leads a global community with over 96,000 YouTube subscribers and 10 million+ views, known for his easy-to-follow teaching style and down-to-earth approach that makes even complex techniques feel doable — and surprisingly fun.

Step-by-step lessons for every project.

Clear, close-up visuals that show you exactly what to do.

Friendly, relaxed tone that keeps things engaging – never boring.

Neil was also named Best Up-and-Coming Entrepreneur in a Masterclass hosted by business mentor Rob Moore — a

testament to his impact as both a teacher and creative business owner boring.

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Facelift Wall of Love

Watched a lot of videos on button upholstery and yours is definitely the best. You've explained everything very clearly!

@SORCLI

As a soon to be apprentice this is exactly the type of video I've been looking for, really looking forward to starting full time and learning as much as I can, again a great video :))

@JOHNATHANPARKHILL4088

You. Are. INCREDIBLE! Thank you for this.

@DONNAMARIAJONES8960

Thank you! Great teacher!

@BORGE2014

You are fantastic! Without even trying you just showed me, in a way I actually understand, how to sew on a zipper and how to sew in piping! I'm always shown fiddly things with so many rules and tricks that I don't even want to do it. Well, now I'm going to go try this right now. Thank you so much!


@AUDRISCARBOROUGH9309

The details in this video are so helpful! After watching I gained a better understanding of how to reupholster my couch. I've been checking out other videos for some time and just found this one and for me this has been the most helpful by far. Will check out your other videos. Enjoyed the bits of humor too!

@JUDYA3455

Sorry but flippin smashing! Just what I need to make my massage bolsters. Clear demonstration guidance. Thank you

@ALEXISROBERTS1871

Brilliant. Love the easy-to-follow tutorials. I am proudly on my second sofa now.

@JAYBEE6800

Each one of your videos has such a great deal of attention applied. Please continue to make these. Love them!

@JONTEALL5496

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge with us. I could say that after watching your video I feel confident to start some projects that I've been procrastinating on for years.

@RAQUELTHENJIMENEZ1564

Best video I've seen so far on reupholstering.

@JASDHALIWAL336

Your videos are by far the best - and I've watched lots! The explanations, the causes and problem solving, the quality of filming, the timing and the results of your work make them a real source of 'how to realise' good work. Thanks a lot and a big hug from France.

@LUCKYLUKE3590

You're soo good! You explain it all so well. I totally reupholstered my lovely 1940s chair following your video on that (it looks amazing) and now I'm covering an old square stool. I couldn't work out how to make the corners neat... now I do!

@DEBBIEDIGGER5449

This is beyond helpful.

@MOSIEPOSIE3477

Thank you Neil for all your videos they are great and so easy to understand and you're very easy to listen to. You make your videos very fun and enjoyable to watchyouve really helped me learn a lot about upholstery __

@DOREENHONEYMAN2129

Brilliant video, very helpful with good clear instructions, Ill be keeping my eye on you.

@JANPETERS1168

Brilliant. Clear and very helpful.

@DEBBYRUCCI2471

Brilliant! You're the Ed China of upholstery, clear idiot-proof instructions. I am on my 1st project and wish I had seen this b4 buying 3m more than I needed!

@JACKYJB5856

Brilliant. Love the easy to follow tutorials. I am proudly on my second sofa now :-) Btw love that material, what make is it?

@JAYBEE6800

I am new to the upholstery trade and your videos are by far the most helpful I've found and I've watched A LOT of YouTube videos. Cheers and thank you for invaluable content!

@SARAPARADIS

I learned so much from this video. Detailed and well-explained thank you so much, I can't wait for more videos!

@STEPHANIEM.2909

Love the channel. Been in the trade over 30 years myself but I still pick up some nice ideas here. Keep up the good work. Wishing you much success.

@STEVENHUXTABLE1519

You are SOOOO Good! Wow! I have learned so much from you. I wish I was in Australia so you would do my furniture! Cheers mate!!

@THEREALMARINTIAESCOBEDO

I have only just found your channel and I am really glad that I did. I have a wing back chair that needs upholstery but wasn't sure how to go about it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge as I now feel confident that I can give this a go.

@VALRITAJONES4044

You really make me improve my skills thanks

@MBICELESTINE8462

Wow the information and links are extensive, thanks!

@JAMESBALL6069

AMAZING video as all of your videos and I LOVED the fabric!!!!

@MONIQUESN333

I've learned soo much thanks

@OGBENAVIDES8364

Your videos are so helpful. Thanks for making them. I've just started to learn to sew and I've learnt a ton from your videos already!

@EDENSEAGER30

Learning so much from you...thank you!

@MANDYDRISCOLL2043

The details in this video are so helpful! After watching I gained a better understanding of how to reupholster my couch. I've been checking out other videos for some time and just found this one and for me, this has been the most helpful by far. Enjoyed the bits of humour too!

@JUDYA3455

This channel is soooo helpful (and entertaining). Thank you for saving me from making a ton of mistakes.

@PDILUTIS

Thank you for the clear instructions here. I always look forward to your videos. I've watched them all at least 2 or 3 times each.

@SANDYBUSH1661

This was awesome! It definitely makes re-upholstery less intimidating. I'm excited for my 1st project! I'm re-upholstering my Great Grandmother's lounge chair that is now mine.

@SIDNEYEVANCICH

Greetings from sunny Florida! This was a great video - very clear and understandable. I appreciated the way you told us what the materials were as you used them, because I'm learning from YouTube tutorials like this, rather than taking a class.

@LORIBRAGG2947

I love your videos. Your professionalism and skills really show. I know how to sew and have done a bit of upholstery but not on this scale, so it's really informative for me to watch.

@AMYPW57

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“RESTORE, DON'T REPLACE.”

This isn’t just about furniture.

It’s about honouring memories, saving money, and making something meaningful again.

It’s about being kind to the planet. Learning a skill.

And having a laugh while you’re at it.

With Neil, you don’t just watch the lessons — you enjoy them.

Expect cheeky commentary, British wit, and real tradesman guidance

that makes you feel like you’re right there in the workshop.