Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.
By the way, don’t breathe on the upholstery or I may have to gut you. (Nick)
I do not myself find it agreeable to be 90, and I cannot imagine why it should seem so to other people. It is not that you have any fears about your own death, it is that your upholstery is already dead around you.
I spend far too much time on eBay buying lamps and upholstery remnants.
My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.