The hammer, stapler plier wall and some have become indispensable tools for housewives.
Eighteen women have begun today to upholster chairs, sofas and antique furniture found in containers or that have donated their families.
The course of upholstery is one of many scheduled workshops that the Department of Women for this year.
The course, which lasts until May, takes place on Thursday mornings, 9.30am to 12.30pm.
During that time, an old ship Vistalegre has become a welcoming place.
There will come over the coming months the group of women to restore the junk they have at home.
Although the first day of the workshop, the ladies and look professional.
Browse magazines for ideas, pick the fabrics that line the furniture or clearing.
In fact, according to the same instructor, Carmen Martinez, the base of the upholstery is to disarm the entire cabinet and start from scratch, as if they'd make it.
The students agreed that the workshop will take the course because it is much cheaper to fix a common household objects to take it to a shop.
However, there are those who consider joining with other housewives and small business to create a tapestry.
A score of COURSES
The Department of Women scheduled for this year more than twenty workshops and training courses, recycling and leisure.
Painting, restoration, roll and theater are some of the workshops offered by the council until May, while between the courses emphasize the computer, and the caretaker of the elderly.
One of the biggest bets this year has been to care for the elderly s.
The mayor of Women, Clara Heredia, has outlined the importance of this training because you learn to care for your own old, to work in any hospital and also the degree you get you can open doors in the workplace.
In the beginning was going to take a single course of elderly care, but given the reception given to women, since the council decided to make two.
The next start in March and already covered the 15 places available.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena