Meet Wendy Conklin:
Award-winning author, speaker,
and chair stylist
Wendy is an award-winning author, speaker, and chair stylist with a passion for helping others live more creatively.
She helps clients create surroundings that truly reflect their uniqueness, zest, and personality through bespoke chairs and fabric selections.
And for those students who need the challenge of learning a creative craft, she’s their teacher of choice.
Her work has been featured in top-shelf publications including Cottages & Bungalows, Where Women Create, Cottage Style, Austin Home, and Austin Woman magazines.
Wendy lives in the Austin, Texas area with her husband, two daughters, and two furry friends, Zeus & Nike.
Expert Topics:
The art and joy of crafting antique chairs
How to take a side hustle and catapult it to a full time gig
How to be a more creative thinker
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Magazines
Better Homes & Gardens: Chairs Featured in Cottage Style Magazine
Cottages & Bungalows: Transform any space in your home with amazing, creative, custom chairs
Where Women Create Magazine: Ways I Practice Mindfulness in the Studio and Expand My Creativity
Austin Home Magazine: Sitting Pretty: Chair Whimsy Offers Customizable Chair Creations
Austin Woman Magazine: What Inspires Wendy Conklin’s Whimsical Chairs
Cottages & Bungalows: Chairs featured in A Great Romance
Podcasts
Stories of Change & Creativity: Chronicles my journey from side hustle to entrepreneur and how I turned my hobby into a full-time gig.
Make Space Podcast: Spills the beans on how I style fun chairs, mix and match prints, and make eclectic chairs work together as well as amazing tips for giving furniture pieces a makeover.
The Design You Podcast: How to be a Creative Thinker with Wendy Conklin.
Newspapers & Blogs
Apartment Therapy: Here’s How a Pair of $50 Vintage Bistro Chairs Became the MVPs of My Tiny Apartment
Austin American Statesman: Chair Whimsy Owner Donates Table and Chairs to Lugo Family
Create Whimsy Spotlight: Wendy Conklin Artist and Chair Designer