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Toby 🏳️‍🌈

@balhamyte.bsky.social
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Upholsterer linktr.ee/tobyrivers Born & bred Londoner. Alexander McQueen summed it up 'London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration'

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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ours would panic because the food man had died if it was the husband. As long as he is alive to con treats out of she will be happy… even though I know she loves me more really!
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tonight’s show proves the error in Jon’s belief that the press shouldn’t be independently regulated. They should absolutely be. They have proved with the disgusting bravado & lack of introspection that many in the press have no fear of reprimand as they know there is no effective regulation
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sadly the Guardian and many other media sources from all sides of the political spectrum crossed many lines. And now Caroline Flack is being referenced again as a cautionary tale. No point them talking about her when they have obviously learned no lessons
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m intrigued who that was. There are a couple I am definitely not gelling with
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What do you think of the sewers this series? Love Sophie presenting. She is a client of mine and great fun in the real world
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’m loving that band of yellow creeping in from the Channel. Bring on yellow as we have had enough of the dark red
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Congratulations Andy, wonderful news. Your work is the perfect celebration of Pride
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
That made me laugh… 🐈 “oh for goodness sake he’s at it again”
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Pride everyone, whatever you are up to may the day treat you well & may your home be full of cushions… talking of which, how about a treat for yourself or a loved one? Created via a collaboration of two LGBT+ people. The wonderful artist @sylvesterartist.bsky.social & myself, an upholsterer 🏳️‍🌈
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Thank you for the shoutout Cris. Collaborating with Andy was fun and getting to create something different from his fantastic paintings was a pleasure. Very pleased you like yours
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Worth every penny, even if I do say so myself. Beautiful paintings created by @sylvesterartist.bsky.social replicated in detail onto a tactile, high quality velvet then handmade into large cushions by me. A lot of compliments from those who saw them in person at Andy’s wonderful exhibition…
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Let’s see how Tommy ten-names’ attack gimps cope the next time they decide to ‘protest’. They love a mask. I guess the police will just continue to avoid using facial-recognition technology so their colleagues in the crowd won’t get identified 🙄
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I would be hard pushed to find a Brit who could speak French in Balham these days!
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If near Cheltenham go see @andyduchess.bsky.social’s wonderful show at Spring Cheltenham… buy a painting, a print or a limited edition hand-made cushion. If you can’t make it but interested in the cushions message me or Andy. £60 each, softest velvet & obviously featuring Andy’s fabulous portraits
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Thank you. I was very careful with the print company I brought on board as it was essential the details of Andy’s brushstrokes were retained. And went for the short velvet to keep them as tactile as possible. Then made them all up by hand. I’m really pleased with them
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Amazing, thank you. I’m definitely up for future collaborations with Andy. Love his work and it lends itself so well to fabric creation
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Another fantastic portrait. Andy really is a talented artist. The skin tones and shadows are wonderful. The pink hat no knickers is still the winner for me
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
That is fantastic. Are your others public (so to speak!). I discovered Andy back in the days when he painted Twitter profile faces. Love the two he did of me and my husband. Also have three small landscapes. Creating the cushions for him was a joy
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Loved this portrait when I saw it last night @jmcl1980.bsky.social One of Andy’s show highlights for me
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Under a different label isn’t he describing himself and his cult? ICE on the streets murdering people, economy heading to collapse, people unable to afford healthcare or quality food, international wars aiming to exterminate enemies and enforce Trump indoctrination? America, you in danger girl
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Would be rude not stop off for lunch on the way home from Cheltenham #IYKYK
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Cheltenham, you have been gorgeous
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great to meet you both this evening. A lovely surprise to chat to another Westwood connoisseur!
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thank you Neale, was lovely to meet you both and see the fabulous exhibition as a whole #pinkbacksplease
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A selection of the wonderful faces captured in paint by the talented hands of @andyduchess.bsky.social
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A pleasure collaborating with you on this collection Andy. Your portraits look stunning printed on velvet
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Near Cheltenham this weekend? Pop in to Spring Cheltenham to see Andy Sylvester’s colourful, evocative collection of portraits. You can also buy one of the handmade velvet cushions Muse Bespoke Upholstery have made in collaboration with Andy. Or message to snap one up! £60 each plus p and p
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Looks amazing. Can’t wait to see it all in person… cushions on their way ❤️
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Streeting is Labour’s Gove
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Proud of @exiledinlondon.bsky.social and us ❤️❤️
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Dan @exiledinlondon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A double celebration this evening. My being promoted at work 🎉 and Ten years to the day with @balhamyte.bsky.social 😊
The picture shows an eye-level shot of a table in a restaurant. There is a glass of champagne in the foreground and two Espresso Martinis behind it.
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Love the trousers. Willing to share where you bought them from please?
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A Suckerburke platform so many staying away from it
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
America, sort your sh!t out. Your lunatic is f*cking up the world #GetRidOfTrump
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Just the way we like it too!
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The headboard and great decor choices you made look great in both tones 😀 #Win
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Liz Truss vibes. All talk and no facts that others could rely on (or even understand in many of their cases)
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Anyone else got Liz Truss vibes from Hariette? #TraitorsUK
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
With April. She has to be got rid of. Awful character and dead behind the eyes acting
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
When is this storyline going to die? Appalling acting, totally unbelievable and past caring what happens to April. Basing such a dark story around someone who has one facial expression and a character with no redeeming features was a big mistake #Emmerdale
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
… and cake
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Yup, realised the simpler version after I worked out my way
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Not seen one of these for ages. Good to have them popping back up on my feed again. As always I made it far too complicated for myself, I panicked! 100+75=175 6+5=11 25-11=14 175+14=189
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
You are underplaying public opinion this evening. This isn’t about houses. It is about accountability, truth for the victims, responsibility. It very much is also about levels of complicity from Charles. The family as a whole are appallingly silent, they are complicit now even if not previously
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I think I need to do a bit of a clear up at the workshop as no space to attach any of the rest of the mess to the walls
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Happy 5th @exiledinlondon.bsky.social Thank you for being my rock, especially considering the way this year has behaved
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I was just about to ask if she had. What a gorgeous face. That is an expression that deserves all the biscuits
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Toby 🏳️‍🌈 @balhamyte.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Take sips from the wrong side of a glass of water. Bend over the glass and drink from the other side to standard. Always works for me. Good luck
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