About Us

Meet Rohan and Benson…

Nucleus Designs & Upholstery Melbourne is my dream come true.  I get to take my best mate Benson (a rescued 12 year old Lab cross Rottie) to work everyday and do what I love doing.

I was one of those weird kids who use to pull all my toys apart to see how they worked…didn’t make mum very happy but made me more and more interested in the functionality of everything.

I spent my early twenties doing just about everything from making cheesecakes to delivering the post until I started to get into cabinet making and carpentry.  It was then I rediscovered my love of functionality, building things with my hands and design.

I started my apprenticeship in cabinet making but decide to move over to upholstery in 2000.  I was in love with the trade and went to work as an apprentice for Woodward’s Upholstery, Canberra.  It was a 4 year apprenticeship but being an over achiever I completed it in 3!

During the apprenticeship I sucked up every bit of knowledge around me and worked closely with a motor trimmer and seamstress who taught me different methods and skills that I still use today.

In 2006 I packed up the car and Benson to follow my dream of living in Melbourne so here I am with my best mate Benson, my chosen profession and all the enthusiasm in the world to run a successful upholstery business while continuing to enjoy life.