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Furniture Care – Leather Sofa

Leather is a natural material, and imperfections such as colour variations, grain roughness, and unique markings are to be expected. These imperfections are natural characteristics of the hide and indicate the genuine authenticity of real leather. It’s important to note that the samples shown or provided may not be from the same batch of hide […]

Choosing Your Living Room Flooring

So you’ve decided on the design, the size, the filling… But there is one last decision to make in terms of your leather sofa – the colour. Or maybe you’ve had your lovely sofa for years and you are giving your flooring an update? But whether you are replacing your floor or choosing the colour […]

The Making of a Chesterfield

Here at The Chesterfield Company, every single one of our leather Chesterfield sofas are lovingly handcrafted here at our factory in Manchester using techniques that have been handed down through generations of expert upholstery makers. All our sofas are made to order and you can choose one of our existing designs created by our in-house […]

How To Care For Your Chesterfield Sofa

  Like thousands of discerning homeowners worldwide, you’ve chosen your perfect chesterfield Sofa and it looks great in your room. Natural distressing and aging can add to the visual appeal of a chesterfield sofa over time but it’s important to protect against unsightly cracking, drying and stains.   Cleaning a Leather Chesterfield Sofa Leather is […]

Curtains Or Blinds? How To Decide!

We all need our privacy from time to time, but what’s the best way to get it when you’re in a room with windows? The two usual suspects are curtains and blinds, but which is better? Curtains Curtains are what most of us probably had in our homes when we were growing up, and the […]

A Little Guide To Mix And Match Dining Room Decoration

Mix and Match is a hot trend in dining room decoration, and a good way of dressing a room on a budget, to achieve a distinctive visual style, or if you simply want some understated elegance without the usual formality of a matching dining room furniture set. Despite the apparently random nature of Mix and […]

Does Your Sofa Suit Your Lifestyle?

What does a sofa mean to you? Is it a place to sit comfortably but still upright, with friends or family by your side? Or do you have a sofa all to yourself, with room to lounge around in and, if you choose, to lie across the cushions instead of sitting? The way you prefer […]

Living Room Furniture – Our Buying Guide

Choosing living room furniture isn’t always easy – you need to balance the desire for comfort with the appearance of your chairs and sofas, while making sure you invest in something that will still last and look food for many years to come. When you buy vintage and antique living room furniture, you remove some […]