Tag Archives: lounge

Furniture Exhibitions In 2015

There are plenty of furniture trade shows taking place in 2015 – the full calendar is too packed to list here, so we’ve picked out some of the main furniture exhibitions to look out for during the coming seasons. Spring Fair International Europe’s biggest home and gift trade fair hits the NEC Birmingham on February […]

Designers’ Colour Trends for 2015 – Match Classic with Contemporary

Sometimes snobby, sometimes informative, always influential – interior design style bible Elle Décor’s select poll of international designers’ expectations for 2015 colour trends in interiors is out. But how do you match something as fleeting as a ‘trend’ with your favourite furniture and art pieces? Continually redecorating and reupholstering is unrealistic, costly and time consuming […]

Choice of Leather In Chesterfield Sofas

Our leather Chesterfield sofas epitomise us here at The Chesterfield Company. We take great pride in handcrafting every single piece of furniture with quality solid beech or birch hardwood frames, overlaid with our exclusive and luxurious leathers. We use 3 leather hides for each of our leather Chesterfield sofas which are European in origin and […]

How to make a small space look bigger

We can’t all live in luxurious homes with ample space for all your furniture. Therefore it’s important that you utilise the space that you do have in order to make a smaller space appear bigger. Here are five ways to do just that – ranging from the everyday to the more adventurous. 1. Light and […]

Simple Ways To Change Your Homes With The Seasons

Many of us spring clean our homes each year, clearing out the dust and cobwebs from having it all shut up during the winter months, but can you go further? Even with a fixed design scheme in place, it can be possible to reflect the changing seasons outside in the way you use your interiors. […]

5 Brilliant Storage Ideas

Regardless of how you feel about storage, it’s something every home needs, and you face the decision of whether you want your storage to be visible, and part of your interior design scheme, or hidden away in ingenious places around your home. Here are five of our favourite storage ideas, which together offer a selection […]

5 Tips For Decorating Your Conservatory

Conservatories have only relatively recently become something that a large number of households have access to – before that they were the preserve of the relatively wealthy, and while that is still true to a certain extent, more and more of us are able to afford to have one built, or to buy a home […]

Chesterfield Sofas – Where It All Began

Where did Chesterfield sofas first appear? Northerners might hope to claim them as hailing from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, but sadly this is not the case. Quite the opposite in fact, as their invention is generally credited to Lord Philip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, not to be confused with the several other Philip Stanhopes […]

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 […]

How To Transform Your Living Room Into A Cosy Retreat

Your living room has a unique place in your home – whereas the other rooms have clearly defined roles for cooking, dining, bathing and sleeping, the lounge is for… well, lounging. That means different things to different people, so your idea of a cosy retreat could be anything from a home cinema with surround sound, […]