Tag Archives: tips

How to: style Art Deco décor

Geometric shapes, metallic surfaces, glass or mirrored finishes and intricate details – these are the generic traits of the Art Deco interior design movement that is often replicated today. The design era started in the 30’s and now has strong influences from each decade – especially the 50’s and 70’s. The whole purpose of this […]

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 […]

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 […]

Glorious Coffee Tables For Your Living Room

Living rooms often have plenty of places to sit, but not many surfaces on which to place anything else. A great sofa is the centerpiece of any lounge, but for practicality’s sake it’s always useful to have a coffee table within easy reach. Choose wisely and this can add more than just a resting place […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Interior Trends for 2013

This year the focus on Interior Trends has been colour and textures. With our handmade Chesterfield Sofas we offer various styles from Wing Chairs, Stools to Leather Sofas and Sofa Beds. Customers at The Chesterfield Company are encouraged to order a free brochure and select up to 6 leather swatches. There are four types of […]