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Why Buy Bespoke Furniture From The Original Chair Company?
Investing in a bespoke sofa or chair is a luxury purchase that requires careful consideration. We want you to be happy with your new furniture
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Fabrics
How To Style And Care For Leather Furniture
What’s not to love about a leather sofa? Versatile and durable, leather can look effortlessly elegant or comfortable and homey depending on your style. Any
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Chairs
How To Choose The Perfect Accent Chair
Need a functional chair that’s far from boring? Quirky accent chairs are a chic, stylish way to add colour and flair your home without even
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Interior Design
How To Balance Retro Interiors Like A Designer
If you love a retro interior, how do you strike the perfect balance? In our experience, retro is a tricky trend to get right. You’re
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Sofas
Chesterfield Sofas and Footstools: A Style Guide
Is there a more iconic piece of furniture than the Chesterfield sofa? Visit any stately home in Britain and you’re bound to see Chesterfield footstools,
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Sofas
The Best Sofas To Take A Nap On
We’ve always enjoyed the benefits of an afternoon power nap, long before working from home made it a necessity. That’s why our sofas are so
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Interior Design
Extend Your Living Space With These Conservatory Styling Tips
Remember a time when conservatory furniture equalled wicker chairs with tie-on seat pads in a dated (and faded!) floral pattern? In the case of genuine
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Fabrics
Your Ultimate Guide To Buying A Velvet Sofa
Soft, sumptuous, and effortlessly stylish, velvet brings a regal look to your home. Once thought of as impractical and only seen in stately homes, velvet
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Interior Design
A Guide To English Country House Style
The coronation of King Charles III has rekindled a love of all things British — including English country house style. This quaint, lived-in, and often
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Chairs
Comfortable and Cosy: How To Use An Armchair As A Desk Chair
Is there anything less stylish than your average office chair? Call us old-fashioned but we love sinking into a luxuriously supportive armchair to tackle the
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Reupholstery
Should You Reupholster Old Furniture Or Buy New?
It’s not easy to let go of a beloved piece of furniture. Aside from our beds, the sofa or a favourite armchair is probably where
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Interior Design
Decorating your Home in 2023
How we think of decorating our homes now We are thinking more than ever about how we use, inhabit and enjoy our homes when decorating.
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Shopping for ready made Upholstered Furniture
Buying ready made upholstered furniture from our showroom has the following benefits: As a reminder we are based in Perth, Scotland and offer regular deliveries
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Chairs
All About the Iconic Wing Chair
I love a Wing Chair…..but why? The Wing Chair (also, Wing-back chair or Wing-back) is a definite style of armchair that many of us warm to for many
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Interior Design
A Recent Project: Kitchen Refresh
The Brief To refresh a kitchen with a homely, earthy feeling for foodies. Kitchens can get away with themselves in terms of spend, so I
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Fabrics
Designing a Room: A Journey Through Fabrics
I just thought I’d share with you something that has been on my mind over recent times. We work with many lovely clients who want
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Chairs
Bar Stools to Modernise your Dining Space
Looking for a modern addition to your kitchen or breakfast bar? With a vastly growing popularity, bar stools are the latest and greatest addition to
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Chairs
Grab Your Book And Curl Up In One Of These Comfy Reading Chairs
After a busy day, there’s nothing like embracing a gentler pace of life. A cosy reading corner with a comfy chair, stacks of books, and
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Headboards
15 Beautiful Headboard Ideas
Need help creating a stunning focal point in your master bedroom? Whether you want to make a statement with a large headboard or create a
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Chairs
Our New Seat Cushion Inners
We have samples of all the seat cushions at our showroom to try, and certain models of furniture suit particular cushions. Here is a guide
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Interior Design
Finding Your Interior Design Style
How do you find your unique interior design style? Are you a modern minimalist or into eclectic interiors? Let’s find out… When working with new
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Interior Design
21 Open Plan Dining Designs For A Multi-Functional Space
Need tips on how to design the perfect open-plan dining space? Here are 21 open-plan dining and kitchen ideas to get you started. If you
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Interior Design
How To Decorate A Living Room: 11 Simple Ideas For Any Space
Decorating a large living room that is both luxurious and a cosy place for the family to curl up in at the end of the
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Furniture Care
How to Care for Your Upholstered Headboard
You’ve chosen your fabric, confirmed your dimensions, added those luxurious deep buttons – and now your custom made headboard has been fitted behind your bed!
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Our Fabric & Wallpaper Guide
Our fabric studio houses hundreds of inspiring fabrics. Whether we’re creating a starting point for a room or working to complete the look, our years
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Antique Seat Information
Introduction At one time seating reflected social status and in the Middle Ages only the head of a household had a chair, while everyone else
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Bespoke
A Come Back For The Wingback
Are wingback chairs in or out of style? Once upon a time they were everywhere, then they seemed to fall out of fashion’s favour.
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Bespoke
Made to Measure Footstools and Bespoke Sofas – a Match Made in Heaven
Take your bespoke sofa from dreamy to heavenly with the addition of a matching, made to measure footstool. Tailor made style, luxe looks and attention to detail are at your fingertips with our bespoke footstools.
26 January 2022 No Comments
Bespoke
21 Bold, Funky Chairs That Will Add Personality To Any Room
If your house feels more Ikea showroom than an authentic home, consider adding a funky occasional chair to liven things up.
25 January 2022 No Comments
Bespoke
Andrew Martin Truman – A Family Friendly Sofa
There’s plenty room to recline on our bespoke Andrew Martin Truman sofa. Whether its Friday film night or friends coming over, this L shaped corner sofa fits like a dream
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Bespoke
Your Dream Interior Deserves A Made to Measure Sofa…
Design your own sofa with The Original Chair Company, leaders of bespoke sofas in Scotland. Indulge in sumptuous velvets, fabulous florals and luxurious linens.
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Bespoke
Know your Knowle – Your guide to Knowle Sofas in 2022
Whether you find your interior inspiration by exploring the ornate chambers of Britain’s stately homes or by curling up at home with an episode of Downton, you’ll have encountered the grandsire of the modern settee: the Knole sofa.
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Bespoke
Indulge in the timeless elegance of a Howard style sofa
Combining heritage and elegance, the Howard sofa’s curved back, low arms and generous, deep seat will add character and comfort to your living room.
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Bespoke
Add a touch of class with an Oxford Sofa
Our Oxford sofa is a chic take on the classic Chesterfield sofa, taking it from Victorian gentleman’s club to modern lady of the manor.
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