Are you ahead of a home renovation project? Are you tired of mass produced furniture? Do you have a specific taste? If the answer is yes to any of those, there is another way to furnish a house: have the furniture made.
Bespoke is a term used to describe tailor-made, customised furniture. These pieces of furniture are designed to fit your needs and taste, to lift the overall look of your London home. Today, we explain 5 good reasons why to go bespoke!
1. Customisation
You love black but light timber is not your style? Are you obsessed with gold finish, but beige is not the colour you want to match it with? Good news. When you choose bespoke furniture, you are not limited to a set of colours, patterns or materials. You can go as creative as you want. If you want a piece you will not see in anybody else’s house, that is what having it made gives you.
2. Perfect fit
If you live in a house that has odd room dimensions or angles, low or slanted ceilings, you have to wrap your head around how to furnish it. Bespoke furniture is made after precise measurements so the pieces will be designed and produced to fit into any areas of your home that wouldn’t be possible with a mainstream furniture brand.
3. Quality
If you have ever shopped from certain furniture companies who mass produce their products, you will know how quickly it gives up. If you want pieces you are not replacing after a year or two, have them made. A maker builds a frame to be repaired, not thrown away.
4. Match it
If you are in the middle of a home refurbishment project and you have already outlined the style of your home, your next step is finding matching items. However, if you really like a sofa but you can’t find fitting armchairs or you have found the perfect dining table, but the dining chairs are just not your style, start to think about bespoke furniture! Keep in mind that it is your home, so it has to radiate your taste and style. Don’t compromise with something you don’t like just because you want to finish as soon as possible. Quality work takes time and it always pays off!
5. Handmade
Bespoke furniture is made by hand, by people who have spent years learning to do it. A handmade piece carries that work in it, and it changes the feel of a room.
NU Projects has furniture, kitchens and fitted joinery made by Cochrane Bespoke, our joinery partner. Drawn with the room, made to the measured sizes, fitted by the same team that built the walls. If you want to talk about a piece, tell us what you are after, or call the studio on 020 7731 6841.
Published 26 May 2021. Written by the NU Projects studio, edited since for house style and accuracy.