Best of British: UK Made Products from Furniture 123

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With fears about itchy sofas and the environmental cost of cheap imports, many customers are looking a little closer to home for their next furniture purchase. Furniture 123 has always supported home grown products and this is a small selection of UK made furniture available from the UK’s leading online retailer.


Lloyd Loom of Spalding - Belvoir Coffee Table and Burghley Seating
When you purchase items by Lloyd Loom of Spalding you can be sure you are getting quality furniture made from start to finish in the UK by British craftspeople. Dating back to 1917, Lloyd Loom is the revolutionary patented method for manufacturing wicker like material originally intended for use on baby carriages! Kraft paper is twisted and wrapped around wire to create the Lloyd Loom weave. Highly skilled craftspeople then upholster the weave onto steam bent beech frames. Lloyd Loom of Spalding offer a range of finishes and the final touch is the world famous badge: the sign of genuine British Lloyd Loom furniture.


Jay-Be - Honesty Bed
Jay-Be is proud to be an award winning UK manufacturer of designer beds, kids beds, sofa beds, ottoman beds, guest beds and mattresses. It believes one of the key factors contributing to its success is a passion for designing great looking products as well as offering an excellent choice of finishes. These products are always backed up with a longer than standard guarantee. Based in the heart of West Yorkshire and originally founded in 1968, Jay-Be always strives to use the best materials and its craftsmen have many years of experience, ensuring that the highest standards are maintained.


Forest Sofa - Statton Leather Armchair
Forest Sofa is a true UK manufacturer: designing, developing and producing a range of both traditional and contemporary leather and fabric sofas. All of its items featured on the Furniture123 site are individually hand made in the company’s Manchester factory, where Forest Sofa control the complete upholstery process from the use of solid birch or beech for the frame construction, to the final hand studding or antiquing.

At the UK’s largest online-only furniture retailer you will find a fantastic selection of items for every room in the house, as well as the garden, all accessible from the comfort of your own home. Furniture123.co.uk offers free delivery on all items to mainland UK. The 7 day money-back guarantee ensures that customers are able to receive a full refund if they are unhappy with their purchase.

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A buyer's guide to leather furniture

Let Furniture123 take the stress out of buying furniture with our series of buyer's guides, produced in association with Real Homes magazine.




Leather furniture looks great in any room, but what type should you go for and how can you look after it? Our buyer’s guide gives you the lowdown on this popular, luxurious material.

Types of leather
The reason all leather looks different is simply because it is. There are two main types of upholstery leather: full-aniline and semi-aniline. The most expensive is full-aniline. It’s the most natural leather and has a soft feel to it. The leather is dyed in a vat to the required colour but isn’t given a top coating, so it breathes more easily. However, this makes it prone to staining as it absorbs liquid easier. Semi-aniline leathers are dyed, then a fine layer of top coating is applied to protect it, making semi-aniline more practical for most homes.

Faux leather
Faux leather furniture is becoming increasingly popular as it’s cheaper than the real thing but achieves the same warm, luxurious look. Unlike real leather, it won’t act the same way in different temperatures and it may damage more easily as it is usually made of a thinner fabric.

Coloured leather
Leather furniture and accessories don’t just have to be brown, black and cream. Suppliers are now offering leather sofas and other furniture in an increasingly wide range of colours – red and white are proving popular options, and look superb in a contemporary scheme. Why not continue the theme with coordinating coloured leather (or faux-leather) storage boxes?

Beds
Leather beds are becoming ever more popular, and as such are easier than ever to come by. Leather beds are available in a variety of styles and finishes from the ultra modern to the traditional, and the luxurious nature of the material means it will be cool to the touch in summer and warm in winter.

Dining chairs
While we only used to see leather armchairs, the material is now widely used in dining chairs, too. A major benefit of leather dining chairs is that they wipe clean and complement a wide range of tables. They’re also very robust and, unlike their fabric counterparts, look better with age.

Sofas
Whether you opt for a classic British Chesterfield or a sleek, ultra-modern Italian design, a leather sofa is a great addition to any style of living room. Leather sofas are hard wearing and, depending on the type of leather you opt for, are less prone to staining than conventionally upholstered sofas. And, if you look after it properly it could last you a lifetime.

Top tips for leather care
Buy specific leather furniture care products, and don’t assume that the polish and waxes you use on shoes or handbags can be used on furniture, too.

Keep leather furniture away from direct sunlight and heat – especially avoid placing a leather sofa against a radiator that is in use.

To keep your leather soft and supple, invest in a softening cream. Simply apply it with a cloth and, after 30 minutes, buff the leather to a soft sheen to prevent cracking.

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