e Furniture 247 magazine

Milano Oak Range

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:35:00 +0000

We're about to launch a new range of Oak furniture, The Milano Oak Furniture range.

The solidly crafted Milano oak range of furniture is a new addition to our range for this spring. The range is extensive and has beautiful items for the dining room, kitchen living room, bedrooms and even the home office.

Distressed furniture

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Distressed Furniture

We've been getting some questions recently about distressed furniture so here's a quick run down on what it is, and how it's achieved..

Distressing, also known as antiquing, is used to age contemporary pieces of furniture. Here are a few of the more accessible ways to age your furniture. However, before you rush off and try it yourself, take a look at some original antiques to try and mimic the same marks and scratches that these have acquired over the decades.

1. Nuts and bolts

Take a handful of nuts and bolts and put them in a canvas bag. Use this to strike the wood, producing dents and bruises in the wood's surface. Make sure that you hit the wood in a random fashion and concentrate on the edges of a table and on the legs - areas where the most wear and tear is likely to occur in old furniture.

2. Stain

Once distressed, smear the surface with a water-based stain. Take special care to run the stain into all of the dents and bruises so that they will appear darker. Once the stain is satisfactory, seal the wood using a shellac sealer. This will hold the stain in.

3. Cup Rings

Old table tops typically suffer from cup rings. These are caused by mugs of steaming-hot coffee being placed onto the wood, or by a film of alcohol on the underside of a beer glass. To replicate such a mark, fill a round-based metal container (such as a canned food tin) with hot water and wet its underside. Leave this on the wooden surface for about ten minutes to produce a dark ring.

4. Dirt stains

Mix alcohol and pigment with French polish and apply with a brush. Cover the entire surface with this concoction and rub well into the wood to create a darker finish. After this mixture has dried, apply a coat of clear polish. Once this has been applied, buff the product using firstly a circular motion, but finishing with a straight motion (with the grain). Stop short of creating the sheen that you would usually want to make. Once this is done, rub 000 wire wool along the grain to dull the polish a little more.

5. Paste Wax

Finally apply a coat of dark-colored paste wax to increase the aged appearance of the piece.

6. Make sure you try out your techniques on an unwanted item of furniture, not one of the pieces you've just acquired from efurniture247!

Have fun!

Swatches and the like

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:43:00 +0000

We know how important it is to have new furnishings match your existing style and furniture and, where possible, we are happy to provide swatches to help you choose the right product for your home.

Swatches are available on all our footstools and bespoke furnishings. To order a material swatch, just select the 'order a sample' near the image of the swatch that you think you may like. We aim to send swatches out within 24 hours.

With our branded furniture it's unfortunately not always possible to provide a material sample as this would involve having to break down products. In these cases, we will aim to provide higher resolution images that allow you to check the product against your own hime furnishings.

Bedroom Furniture

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:18:00 +0000

Furnishing your bedroom doesn't need to cost a fortune as you can settle for Bedroom Furniture that's stylish and great value. Everybody has a vision of how to redesign their bedroom but many of us are constrained by out budget.

There are various styles and designs of Bedroom Furniture. You can choose from furniture ranging from pine to mahogany, and plastic to metal. A few things should be kept in mind while choosing Bedroom Furniture: it should be in keeping with the general taste and style of your room, fill the available space, be practical and be hard-wearing.

Many people look for high-quality Bedroom Furniture and you can get some great shopping deals online. Shopping online is fun, stress-free and you can get some great bargains in the process.

Working from home..?

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:55:00 +0000

Furnishing your home study with quality furnishings becomes an important decision if you are spending more and more time working from home.

As well as the comfort benefits, choosing quality office furniture over a cheap DIY desk will be better value in the longer term. This is especially true as home computer equipment becomes larger and heavier and therefore puts a mechanical strain on cheap furniture.

You may also want to think about the mechanical security of cheap furniture. If you've spent over £1000 on you iMac, would you want to trust it on a £17.99 desk from a discount outlet?

If you enjoy contemporary furniture, why not extend this enjoyment to your workspace? There are many many ranges of home office furniture based on metal and glass as well as the traditional wood. Making your home office part of your home will make your workspace more enjoyable, safer and in-keeping with your home.

Want some privacy?

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:30:00 +0000

Net curtains used to be about the only way of getting some privacy in your street level windows but they look fussy and tend to be outdated for today's cleaner, more minimalistic homes.

A more modern approach is to use window films, much like the ones that shop fitters use. They allow light into your home while providing a good level of privacy; how much privacy will depend on the design you choose for your home.

Window film comes in a range of frosted design and also with decorative cut-outs. They look great, are simple to fit and provide a great modern alternative to net curtains. For more info, take a look at brume.co.uk.

Solid Pine Furniture Range Arrives

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:03:00 +0000

The Kingston bedroom collection is made from solid pine and finished in a light wax, embodying the tranquility of Old World Living. The drawer fronts have dovetail joints and the drawer bottoms and back panels are tongue and groove. Prices start at a £53.99 for this three door chest and the range includes a full selection of bedroom furniture including solid pine wardrobes, solid pine chest of drawers and beds.

Discount Code Available From Today

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:37:00 +0000

Starting today, October 1st, you can get an extra 10% discount on all purchases at http://www.efurniture247.co.uk.

Just enter the special code, xtra10wint08, when you check out and a 10% discount will be applied to your total basket price.

Special code valid from 01.10.08 through 31.12.08

some great new ideas

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:54:00 +0000

If you're looking for a new item of furniture to lift yourself for that Xmas dinner, look no further than here..

Oak Dining

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Do you want to add a bit of class to your dining room? Oak is the perfect material, it's strong and durable yet gives a superb effect and a touch of class. Strong enough to withstand a fair few crashes and bangs and durable enough to survive everday use, oak is the ultimate material for dining room furniture.

The people over at Living Direct were obviously not just thinking about practicallity when they designed their new genova range. The chairs are covered with a brown leather cushion for comfort, and they've kept the shapes simple to make sure the genova range looks good in any setting.
Price? Well a table and 4 leather covered chairs will set you back just ₤1,250! A small price to pay for the ultimate in style and comfort.

Ever thought of a footstool?

noreply@blogger.com (livingdirect) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:47:00 +0000

The footstool started out as something practical, but over the years it has evolved into something simply decor. Over time, the theme of footstools seemed pretty consistent: small, made of wood, used as a foot-propper or a stair-stepper.

Today the footstool is emerging as a separate class of furniture in its own right. It can now be used as something to sit on, place something on, hide something in, or as a decorative piece for an entire room.

With a choice so wide there is no better place to search and buy your new footstool than at Footstools Direct. Their range is large enough to satisfy any discerning furniture shopper and the choice of fabrics and leathers is unsurpassed. Footstools can be ordered in various sizes. Its shape can be organised to fit into the smallest or largest of spaces and the height of the footstool can be varied by an excellent choice of appropriate legs and feet. No suite of sofas and chairs should ever be without a footstool...

The footstool is the central point of relaxation, becoming an oasis of calm after yet another weary day at work. Even if you can only grab yourself a few minutes of quality time ensure that you gather up your footstool and take the weight off your feet just for a few moments.