Forget what’s behind those smooth-running, space-saving, practical and robust Sliderobe doors, because sliding door wardrobes will never be the same again.

Sliderobes has launched a spectacular new collection:

• It features textured faux fur, crocodile skin, leather, über chic concrete-effect and stunning metallic and high gloss wood effect.

• There’s a brand new black “Starlight” glass that simply sparkles and adds instant glamour to any room.

• And a damask flocked gloss pattern on matt doors - a very contemporary take on an older theme.

Sliderobes’ marketing manager, Niamh Boyle said,

“Forget the traditional image often associated with bespoke – this is a made to measure storage solution, for those who really want to make a serious style statement.”

“These finishes are chosen to please all tastes – from the clean and contemporary, to pretty or modern romantic looks. They are perfect for creating dramatic, masculine, classic, country or chic retro styling. Yet they are all very practical and hardwearing.”

“Our customers can make their Sliderobe entirely their own with our CAD on screen design service – where customers see every detail of their design before buying.”

Sliderobes are ideal for bedrooms, but are equally at home in stylish living rooms, or to create hallway storage.

Sliderobes designs to fit around awkward sloping walls and chimney-breasts, to create everything from Hollywood style walk-in wardrobes, elegant dressing rooms and en suite bathrooms, to small and neat closets.

Inside the Sliderobe, everything is designed to each customer’s own requirements to reflect their lifestyle. There’s a combination of tall and short hanging spaces, shoe and tie racks, drawers and shelves, to accommodate all their clothes, shoes, bags and accessories.

The new collection, like all Sliderobes, comes with a 10 year guarantee.

Also available is a wide range of freestanding coordinating furniture to go with most Sliderobes, for those who want a complete matching bedroom look.

Prices from: £1500 dependent on choice of interior and finish.

Visit the Sliderobes website to view the options.

Tel: (0800) 454 465

Wood Empire has launched a new range of home office furniture designed to hide equipment away neatly when it is not in use.

The Mobel range of purpose built, solid oak furniture, provides the perfect solution for those not wanting to sacrifice living space to create an office or study.

The Mobel Hidden Home Office Desk featured here,

• Has a pullout keyboard and workspace drawer with storage shelves underneath.

• It has tongue and groove detailing on the back and side panels to transform into a beautiful sideboard when not in use.

•  Measures W.1056mm x D.550mm x H.800mm. Priced at £590.

The Mobel Printer Cabinet, in the new collection,

• Has a lift up lid and two doors, which open to allow full access to a printer and scanner.

• It measures W.600mm x D.550mm x H.800mm and costs £455.

The Mobel 3 Drawer Filing Cabinet,

• Has dovetailed drawer joints and metal runners, ensuring it is hardwearing without sacrificing the homely look.

• Measures W.490mm x D.550mm x H.1160mm. Priced at £530.

The range also includes a selection of desks, bookcases, cupboards and living furniture that complement the Hidden Office pieces.

Wood Empire specialises in designing and making beautiful solid oak furniture. In addition to offering a comprehensive range of ready-made pieces for the dining room, living room, bedroom, plus a wide choice of occasional furniture, Wood Empire offers a bespoke service, enabling you to have furniture designed to your requirement.

For more information about the full Mobel range please visit the Wood Empire website.

Tel: (020) 7738 0808

Customers and dealers can now buy online from the Gloucester Antiques Centre and purchases will be shipped to customers directly.

The launch is a significant step forward for the company, the dealers and the customers.

The ability to transact online is something now taken for granted in many areas of business. The new website brings the Gloucester Antiques Centre bang up to date and enables customers from all over the UK and worldwide to purchase directly.

The detailed photographs and descriptions of antiques on the website deliver an experience, which is similar to shopping at the centre in person.

The quality of stock available on the website is assured by their clear dateline policy.

Since Gloucester Antiques Centre’s change of ownership in 2006, they have invested heavily in modernising the way they operate in order to improve the service and value delivered to customers and dealers.

In July 2009 the Antiques Centre moved from its previous building, which was in a very poor state of repair, to a beautiful refurbished warehouse in Gloucester Quays.

The new website is the next important step towards providing the service every customer and dealer now expects.

Fresh stock at the centre is uploaded onto the website daily and the range of items currently on show on-line provides a real taste of what is available at the Antique Centre itself.

Visit the Gloucester Antiques Centre website to view the exciting collections.

Whether you’re interested in just one white piece, or an entire bedroom collection, this trend is definitely one that will get you thinking about design in a whole new “light.”

Sheerhome is ahead of the game offering a brand new range of white furniture that can breathe new life and give a strong contemporary look to interiors.

Made from quality pine the Shanghai White range gives the right look, offering a back-drop for fresh florals and colours through accessorising.

Making a bold statement by standing out against modern décor like coloured walls, bright bedding, and large picture windows, white modern bedroom furniture is a great staple for sophisticated rooms.

Especially when paired with stylish geometric shapes and interesting textures. A white décor is anything but boring.

• Featured here is the Sheerhome Nono Console Table A and mirror set…
• The durable finish of the gleaming white lacquer finish gives a practical, yet sensational, piece of furniture the wow factor.

The Shanghai White furniture range is perfect for dressing with bold fabrics in velvets, silks, or for mixing with hand-painted restored oriental antiques, team together for an open and alluring look.

Other pieces available:
Shanghai White Side Table Set
Product Price: £199.99.

Shanghai White Trunk
Product Price: £199.99.

To view the ranges visit the Sheerhome website.

Tel: (0207) 7375004

After a year of careful consumption and toned-down luxury in 2009, Christopher Guy predicts a more confident year in 2010.

Sophisticated style is emerging, taking inspiration from everything from Alice in Wonderland to candy colours and Middle Eastern influences; this is evident in the trend for a touch of the fantastical, pastel shades, sumptuous fabrics and the intricate detailing we’re seeing.

Through the Looking Glass
With the launch of Tim Burton’s recreation of the film‘Alice in Wonderland’ in March 2010, furniture design is playing with oversized and whimsical creations.

This is reflected in bright colours, chairs that envelop us and that are big enough to seat two, along with large dramatic mirrors.

The ordinary is cast-out as we enter the surreal and break away from reality, with unconventional shapes and oversized proportions, something which Christopher Guy is renowned for.

Featured here is the Christopher Guy ‘Love Seat’ priced from £5,304.00 inc VAT, also available in a wide selection of fabrics, colours and finishes. Measures: W184 x D107 x H192 cm.

Arabian Nights
After the Maharaja trend in 2009, the strong geometric patterns of Arabian architecture and design are coming through with the rich culture of the Middle-East influencing design.

Thoroughbred Stud
Studs have transcended from the fashion catwalk onto the interiors platform. Metallic stud detailing combined with tweed and taupe fabrics celebrates a throwback to British-style.
The studded upholstered furniture adds a luxe element seen in
particular on inviting armchairs and also elegant dining chairs.

Purple
Purple, in all spectrums including violet, indigo, iris, lavender and plum
continues to be on-trend in 2010.

The darker regal hues deliver a real wow-factor adding colour and warmth whilst the paler shades such as lavender are softer and more feminine; both palettes create a unique eye-catching style.

Christopher Guy’s multitude of original designs are all hand-carved and available in a wide selection of hand finishes, with a myriad of upholstery fabric and colour choices.

All of the fabulous designs can be viewed on their extensive interactive website.

M&S has created two exciting, new-to-market products that lead the way in furniture-technology design.

The new additions are not only technologically advanced, but are beautiful, contemporary pieces in their own right, seamlessly and stylishly incorporating furniture with technology:

The Navelli Daybed

• This deluxe acoustic daybed has been designed for those who like to surf the net, watch a movie or share their favourite albums with friends - all from the comfort of their own sofa.

• The Navelli Daybed has discreet built-in speakers, hidden within the wrap around headrest, just plug into a laptop or notebook to deliver superb surround sound.

• Handmade in the UK, customers can choose from a huge range of colours in plush fabrics and leathers and settle into ultimate comfort with shape retaining foam seat cushions.

• The daybed is priced from £1799 and comes with five matching scatter cushions- it’s the future way of listening to music in the home.  Size: H111 x W163 x H173cm.

The Sonoma Media-Lifting Unit

• The second intelligent new addition to the furniture range is the Sonoma media-lifting unit.

• A unique and clever design, the unit will electronically store a TV away when it’s not in use, maximising living space and maintaining sleek, clean lines.

• Using the same mechanism as the hugely successful M&S Monroe TV bed, the Sonoma unit plugs into a mains powered wall socket and can be controlled both manually, with a switch on the side of the unit, or by remote control.

• Made from solid American oak, the unit can house a TV up to 40inches wide and can lift a load of up to 100kgs.

• With all this genius and style for just £1399, customers can now buy into the dual living-space trend set to expand over the next decade.

Visit the M&S website for more information and colour/fabric choices.

the-saleroom.com, the UK’s leading live online bidding site, recorded a 120 per cent year-on-year increase in bidder numbers in 2009, revealing growing buyer confidence in purchasing art and antiques online.

In a year when recession and credit issues dominated the headlines, the-saleroom.com bucked the trend with revenues generated by the site increasing by 55 per cent year-on-year.

With a growing International presence, the-saleroom.com appears to have a winning formula.

The value of lots sold on the site has also grown by 87 per cent with the highest price paid online for a single lot sold being £88,000 for a collection of war medals.

49 per cent more sales were connected up to ATG Media’s live bidding platform in 2009 and the percentage of lots sold over the Internet increased from 9 to 15 per cent.

the-saleroom.com has succeeded in building a world-class live antiques bidding platform and has attracted auctioneers all over the world, with sales in China, New York, Rome and Paris coming online through the platform in the last 12 months.

Anne Somers, Chief Executive of ATG Media, commented: “the-saleroom.com opens up the world of Antiques to a much larger population and is a fast, simple, reliable way of purchasing something timeless and valuable.”

Launched in 2006 by ATG the-saleroom.com, is an online service, where bidders can view hundreds of catalogues and participate in live auctions using live audio and video links.

The website provides a complete range of online services for buyers and sellers of art and antiques at auction, including a leading UK facility for live online bidding.

The site publishes a wide range of catalogues for upcoming sales, giving full details of the sale contents and highlighting star lots in each catalogue.

Visit www.the-saleroom.com to browse and bid.

The intriguing art of Windsor chair-making evolved over 300 years ago and from the shaping of the seat to the steam bending of the arms and backs, each stage required a great deal of skill.

Today, as well as a huge range of hand-made cabinetry and tables, Batheaston Furniture Makers is one of the foremost reproducers of these beautiful chairs, proudly recreating the very best furniture for generations to come.

Batheaston is a family business renowned for producing the very best Windsor chairs.

Their story started back in 1971 in a small workshop in a village on the outskirts of Bath, and today their range also includes cabinetry and tables in both traditional and contemporary styles.

Never forgetting their roots, the Windsor chair remains the backbone of this thoroughly British business today.

Experience the beauty of native hardwoods, Oak, Ash, Sycamore and Cherry from sustainable woodlands, transposed into the heirlooms of the future by Batheaston’s talented local craftsmen.

Within the realm of Windsor chairs there is enormous variety from the design of the splat to the turning of the legs and so whatever your requirements Batheaston can make the seat to suit your tastes.

Visit the Batheaston website to view their ranges of beautiful traditional and contemporary furniture.

Tel: (01225) 811295

Looking for exquisite design, contemporary elegance and personal customer service? Then step into the world of Brilliant Space and enhance your living space in the most inspiring way.

They recognize the crucial step in communicating your identity, image and personality - to create a new and exciting experience, encouraging a sense of calm, whilst creating feelings of luxury, tranquility and success.

Brilliant Space is an exclusive supplier and installer of high quality modern and contemporary Italian furniture and fittings, designed by names such as ‘Sangiocomo’ and ‘Mesons’.

Working within contemporary Italian design and style, Brilliant Space creates elegant design solutions effortlessly:

• Focusing on the Living Area, Kitchen and Bedroom, Brilliant Space innovate in storage solutions and design, offering a complete service, from expert advice on product selection to overseeing all aspects of the installation.

• The design simplicity of the products belies their impressive functionality, plus imaginative and efficient use of space.

• Meson’s kitchens are renowned for their high finish and use of unique materials that never fail to impress, and Sangiocomo wows with its quality furniture and competitive pricing.

• Sangiocomo have created a combination of units with doors, draws in different finishes, matt, or gloss lacquered colours and veneers.

• Wall units and cupboards in glass lacquer, free standing or wall hung, combined with floating shelving.

The bedroom furniture featured here, is the Arco bed in Dark Oak wood veneer, designed by San Giacomo
Headboard available in Teak and Dark Oak.
Base available in:Teak; Dark oak; Coloured matt lacquer and Gloss lacquer.
Club matching side tables and tall chests of drawers in Dark Oak.

Whether you are looking to create a warm, calming bedroom with practical wardrobe solutions, an inviting living area in which to relax, or a kitchen that can become the heart of the house, where the family can gather to eat, chat and relax, Brilliant Space is well qualified to do the job.

Visit the Briliant Space website to be inspired.

Tel: (020) 7372 5853

evitavonni’s in-house team of specialist designers are leading the way in 2010 kitchen trends with their custom-built designs.

Tristan de la Haye, Design Consultant at evitavonni comments, “In 2010 we will see more traditional styles mixed with contemporary shapes; at evitavonni we are also predicting a resurgence in dark wood kitchens, which work well balanced with circular units, contemporary lighting and light-coloured work surfaces.”

Stark minimalist kitchens are waning in popularity as consumers opt for a warmer at-home look, with the focus remaining on a social space for entertaining.

• Wood is being used as a raw material, with rich and sophisticated grains such as maple and walnut, providing an elegant backdrop to the kitchen.

• The look is juxtaposed against unusual shapes, including circular designs and rotating islands.

• An intelligently designed kitchen should look good, work effectively, suit the desired lifestyle and be as environmentally friendly and as sustainable as possible.

• Green issues have been part of the kitchen design conversation for some time, but their effect on overall interior design has been fairly minimal to date, partly due to the quality and limited availability of good ‘green’ products.

• Consumers are looking for high performing equipment to fully flex their culinary skills with high-spec stainless steel appliances on full display instead of built-in.

• Luxury appliances including coffee machines, ice makers and wine storage are becoming the norm in high-end kitchens making them ideal for practical use and entertaining.

Featured here is the evitavonni Wenge timber kitchen with detailing in Indian Rosewood priced from £75,000 Inc VAT.

evitavonni’s ‘Lifestyle Gallery’ in Surrey, showcases inspirational room sets including kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces, featuring an extensive range of internationally renowned brands and bespoke products. 27 Station Road, Chobham, Surrey GU24 8AQ.

To be inspired by the stunning collections please visit the evitavonni website.

Tel (0800) 130 3180