Famous for their work ranging from the Soho House hotels to Windsor Castle, the bespoke furniture makers Bevan & Hely-Hutchinson have changed their name to Rupert Bevan Ltd.

As part of the move, they have also launched a new website.

This showcases their extraordinary design and craft skills, with inspiring images of their furniture and decorative finishes commissioned by architects, interior designers and private clients all over the world.

Designers and makers of fine bespoke furniture and interiors since 1991.

Working in styles from the 17th Century to minimalist modern, Rupert Bevan offer the chance to commission truly bespoke pieces for contemporary living.

Their craftsmen work with a variety of materials across a full range of styles, and enjoy relationships with a global clientele of private individuals, businesses, museums, galleries and institutions.

Featured here is the stunning Log Room in Babington House, Somerset:

• Refectory Oak Table and Club Chairs
  Design - Constructed in solid oak single boards, glued up into a single piece.
  Finish - Heavily distressed and coloured to give well worn antique feel. Matching chairs with blue leather upholstery and antiqued brass studs.
  The antiqued glass wall panelling is by Rupert Bevan Ltd.
• Length – 10940mm; Height– 750mm; Width – 1000mm.

To see what Rupert Bevan can do for you, with fine bespoke furniture and interiors, please have a good look through their work by visiting the new website.

London showroom and workshop: 40/44 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3LQ Tel: (0207) 731 1919.
Design studio and workshop: Church Farm Studios, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire SY8 2AE Tel: (01584) 856699.

Antique Furniture Designs Limited is an English manufacturer of antique style furniture with distressed antique finishes.

Incorporated from A W Murfin & Sons in 2002, the business has been involved with the antiques trade for more than 30 years.

 In its early years the company restored original antique furniture, before moving into manufacturing fine furniture, using designs of original antique dining tables, desks and other traditional furniture that the business had overtime restored to its former glory.

Their workshop in Lincolnshire, England is equipped to allow flexibility in design and dimension, enabling the company to undertake bespoke work, in addition to a standard range of antique reproduction boardroom and dining tables, desks, TV cabinets and occasional furniture.

By using the very finest materials and craftsmanship and paying meticulous attention to detail the company has established an enviable reputation as a maker of fine furniture.

Pieces include traditional antique reproduction boardroom, dining tables and desks of the Georgian, Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite periods.

Featured here is the Linen press / TV cabinet AWM48TV:

• An 18th century style linen press designed to house a television.
• Standing on splayed feet, the base has two wide over two narrow drawers.
• The oval panelled pocket fitting doors are cross-banded with a contrasting veneer.
• Inside the top is ample space for a wide screen television and ancillary equipment. Available in mahogany, burr walnut, yew and other exotic veneers. Priced from £4525.

Visit the Antique Furniture Designs website to view the gorgeous Antique style furniture collection and for further information.
Tel: (01526) 342821

The Fired Earth summer sale runs from June 19 to July 17 and they are offering up to 25% off selected wall and floor tiles, kitchens and bathroom and even 50% off special purchase and discontinued tiles.

Kitchens

• Fired Earth’s kitchens are handcrafted from the highest quality, responsibly sourced materials and work well in contemporary and traditional spaces.
• Now is a great time to think about updating yours, as there’s 15% off all freestanding and fitted kitchens - including the new fitted Bastide (in our picture) and Moderne collections by Charles Smallbone - and rising to 25% off if you spend more than £10,000. (Offer excludes worktops and appliances for fitted kitchens.)

Tiles

• Fired Earth is well known for its collection of stunning wall and floor tiles and there’s never been a better time to buy them - with up to 25% off selected tiles from the hugely popular Tile Basics collection; in fact, you can now buy tiles from just 27p each, as the Architecture tiles have been reduced by 25%.

Bathrooms

• From truly chic wet rooms through to the most romantic bathrooms imaginable, Fired Earth has pieces to suit every taste. The summer sale offers savings of up to 25% off a huge range of products.
• For example there’s 25% off Bastide bathrooms, including the Washstand 1170 - reduced from £2,495 to £1,871.25.
• There’s also 25% off the Bastide dual control shower and accessories, which are reduced from £1,565 to £1,173.75.

Plus there’s also 15% off selected wood flooring, all Lloyd Loom furniture and hand-woven rugs.

For more information on sale products and prices, please visit the Fired Earth website.

Tel: (0845) 366 0400

More and more of us are now sitting at breakfast bars in the kitchen, as well as in bars, to enjoy not only breakfast but also lunch and it is a good place to sit when you want to keep the cook company.

It is important that the chairs we sit in are not just good-looking but also comfortable.

This is where Lloyd Loom of Spalding comes in. They have a number of handsome barstools, which will fit into any interior be it super modern, or more traditional.

Featured here is the Newmarket barstool 1930’s style, with padded seat:

• Width: 520; Height: 1140; Depth: 640; Seat Height: 81.

• This product also comes in a classic dining chair.
• Standard colours.

Lloyd Loom of Spalding is an innovative British manufacturer, making the genuine Lloyd Loom weave and furniture, using traditional techniques and materials.

Every piece is individually handmade using steam-bent beech wood and the unique twisted paper and wire Lloyd Loom weave and is coloured to the client’s specification.

The factory and showroom has been in the market town of Spalding since 1985 and it’s the only company in the UK making Lloyd Loom furniture.

The range contains more than 150 different products. Visit the Lloyd Loom website to view their unique furniture products.

Tel: (01775) 724 358

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.

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.

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

Dining at home is staging a revival and Lavender & Sage aims to lure us back into the kitchen, for some good old fashioned home cooking with an award* winning furniture collection called Fermier.

Solidly made from Portugese pinewood with a natural hand waxed finish, Fermier is classic and versatile and oozes style and quality.

The range includes kitchen table and dining chairs, double unit cupboard, chest of drawers, butchers block and jam cupboard..
All pieces are made with intricate detail and excellent craftsmanship – designed to ‘age’ gracefully and last for many years to come.

Three pieces, including the kitchen table. dining chair and kitchen cupboard, come with a unique zinc top; zinc is a hardwearing surface and the more you use it the better it looks.

The kitchen table £599,with two handy drawers, provides a great worktop for food preparation and will fit perfectly into any kitchen setting, complimented by the beautifully crafted dining chairs. £179.

The kitchen cupboard £625, offers a brilliant storage solution and can store away anything from glasses to crockery and wine bottles; it also features a deep groove where you can store your knives easily.
Furthermore there is a pull out chopping board, as well as two drawers and plenty of shelving space., making it a functional all in one work station.

Meanwhile the chest of drawers £515, is a great alternative with eight numbered drawers enabling easy organisation and ample storage for tea towels, cutlery and kitchen utensils.

To complete the range there is a butcher’s block £665 and a jam cupboard £375, both fitted with drawers and shelves providing extra storage space for busy kitchens.

With such a wonderful range of furniture available from Lavender & Sage, there’s no excuse not to get into the kitchen and enjoy making some delicious home-made food.

Fermier won the Gold Award in The Best Furniture category of House Beautiful Awards 2009.

To view the whole range of French decorative home accessories and furniture please visit the Lavender & Sage website.
Tel: (0845) 6010522

For more than 100 years, Grange has been making houses into family homes with furniture that is beautiful and practical.

Drawing on history and the pared-down elegance of traditional, provincial French furniture - particularly pieces from Provence - Grange has brought together a collection that is at once timeless and yet entirely right for today.

From innovative modular furniture that adapts to suit both space and purpose, through to witty signature pieces, the Grange range is authentic, usable and an absolute pleasure to live with.

Using traditional joinery techniques, sustainable materials and timeless design, the Grange collections capture the warmth of the classic French family house and translate it into furniture that is exquisite and perfectly suited to contemporary British life.

The company has retained its manufacturing base in the Monts du Lyonnais, where craftsmen stain, lacquer, wax and polish pieces by hand, giving Grange furniture its distinctive translucency, silkiness and satin-touch finish.

Pieces from the Grange collections have their roots in history, but many have been subtly adapted, to ensure they fit perfectly in today’s relaxed family home.

Ideas are reworked, but the essence of warm, relaxed living are retained and the furniture Grange produces todaym is infused with the same passion and creativity as was the case more than a century ago; each furniture piece is unique, thanks to the wide range of stain, sheens and sizes.

There are a number of new additions to the Grange collection, particularly notable is the Table basse Jacob featured here:

• The mix of natural wood and painted finish, ensure this piece is both playful and modern, but with a definite nod towards history.

• A truly stunning piece, made of solid lime and cherry wood, with four useful small drawers and a unique take on painted wood, this table is set to become an antique of the future. Priced at £1440.
  Dimensions are: W= 150cm H= 40cm and D= 105cm.

Visit the GRANGE website to view their distinctive collections and find out where to buy in the UK.

Tel: (0870) 755 6486