Reid Furniture was founded in 1970, initially dealing only with trade and didn’t retail any of the company’s own products.

It was soon realised that the business could be run more profitably and efficiently, if it cut out the middleman and retailed directly with the customer, giving customers exactly what they want, at a competitive price.

Whether you are entertaining family or friends, Reid Furniture can help you make a statement in your dining room this summer, offering excellent craftsmanship and value for money.

Reid’s collection features inspirational designs from the leading manufacturers right around the world, making it easy to create the perfect dining room setting in any home.

New for summer 2008 is the Natural Drift dining collection featured here, made from solid re-claimed wood, evoking a rustic charm.

Available with bench style seating or chairs, each piece is individually unique, with colours that mellow with age adding to its character.
Priced from: bench £249and tables from £599.

Also new to Reid this summer is the Alfresco dining room collection; finished with veneered oak and complete with four contrasting ‘stow away’ faux leather chairs - a perfect space saver for modern living.
Priced from: table and chairs £699.

Web: http://www.reidfurniture.com.

Inside Out Contracts Ltd one of the leading lights of the UK contract furniture industry has produced their 2008 furniture brochure, which presents many unique new products.

This year is a bit different, as Inside Out have launched their Decadent Dining range; in contrast to clean minimalism, the company is embracing some of the classic ornate designs from history and updating them, with new vibrant textured fabrics and glitzy wood finishes.

The Rococo chair - The more historically minded of you will recognise the 18th Century French inspiration, but not the metallic silver finish!

The ‘Embellish’ fabric from the Inside Out range perfectly complements the chair’s design.

If you are looking for something a bit more subtle, then the Sophia Chair is a perfect composition of elegance and sophistication.

All the chairs are available in a wide choice of stain repellent, fire resistant fabrics from Inside Out’s standard range.

The base of the featured table is solid cast iron and reassuringly heavy, with a top finished in Damask pattern.

Inside Out Contracts have always offered a space planning service to their customers, and a full design service for their bespoke furniture.

However this year, they are launching an Interior Design service to clients who want help from a company used to and respected for, working within timescale to a strict budget.

Web: http://www.insideoutcontracts.com

Tel: (020) 8305 3130

Update and personalise your dining space with a brand new look from Furniture Village with four very different dining styles on offer.

Choose sleek and contemporary, traditional or rustic - all are perfect for entertaining at home whatever the occasion.

The Hawthorn dining room furniture featured, is handcrafted from solid oak and oak veneers.

Luxuriously upholstered in stylish brown leather; it brings contemporary elegance to any dining space and just perfect for a large family gathering, with a table that extends to seat ten.

New York – Will inject style and vibrancy into your dining experience, with its contemporary light reflective chrome and a choice of lively colours, you can effortlessly recreate that seventies retro look - ideal for stylish kitchens or compact apartments.

Rossini - A new collection from Italy, transports designer glamour straight to your dining room; designed by Giorgio Soressi, this sleek range has a glossy dark walnut veneer giving an elegant and high glamour finish.

Avignon – Elegant and yet beautifully practical, is handcrafted from solid Acacia hardwood, with a hint of rustic charm; the quality crafted country style dining table is available in two sizes and comes with four chairs; it’s made to withstand the toughest rigours of family life.

Either visit one of the Furniture Village 35 stores around the country, or order online:

Web: http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk

Tel: 0800 7833 833

Bring some Eastern calm to the New Year and cheer up January with a refreshing new look for your home.

Orchid’s New Year sale is the perfect opportunity to pick up a restored Chinese antique, or perhaps some beautiful accessories at a fraction of their usual cost.

Orchid has some brilliant bargains to help get 2008 off to the right start, with discounts up to 60% and nationwide delivery:

Why not invest in a classic piece of furniture such as a traditional sideboard, which are making a come back thanks to their sleek style and generous storage space.

The featured black lacquered sideboard is from the Tienjing province and comprises four drawers and double opening cupboard; normally £2,800, but with 30% off, its just £1,960; Orchid is offering a great selection of sideboards in a range of styles and colours, all with various discounts.

Alternatively, consider a cabinet from Orchid’s wide selection, which includes everything from bedside tables, to the popular wedding cabinet being reduced.

The stunning wedding cabinet is a truly stylish storage solution - why not use it to help you be more organised this year; the price is cut from £2,100 to just £1,155 – a fantastic 45% off. (See our previous article about this attractive piece.)

Start the New Year as you mean to go on with stylish storage and beautiful accessories from Orchid’s January sale.

Web: http://www.orchidfurniture.co.uk

Tel: +44 (01264) 811111

Orchid’s range of sideboards can provide the perfect solution for keeping every day clutter under control.

When a lack of space is a concern, why not opt for a stylish sideboard in which to keep a whole host of nick-knacks, from keys and pens, to old Christmas cards or photo albums?

Orchid’s comprehensive selection of hand-picked furniture, ensures that the perfect piece can be found to suit any hallway, living room or bedroom space.

Sideboards can be used almost anywhere in the home and offer a surprising amount of additional storage space; each sideboard has internal shelves that maximises its usefulness, as a chic alternative to standard home office shelving.

For a dramatic style statement, select one of Orchid’s exclusive designs such as the ‘Mandarin’ sideboard – solid and sleek, available in black or brown elm wood.
Illustrated here are: Orchid - Black Sideboard from £1200, Pillow lamp from £225, Horn Chair from £320, Wall Panel from £215.

Web: http://www.orchidfurniture.co.uk

Tel: +44 (01264) 811111

Wood Empire is a specialist manufacturer of solid oak furniture, offering a comprehensive range of stylish, dining, living, bedroom and occasional furniture, all of which are available in a wide choice of colours and finishes.

The company supplies directly from their factory and use only the highest class timber from sustained forests, which means they can offer superb quality and contemporary design, at remarkably low prices; delivery times can be as quick as ‘next day’ if the item is in stock.

Wood Empire provides a choice of quality ready made or bespoke furniture and has a team of craftsmen and designers ready to advise and assist you. Delivery time for bespoke pieces is usually between six and eight weeks.

Featured here is the elegant Conic Dining Set:
Contemporary solid oak table (sits up to 12 people when extended) from £560.00.
Sideboard £680.00.
Virgio Dining Chairs with brown leather seat £135.00.

Every piece of furniture is hand finished to the highest standards, in 23 leather and upholstery colours; 40 stain colours; 3 natural wood finishes – linseed oil, lacquer, or oil-wax.

Web: http://www.woodempire.co.uk
Tel: (020) 7350 1083

China Mainland is a UK company, specialising in an outstanding range of authentic Chinese furniture and all of the pieces can be custom made to the customer’s specific size and design.

The furniture is all made from solid kiln-dried Chinese rosewood and is sourced from managed plantations in the north of China; every piece is handmade and finished by expert craftsmen using the traditional techniques and skilled carpentry dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 221).

All pieces are available in a range of sizes and wood colours all having interlocking mortise and tenon joints, with dovetailed drawers; furniture can also be made to measure to fit your precise requirements.

Tables can be supplied to seat from four to thirty people in a range of beautiful designs, including Mother of Pearl, Cherry Blossom, Long Life, French, Plain and other traditional Chinese designs.
 
Pictured here is the Mother of Pearl Table (Ref. 2062) - a solid rosewood dining room table with mother of pearl in-laid design and matching chairs/carvers with two removable leaves, to seat a maximum of 8 people. Available in a choice of sizes and colours.

Dimensions: 203×112x76H cm; 80×44x30 inches.

Currently priced at £3,899 normally £4,594. Free delivery to anywhere in the UK.

Web:  http://www.chinamainland.co.uk
Tel:  (0207) 706 9662

Orchid Furniture is leading the way when it comes to locating original Chinese Antiques, carefully sourced from China, which fit superbly with English lifestyles.

Chinoiserie is one of the hottest trends this year and Orchid Furniture’s selection of superb quality Wedding Cabinets, is an ideal way to embrace the Oriental style:

Traditionally in Southern China a Wedding Cabinet was filled throughout a girl’s life with homely gifts towards her eventual marriage; it would then leave with her on her wedding day as part of her dowry.
 
They provide the perfect place for keeping favourite cashmere jumpers or freshly cleaned linens.

It can also be used in the dining room to display favourite china and crystal, or as a stylish drinks cabinet.

Made from Elm wood, each cabinet features a circular plate with a metal fastening, which closes to create what is known as the ‘togetherness panel’.

Orchid carefully restores every cabinet using traditional restorers, to maintain the integrity of the piece; they are fitted with two removable shelves and a hanging rail as standard, but can be adapted to suit a variety of uses.
 
Featured here is a Chinese 19th Century Lacquered elm, black wedding Cabinet. (LH1-54)  Priced at £1285.
Height 175cm ; Depth 50cm; Width 100 cm.

Visit the website for more exciting oriental inspiration:

Web:  http://www.orchidfurniture.co.uk
Tel:    +44 (01264) 811111

Movement and variation while sitting is essential. Therefore, the chairs we sit in should accommodate the natural human desire for movement as we tend to sit at the dining table for hours, especially when entertaining guests.

Varier’s trendy dining chair Date, follows your body movements in a natural way, due to mechanical tilting parts hidden inside the seat; you can move forwards and backwards and the chair follows your natural movements keeping your spine in its normal position.
 
The dining chair is available in a wide range of fabrics and colours -more than 200 colours of fabric and 3 different colours for the legs -chrome, matt chrome and black lacquer.

The easy glide zipper makes it simple to change the cover, or colour and also assists easy cleaning.

Bloc™ is a new durable and elegant table in solid wood; available in oak, walnut splint and core beech and every table is unique, as the structure of the tree is visible in the solid table top.

The table is available in different sizes and 10-12 Date™ chairs fit comfortably around the largest size.

Date™ retails from £319.00 and Bloc™ retails from £1,689.00.

Web:  http://www.varierfurniture.com
Tel:   (0845) 603 7074

Spring has arrived and ILVA the new Danish home furnishing store has launched its spring / summer 2007 collection, with a huge range of stunning, quality furniture.

With the lighter, brighter days here at last, it’s time to consider refreshing our home’s interior, not just the wardrobe!

Updating the theme and style of your home has never been easier with ILVA’s affordable prices – for example:

Inject some spring and summer shades into your living room with new furniture such as the featured:

Sento - sofa in microfibre with crocodile embossed design, L235cm, £695.
Avanti - lacquered coffee table with high gloss finish on castors (white or black) £198.
Spot - Hand tufted New Zealand wool rug (various sizes e.g. 140cm x 200cm £170).
Sanne - Floor standing vase in brown, charcoal, or grey ceramic - H120cm £89 or H135cm £98.

For the bedroom, ILVA has developed a romantic theme, inspired by light and elegant 18th century French Gustavian style. The ‘antiqued’ Romance bed will add charm and character to your boudoir (£390).

ILVA furniture pays particular attention to its craft with the ornate Brescia dining table in antiqued white; an absolute picture of opulence and ideally suited for high-summer entertaining (£396)

Visit the website to view the exciting Easy Living catalogue, full of new ideas:

Web:  http://ilva.co.uk
Tel:  (0845 245 8285)