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)

Rolf Benz has created a new dining room collection in collaboration with designer Norbert Beck, to introduce a unique new furniture concept.

The collection features an extensive range of chairs and two contemporary tables:

The Rolf Benz 620 chair is available as a dining chair, barstool or a bench. This lightweight chair has a tubular chromed steel sprung frame and the cantilevered construction allows the upholstered seat and back to flex gently with movement; the chair is also available with a modern circular swivel base in chrome matt or silver painted finish. The moulded wood armrests come in a walnut or oak veneer to match the wood finishes available on the table.

The 8840 dining table illustrated, is designed to complement the 620 seating and features an understated aluminum edge and seamless fixed top without pull-out leaves; the table top comes in oak or walnut veneer, or a choice of coloured glass; different materials can be chosen for the inlay on the legs and table surface, e.g. - leather, oak or walnut to complement the materials on the chairs.
The table is obtainable in four lengths (160/190/220/240cm) and in two widths (98/108cm).

The 8850 table is available in two versions with a pull-out leaf or a fixed top; a shadow gap makes the table top appear to hover above the solid walnut or oak legs.
This table is available in three lengths (160/190/220cm) and one width (98cm)
Visit the Rolf Benz smart Internet page where you can choose from all the options offered and configure your own personal dining set:

Web:  http://www.design-your-chair.com
Tel:    (01908) 604629

European furnishings are among the finest in the world and have typically been bought by a select few who could afford the very high global prices

However, you can now buy quality top brands of European furniture at mid market prices online from Europe by Net; one of the most comprehensive market places for home furnishings

The website is intelligently laid out  for  searching by brand, product type, room, or even style of home to ensure ease of access; it features a huge selection of contemporary and traditional home furnishings

Europe by Net ships directly from Europe to the customer, without the UK retail mark up, which means that you can obtain up to 40% off famous big name brands including B&B Italia, Poliform, Zanotta and over 80 others; great news for people who want luxury home products but object to paying the original prices.

The pieces pictured here are the Up 5 & Up 6 by B&B Italia designed by Gaetano Pesce. Since its first appearance, in 1969 the Up series has been one of the most outstanding expressions of design.

The Up 5 is the collection’s most famous, a female figure tied to a ball-shaped ottoman, symbolising the shackles that keep women subjugated, while the UP 7 “foot” expresses a fusion of art and design.

Elastic fabric covers are available in black, red, yellow, blue and dark green, besides the beige and orange striped as featured.

UK Retail price: £2,086
Europe by Net price: £1,561
A saving of £525! Delivery is free within Western Europe for orders over £400

Visit the website for more hot buys:

Web: http://www.europebynet.com
Tel:  +44 (020) 7734 3100

The ‘Rescued from Ruin’ story is one of Laura Ashley’s delightful new home themes to tempt you for Spring/Summer 2007.

The theme portrays a relaxed, informal mood with playful elements of imagery, giving it a quirky twist.

The charming Rustic Bramley dining furniture in our picture has a distressed paint finish in cream or green, giving them vintage appeal.

The Bramley range includes:

A dresser £750.

A sideboard £500.

Dining table £700.

The single carver chair £175 and a pair of dining chairs are also available in green and cream colour £250 per pair.

Visit the website for other attractive ideas on the ‘Rescued From Ruin’ theme.

Web: http://www.lauraashley.com
Tel: (0871) 230 2301  

Multiyork is renowned for the design and manufacture of hand made sofas, cabinet furniture and accessories.

Their fine quality furniture is made by skilled craftsmen using only time-honoured, traditional methods.

The beautiful Chateau Range of dining room furniture featured here, is handmade from a combination of solid and veneered cherry wood and provides a choice of the following pieces:

A delightful round dining table with four drawers and handles of solid brass, supported on fine turned legs; A lacquered finish is used to bring out the deep patina of the cherry wood and a final hand wax gives silk warmth to the finish.

Dimensions: cms/ins H76/30 W122/48 D122/48   List price: £1429.00

The matching Chateau Side Chair has a striking latticed back with a central panel.

Dimensions: cms/ins H104cm W53cm D56cm    List price: £349.00

Chateau Oval Side Table with drawer, is oval in shape with elegant curved legs.

Dimensions cms/ins H66 W53/21 D38/15           List price: £599.00

Web: http://www.multiyork.co.uk
Tel: (0800) 040 7171

Paul Hodgkiss Designs are renowned for individually designed and crafted furniture and fittings for domestic and commercial environments.

Paul says, “Our Design Concept is to feature a blend of timbers with metal work and glass, we revel in the challenge of new designs and bespoke work. Dining furniture should be ergonomically perfect and stunning to look at and touch.”

The Paul Hodgkiss dining set featured here is fairly typical of their unique style: dramatically carved chunky pieces of Scottish Elm incorporating natural reminders; the metal design is inspired from the shapes in the grain of the wood itself, thus ensuring complete individuality.

Dining room furniture has many roles and functions and Paul Hodgkiss can design and create the matching pieces you may require for practical use, including the storage of tableware and wine.

Paul and his team of skilled craftsmen are passionate about using traditional cabinet making skills; sourcing perfect timbers and developing a bond between age old methods and brand new technology.

Web: http://www.paulhodgkissdesigns.co.uk
Tel: (0141) 571 0207

The Refresher Chair is one of the more vibrant dining chairs featured in the 2006 Inside Out brochure.

The Refresher Dining Chair’s clean and contemporary styling offers a visual treat in a world of conventional design. It is made from high quality polypropylene and available in many bright colours. This chair is the ideal way to create a stylish set of dining room furniture.

The Refresher Dining Chair is priced at £119.00 per chair excluding VAT and delivery.

web: http://www.insideoutcontracts.com
tel: (020) 8305 3130

The Gothenburg leather dining chair from Inside Out is a classic piece of dining room furniture, which has clean and simple lines and an elegant design.

Available from stock from Inside Out, the Gothenburg Dining Chair is made from fire retardant premium grade leather.

The chair is supplied in a choice of two colours of leather: chestnut brown and black.

The Gothenburg Dining Chair costs £89.00 excluding VAT and delivery.

web: http://www.insideoutcontracts.com
tel: (020) 8305 3130

Wouldn’t it be useful if your circular dining table could grow and shrink as required?

No problem with a rectangular dining table of course, many slide apart and have extensions you can fit to the middle. But it’s a bit trickier with a circular table.

But this beautiful circular dining table from the Multiyork Chateau Collection has a trick up its sleeve: Four leaves that can be attached to the outside of the table, making an equally attractive, but larger table.

The MY54003 Circular Dining Table from Multiyork costs £2,669.

web: http://www.multiyork.co.uk
tel: (0800) 040 7171

The Rosetta Glass Dining Table from Multiyork is certainly a striking design.

The oval glass top sits atop an attractive scroll-shaped support. Contemporary furniture doesn’t get more elegant than this.

If you’re looking for a table to set off a modern dining room, the Rosetta dining table could be perfect. Now you just need to find some chairs!

The Rosetta Glass Dining Table from Multiyork costs £1,029.

web: http://www.multiyork.co.uk
tel: (0800) 040 7171