How do these compare with laminates?
This picture above shows a really superb laminate on an item from the Sardinie range.
There is no question that using a veneer used to be the best route if you want the feel of real wood.
Many manufacturers and retailers do not like the natural effects found in solid wood, such as knots and splits in their products, which is extremely wasteful and results in 50% of the timber being discarded. So if you want solid wood it must fulfill some serious ecological guidelines.
We and Habufa prefer that if solid wood used in making tables and cabinets it must be used in its entirety. The real beauty of wood is in its most natural appearance, knots, splits and all. This means very little waste in the manufacturing process and offers a chance to buy genuinely solid furniture hand-made and bespoke at reasonable prices. This remains ecologically sound as long as the wood also comes from FSC managed forests.
So this brings us onto the idea of using laminates and other similar finishes. Again in the modern world there are now some very sophisticated man-made products. Among those the furniture covered in Primo-Laminato is one of the best. This gives you a surface on whichever items you choose which is almost indestructible and is hard to distinguish from real wood. It even imitates the touch and feel of textured wood.
Heat resistant to 80 degrees and scratch and scuff resistant these offer a great solution to tables and cabinets that are used consistently by kids and families. This is the full list of laminate advantages:
Have a look at the Driftwood Sardinie range on our site click the following link:
https://www.atgfurniture.co.uk/collections/driftwood-sardinie
Its surprisingly beautiful and wears like iron. Kids, mother in laws, visiting football fans. You need never fear, the furniture will stand up to them all.
]]>Habufa have opted to use, what is called in the world of furniture 'Wild Oak'. The definition of this is simply the idea that instead of cutting down an oak tree and just using the easiest parts to create planks or veneers, that have a uniformity, they use all of the tree, knots, splits and all. None of the tree is cast out, and that means the piece of furniture you eventually receive is absolutely unique. Even more important by using the whole tree the waste is radically reduced, and the product is far more interesting.
Habufa only use wood for any product from properly managed resources. Ethically managed resources are critical to Habufa's ethos and to ours.
The Maestro range is available in three different pastel washes, or if you fancy you can chose concrete topped tables and metal legs.
This is actually a bespoke range, so you can actually order anything from the range to suit yourselves entirely.
its actually a lot of fun, and well worth a visit.
]]>How to stand out from the crowd, how to get people's attention in this blossoming market. We knew how to turn that key in our stores, but what could we do online of a similar nature.
It took a full 9 months of development, of serious research, of learning the ropes of an extremely complex market-place. Lena my wife and partner, whose experience and past was based in furniture and home design, she has a master's degree in the subject, applied a very shrewd brain and a meticulous mind to the painstaking work, supported by a team of developers and our own guys.
Now we are able to take on the likes of Furniture Village, John Lewis, Harvey's, and of the likes of Loaf, Wayfair, and even Swoon. Now we can actually stand alone and say to the public 'Try us, we are smarter, and cheaper than everyone else.'
Look at our prices for Habufa, the lowest in the UK, look at how we display their delicious furniture in photographic glory. The same ranges, as sold in Furniture Village are cheaper and supplied quicker. The Harvey's Guvnor can be supplied in 14 days, they offer 14 weeks. We have several ranges that have been discontinued by John Lewis, made to your order at much lower prices. We have similar products from Marks and Spencer.
On top of all these achievements, the one most critical thing we decided was quite simply the need to continue to communicate with our customers at the same level we had always done in our stores.
So our phone number and our staff, all of whom used to work in the store, are still with us, and the phone number is present on every page of the website. We are delighted to respond to any query you may have, our knowledge base is second to none, we are enthusiastic, absolutely laid back in our desire to help and hopefully will give you an immediate impression that we really care how we develop our relationship with each and every customer.
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