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Choosing Furniture

We thought it important to provide some form of guide, detailing the factors one should consider when selecting furniture:

Vendor

Lastly once one has chosen their ideal piece or pieces of furniture,the place from which they intend to buy can determine whether the experience of actually selecting/ordering/buying and receiving will be as smooth and pleasurable as is possible.Try to determine the levels of services you expect and whether the Vendor is capable of fulfilling them.The questions you may ask yourself are:

Is the retailer well established?
We have been established for more than 20 years

Are the staff knowledgeable and helpful ?
All of our staff are friendly and will help with all of your enquiries with a knowledge they have accrued from an average of over 10 years experience.

How comprehensive is their Delivery Service ?
We have a dedicated team of delivery drivers with a fleet of vans who will not just bring the items to your door - but put them in the room you request, with two men in every van.

Are they honest about their lead times?
We have a huge amount of stock but should we not have it in, we will, at all times, be as accurate with lead times as possible, quoting on average 4-6 weeks for orders.

How helpful will they be if any problems are experienced ?
We pride ourselves in correcting any mistakes or helping with any problems as quickly as we can, we ourselves are customers and so we approach every situation with "what would we expect to happen to us" attitude.

To the experienced shopper the best furniture is often acquired after having considered all these factors.Most importantly the experience of selecting your furniture will always be far more successful if the buyer is completely aware of what they are buying and from who.

A world of furniture has over 20 years of experience behind it with over 20,000 feet of showrooms and warehousing and some twenty staff across 3 stores we feel that we are best store to satisfy your needs for furnishing your home.

Quality

Quality is often a huge determining factor, the perception of which varies from customer to customer and is often directly related to price, but not always. The quality of anything is often determined by the sum of all its constituent parts. The best quality is determined by the best materials, the best process of manufacture and the best finish.
Remarkably we often associate quality (without considering a furniture's constituent parts) with price and brand . A mistake easily made and yet it is definitely worth looking beyond price and brand to actually determine a products real quality.

Price

Price and affordability are the key to retail and getting the right price furniture is one of the most important factors in determining the suitability of a piece of furniture. It is obviously a foregone conclusion to relate price both quality, size and material. However at A world of furniture our aim is to provide furniture at the best price possible. This enables us to provide the best furniture at the best/lowest prices .High prices don't have to mean quality furniture.
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Practicality

Although some ranges are very pleasing to the eye, they may not be entirely practical. Their capability of fulfilling the job for which they are intended can be compromised by their size, their quality and their finish. It is always important to consider furniture's 'useability', it may look great, but will it fulfil all my requirements?

Aesthetics

The look and design of any furniture are generally one of the most important initial factors which will determine a choice. Once attracted to a particular piece or range of furniture a customer will then start to consider a few other factors.

Finishes

Furniture comes with a variety of finishes. All of our products, unless indicated, are made from solid natural woods. To ensure condition and practicality they have to be finished with either wax, lacquer, oil and even painted finishes.These different finishes will impart differing looks and levels of practicality.
Pine colours and finishes

In Britain, pine furniture seems to have originated as a substitute for expensive and unattainable hardwood furniture. As is always the case with substitutes, there is a desire to make it appear more like the original, so various pine solutions were developed to imitate the right furniture.

Perhaps the only true pine solution is turpentine, which is distilled from the resin of pine trees. It is commonly used with paint but on its own does little to protect or enhance the appearance the wood. Pine is a light cream colour when new but darkens to a golden yellow straw colour with age. Oak also darkens with age but tends to have a milky coffee hue.

Achieving a look similar to light oak was done with wax. This stopped the air reaching the wood and so was reasonably successful in stopping the yellowing of the pine.

A combination of atmospheric conditions, dirt and soot gives old oak a very dark colour. The Gothic revival of the Victorian and Edwardian eras sought to emulate the medieval and as all medieval oak had by then attained this colour, dark brown oak became the fashion. Mahogany, with its reddish brown appearance, achieved popularity in Georgian times and its appeal remains strong to the present day.

Pine could not imitate either of these colours through the use of a simple wax or varnish, and so a different pine solution had to be found. Various compounds were tried but today there is a variety of wood stains that can achieve very precise colour tones. Stains may be absorbed deep into the wood and applied prior to a protective coating such as wax or lacquer; they may be applied as a protective coating in their own right or they may be brushed or sprayed over an existing protective coating or finish.

Materials

Determine prior to furniture selection whether it's material make up is an important factor. Furniture is available in many types of solid wood from ash to oak to pine to mahoghany etc .There are then veneered materials, whereby cheaper man made panels are just faced off with a thin real wood covering. And then of course furniture which is entirely made up of man made panels.

Look thoroughly at the furniture you intend to select, be sure of what you require as its main composite material and make sure you know what you are buying.

A world of furniture's are made up of solid wood, unless indicated otherwise.

ND35 Newland Oak Double Pedestal Dressing Table

The size of this is H770 x W1470 x D425mm
This solid Oak dressing table is just £399!! It features solid Oak tongue and groove backs and drawer bases (as does the entire range) brushed steel handles and a lacquered finish.

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NT28 Newland Oak Small Nest Of Tables

The size of this is H525 x W650 x D420
A solid Oak Nest of Tables and just £169!! A repeat of the contemporary styling of the rest of the range and built with tthe same quality.

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NH25 Newland Oak 4'6'' LFE Bed

This is for a double 4'6" mattress. (3' Single Pictured)
What better item to be the center piece of your bedroom than this stunning solid Oak bed. Available in high foot end, Single, Kingsize and Queensize.

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BPP102 Breasley Postureform Pocket 1000 4' 6" Double Mattresse

Breasley Postureform Pocket 1000 is a vacumm packed mattresse with 1000 pocketed springs, encapsulated in memory foam and a removeable washable cover.
(Single pictured)

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NC70 Newland Oak 3+2 Chest

The size of this is H1020 x W978 x D425mm
This solid Oak Chest of drawers is just £359!! It features solid Oak tongue and groove backs and drawer bases (as does the entire range) brushed steel handles and a lacquered finish.

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