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Home heroes – the benefits of furniture with drawers

Rustic reclaimed wood drawer with ornate black metal handle

We all want an organised, clean, clear and clutter-free home, and of course, the key to achieving this is clever storage that is also easily accessible. So, here we will be looking at rustic furniture that is not only beautiful to look at, but also features handy drawers. Furniture with drawers is a must-have in our books – an unsung hero giving you a place to store and hide items you don’t want on show.

A sideboard with drawers

This is a great place to start – we all know the sideboard with just cupboards, it can be put in the kitchen, dining room or living room. But add some drawers to a large sideboard and you have much more versatile storage opportunities. Drawers are pretty much a must-have on a kitchen sideboard – essential for keeping napkins, serving cutlery and other smaller dining essentials in order.

Photo featuring: Chelwood Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table

A coffee table with drawers

A coffee table is a living room essential but add one with drawers and you have an excellent place for all sorts accessories, such as TV remotes. A coffee table is often a focal point in the room with the sofa and armchairs set around it. It’s a feature your guests will definitely see when they pop round for a morning coffee or evening drinks so make sure it is not cluttered with too many books, coasters and TV remotes. All you need on top of it is an eye-catching centrepiece and the rest can be neatly tucked away in the drawers.

Photo featuring: Farringdon Reclaimed Wood TV Stand

A TV cabinet with drawers

A TV unit is probably the second most important piece of reclaimed wood furniture you will have in your living room. Open shelves are great for consoles and Sky boxes but the TV cabinet holds so much more and you can hide all these bits and bobs away in a drawer. With drawers, you have plenty of hidden storage for all the unsightly media paraphernalia like spare batteries, remote controls/x-box controllers, instruction manuals, books and DVD’s etc. it will keep your rustic TV cabinet looking sleek and stylish rather than cluttered.

Photo featuring: Beam Reclaimed Wood Bedside Table with 2 Drawers

A bedside table with drawers

Essential for a calming bedroom, a bedside unit is the unsung bedroom hero. And if you are looking to replace your unit then please do consider a wooden bedside table with drawers. A place to keep reading glasses, a coaster for your glass of water, your current reading material and so many other things that tend to clutter up bedroom surfaces.

4 Items of furniture you didn’t know your home needed

Bright living room with grey l-shaped sofa and round dining room table

Many of us have at least one piece of furniture that we treasure – a sideboard that was bought as an investment piece or a wardrobe that’s been handed down the family. Then there are the standard pieces in pretty much every home like the sofa, dining table, bed and chests of drawers. But now I would like to bring your attention to reclaimed wood furniture you may not even know your home desperately needs…. and once you have these top picks of ours you will wonder how you ever lived without them!

1 – A wood bookcase

Of course, lots of homes have bookcases in the study or in a children’s bedroom but they are also great for storage and display in the living room. An open bookcase is a great place to display your favourite stylish accessories, houseplants and of course books! A bonus is that you get lots of shelving without taking up too much floor space. Another great way to make use of a bookcase is to position it so it creates zoned areas in an open plan living space.

2 – A rustic coffee table with storage

Most of us do have a coffee table of some sort in our living rooms, but it is generally just a low table. We think a coffee table that doubles up as a place to store items is essential in the living room. Some drawers or a chest to stash away all those little things that you like to have nearby when you are sat down relaxing on the sofa is very handy and can give a whole load of extra storage space. A sturdy coffee table is also great simply to put your feet up on – The Standford industrial coffee table is an ideal choice, a way to bring a modern industrial element into your room as well as two drawers for storage and a handy shelf below.

Pink fabric bench with umbrella and bright pink cushion

3 – A bench

A dining table with a wooden bench is now a common sight in all the interior magazines. But a bench should not be restricted only to the dining room. A plush upholstered bench is great in the living room for when you have guests over and need extra seating, a bench can also be used as a coffee table – just get a decorative tray to pop drinks on it. In the entrance hall, a wooden bench is great so you have somewhere to sit when taking your shoes on and off, why not get one with a top that opens to offer hallway storage? And of course, you can always bring one up to the dining table when you have extra dinner guests and need to squeeze up.

Photo featuring: Knightsbridge Reclaimed Oak Console Table

4 – A hall console table

This gives a great first impression to welcome visitors as they come into your home A narrow console table just inside the hallway gives this normally slightly neglected space a focal point. Stand something decorative on the top, such as fresh cut flowers, a house plant or some family photos. A wall mirror is an ideal thing to hang over it. Perfect for a last once over before you leave the house

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How our lovely customers styled our dining tables

Industrial dining table with matching wooden bench

It’s no secret, but we love reclaimed wood furniture! Not just the fact that it is environmentally friendly but also the look, feel and uniqueness of it. Our customers love it too – we can see this in the gorgeous images that are often sent to us or posted on social of the furniture they have bought – beautifully styled and looking straight out of a home interior magazine.

The Standford Industrial Reclaimed Wood is proving to be as popular as ever – this image was posted on Instagram by the lovely @bricksandshutters_at_number1 showing just how wonderful the Standford industrial table looks with a mix of wooden dining chairs and the coordinating Standford Industrial Reclaimed wood dining bench. An industrial sideboard completes the dining room furniture by providing stylish storage for serving dishes, table mats and other dining room essentials.

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@lifeatnumber70 opted for the Kensington Luxe – this stunning table is crafted from salvaged railway sleepers and features shiny silver legs for an elegant industrial look. The clear dining chairs work beautifully here as they allow the feature legs and rustic table top to be seen in all their glory. A centrepiece on a reclaimed wood dining table always looks great like the garland of flowers and leaves used here – you can choose a simple vase with fresh seasonal flowers, twigs or a candlestick. We love how the sun fills this beautiful dining space and can imagine what a wonderful place this is for family and friends to gather.

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@ourhawthorndenhome is demonstrating how great the Hoxton Rustic Oak Trestle Dining Table looks when paired with the sophisticated Florence Cream Fabric Dining Chairs. We love the detail of these upholstered dining chairs – let’s face it when the table is not in use you only see the back of a dining chair – the Florence chairs have this covered with decorative antique brass studwork and practical brass chair-back handles. We love that they so versatile and look just as great in a relaxed farmhouse kitchen as they do in a sophisticated dining room.

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The Kensington industrial dining table was a great choice for @inside_no_1_ The tabletop is the same as the Kensington Luxe, crafted from salvaged railway sleepers, but the solid feature legs are in matt black industrial metal. This table has been paired with soft grey faux leather dining chairs. To achieve the industrial style you should match natural materials such as reclaimed wood with functional metal and leather or other natural materials, faux leather chairs are a great alternative if you prefer not to go with a real leather chair.

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The best seating for modern rustic living rooms

Modern rustic living room with modern white sofa and wooden modern furniture

In this blog we will be looking at seating options to create the perfect rustic living room. The brown leather sofa has been a living room staple for hundreds of years – and now (luckily) there are so many different styles and shades to choose from, you can’t possibly fail to find the perfect one for your room!

First, we suggest you have a think about what furniture pieces are most essential in your living room – consider a rustic TV stand like the handmade Beam cube – which by the way, can be crafted to bespoke sizes making it the perfect choice to fit in a nook or cranny in an older cottage or farmhouse! A coffee table is also needed in pretty much every living room – if you don’t have much space for storage then consider something like a trunk coffee table or one with a shelf below and/or with drawers so it will have a bit of room for some living room storage! However, if you do have space then a console table or a wooden sideboard is a great living room addition.

Pairing a brown leather sofa with reclaimed wood furniture is a perfect combination – the smell and the feel of natural soft leather complement the beauty and uniqueness of rustic wood furniture. Depending on the shape and size of your room you can consider a 2 seater sofa with a small armchair to pull up to the fire. Go big in larger rooms by choosing a 3 seater and a coordinating 2 seater, plenty of room to spread out and relax on when your are watching TV or have guests over…..you can also add additional armchairs….. the combinations are endless and restricted only by what space you have available!

Rustic living room with large stone fireplace and brown leather sofa, brown leather armchair and matching leather footstool

We can’t talk about sofas without a mention of the classic Oswald 2 Seater Sofa. A Oswald Sofa is an investment piece of furniture that will be with you for years to come with this timeless design blending effortlessly with a rustic as well as a modern theme. This leather sofa is incredibly versatile, it will mix and match with modern or classically styled armchairs.

It’s very on-trend to mix and match furniture and introduce accent colours for additional features in your room. You can add pops of colour by bringing in throws and scatter cushions. This will add an extra level of comfort and cosiness to a leather sofa.

For contrast, you can blend a more modern sofa with the rustic furniture in your living room.

How to create a perfect rustic home office

Reclaimed wood desk with black metal legs and modern office chair in a large empty room with wide rustic wood panelling on the walls

With continued talk of a combination of office-based and home-based working, it is looking like the home office is here to stay for a while yet, but not everyone likes the industrial, Scandi or minimalist office look. Just like in our dining or living rooms, the rustic look is warm and inviting, so here we are looking at the components to help you create the perfect rustic home office.

The desk should be the star in your rustic home office – rustic style can have a more traditional look and furniture can be more decorative if you like – we absolutely love the style of the Chelwood Nordic Desk which has been skillfully crafted from gorgeous reclaimed wood.

Rustic style is about warmth and homeliness, so keep all functional work accessories hidden away, think about attractive storage solutions that will fit a rustic theme. For the all-important storage, we suggest a rustic bookcase, you can add natural weave baskets to the shelves to keep things hidden away – this will keep the warm, natural and earthy theme going. If you don’t have the space for a large wood bookcase or prefer a less formal look office space, you can opt for something a little smaller like a console table with drawers. A small sideboard will also give you plenty of hidden storage space in its cupboards without looking too “officey” – which is great if your office is in a multifunctional room. The Beam small reclaimed wood sideboard below would look great in any room of the house and comes with drawers and cupboards for handy storage.

Photo featuring: Soho Home Sideboard

Another top pick for someone who just needs a small writing desk, or occasional use desk, is the Worcester reclaimed wood desk. This desk is painted in white giving it a lighter feel so perfect for a smaller room that you don’t want to look cluttered.

Photo featuring: Worcester Reclaimed Wood Writing Desk

Neutral and natural colours are a must with on-trend terracotta or earthy shade accents to give you a clean and calm environment to work in. Of course, these subtle calming colours work so well with gorgeous rustic furniture and will give you calming surroundings to work in. A rug will always add a touch of cosiness to a room – keeping with the rustic theme we would opt for a natural or flatweave rug. A rug would also help with zoning your office space if it is in a multi-use room.

As natural products work so well in a rustic theme we like to pair a leather office chair with a reclaimed wood desk – if you prefer you can choose to go for a faux leather office chair, the quality of these is so good these days they can be hard to tell apart. However we love the wood accents on the Parker leather and wood office chair, it’s super comfortable too! If your office is only occasional use, then you can choose a chair that can be taken to another room when an extra seat may be needed!

How to make a white bedroom cosy

White bedroom with bohemian hanging rope chair and collection of green plants on shelf

White always provides the best blank canvas to style your rooms against – but with white walls and ceiling, you risk the bedroom looking a bit cold and clinical – here, we look at how beautiful, reclaimed wood can add instant warmth and style to a white bedroom.

Photo featuring: Winchester Reclaimed Wood Bedroom Furniture Collection

We all now know how important a good night’s sleep is. A king size wooden bed frame, handcrafted from reclaimed wood is one of life’s little luxuries – invest in the best quality mattress you can afford and you should enjoy restful sleep for many years to come. The sturdy frame of the Beam Sweet Dreams bed looks amazing in a white room – the old beams used to craft it are functional and will be a stand-alone feature in your bedroom.

Photo featuring: Beam Sweet Dreams Reclaimed Wood Bed

Different shades of white can add texture to the room – this way you can introduce shades that complement solid wood rustic furniture. You can do this using paints. Our friends at Earthborn Paints and Little Greene offer a vast range of environmentally friendly off-white paints in different finishes that you can use, safe in the knowledge that no one in your home is being exposed to nasty chemicals.

Adding a neutral colour will also complete a tranquil white bedroom – grey is a great colour – you can introduce different shades of grey and choose fabrics with different textures like faux fur throws, chunky knits and velvet scatter cushions. Place a reading lamp either side of the bed on a small bedside table to give the room a cosy and warming glow at bedtime. Even though your room is grey and white (generally cooler colours) you will be bringing in warmth by using reclaimed wood and warming textiles.

House plants are wonderful in the bedroom, purifying the air and releasing oxygen during the night. Studies have shown some scented plants like Jasmine and Lavender can help reduce stress levels and participants in the study enjoyed a better quality of sleep. Of course, they also look great and really tie-in with the natural element of reclaimed wood furniture – pop your plants in natural wicker baskets to keep to the natural and earthy theme. Adding houseplants to your bedroom also brings in another colour which you can use in your bedroom. Just a few pale green accents will bring the room together to create an aesthetically pleasing and healthy sleep space.

Photo featuring: Worcester Reclaimed Wood Bed

If you have a small or slightly dark bedroom and feel that natural wood may look a bit dark you can opt for white painted bedroom furniture. The Worcester range is a perfect choice as it still has some parts left in natural reclaimed wood to bring in warmth and character. You can see how great the wood looks on the top of the white blanket box….. it adds a little more warmth and contrast (not to mention storage) when placed at the foot of the Worcester white wooden double bed.

Different ways to extend your home

Industrial loft conversion with extra large skylight windows

We’ve all been spending more time at home lately leading many of us to think more about the space we live in and how we could make it better. Of course, there is the option to move to a bigger house, but many of us are attached to our homes for various reasons – you may have lived in it for many years, it’s in a beautiful area or you have children that are attending a great nearby school? Maybe the cost and stress of moving are just too much for you and your family right now?

In this blog, we will look at different ways you can extend your home and create more space. Of course, before making any plans you should contact your local council about any planning permissions that may be required.

Front porch extension

There are a huge number of homes in the UK where you walk straight into the living room or just have a small entrance area. If you have some space to the front of your property, a porch extension is a great addition to your home. It can be a place to store shoes, coats, a pushchair or bike and you could add a bookcase or a hallway storage bench for other things you would like to hide away.

Photo featuring: Ellington Dining Table – Black

Side extension

If you long for a larger kitchen or open plan kitchen/ diner then many houses (especially Victorian semi-detached or terraced homes) sit on a plot that would allow a side extension. The great thing about this of course that you would only use a narrow area down the side of your house…. rather than eating into precious garden space too much. We all value our gardens so much more; it could be a tough one to call. A side extension would however give you enough space for new dining room furniture or maybe a small seating area where you can add a comfortable velvet armchair to sit in and enjoy the garden more.

Rear extension

This is definitely one of the most popular extensions – especially on suburban and inner-city houses. We, as a nation, love open plan living and in particular, the rear extension with plenty of light coming through large patio or bi-fold doors. Adding on a multifunctional family living space is the perfect option for many, with plenty of room for a rustic dining table, you can use a kitchen sideboard to zone the dining area and floor rugs to zone a seating area. If you are thinking of this option, now is the time to decide whether a two-storey extension would be a better long term investment. It will be easier and often cheaper to add two stories in one hit, rather than needing extra upstairs space five years down the line.

Loft conversion

A loft conversion can add around 20% value to your property – no wonder this is such a popular option – and of course it takes up no outdoor space from your garden. This is where you should be looking to create an additional en suite master bedroom with plenty of space for a statement king size wooden bed frame and other beautiful reclaimed wood furniture. It would also make a great playroom or hang out room for older children and teens.

Add a dormer window

If you already have a loft extension or a bedroom with a sloping roof then adding a dormer window will transform your space by bringing in extra light, giving additional full-height headroom and usable space.

Find the right dining table for your personality

Reclaimed wood dining table with four natural coloured fabric dining chairs and dark grey linen runner

If you’re in the market for a new reclaimed wood dining table then you might find this blog sheds a little light on how to buy the perfect table that not only suits your home but also your personality!

Are you a natural minimalist?

An industrial dining table is our top pick for you! A gorgeously rustic, hand-finished wood tabletop that sits on sturdy, metal, industrial style legs. The industrial design is no-frills and functional – on this table, the character of the reclaimed wood table top will definitely be the star of the show. Pair this up with some faux leather dining chairs or even an upholstered bench for a very cool loft look.

Photo featuring: Standford Reclaimed Wood Industrial Dining Table and Standford Reclaimed Wood Dining Bench

Are you a social butterfly?

If you love to entertain your friends and family at every opportunity then you really should consider an extendable table – ready for when guests drop around unexpectedly. Of course, this goes beautifully with a dining bench – perfect – so everyone can budge up a bit when you need to get more around the table! We would suggest the Branford oak extendable table – but there are too many to choose from!

Photo featuring: Branford Oak Extending Dining Table

Are you a homemaker?

A warm kitchen with a cake in the oven and the kettle always on. A sturdy farmhouse table for your friends and family to gather around is a great choice for you. If you are a stay at home father or mother and just love to be there looking after the home and the family, then a rustic dining table will bring additional warmth and character into your family room.

Photo featuring: Chelwood Reclaimed Wood Dining Table

Are you an eco-warrior?

Do you want to do your bit to change the world? Small steps make all the difference so you should definitely consider a reclaimed wood dining table. The Chelwood range is produced entirely from salvaged wood – to add to this all pieces are hand finished with a beautiful, pale wood finish. With different sized wooden sideboards, console table and benches available to mix and match you will be able to sit at your dining table with a completely clear conscience.

Photo featuring: Skyline Reclaimed Wood Dining Table

Is bling your thing?

If a touch of sophisticated glamour is your thing then you simply must consider the Skyline Reclaimed Wood dining table with it’s sleek frame. This modern dining table really makes a style statement by merging bling with industrial style – pair this up with some luxurious upholstered dining chairs for a super sleek dining room.