The Furniture100
Buying guides, styling ideas and care tips to help you choose pieces you'll love, and make them last.
The Elston: a slim console on an open frame of interlocking rectangles, 25.4cm deep, in grey oak, warm white or black wood effect. Where it works and which finish suits which room.
The Hampstead: a 140cm rustic brown console on two rounded, fluted supports, with a 4cm-thick top, a lower shelf and a slim 30cm depth for hallways and behind sofas.
The Holborn: a capsule-shaped console with two fluted sliding doors, an open centre compartment, a full lower shelf and slim black metal legs, in walnut or black wood effect.
How to choose a console table to sit behind a sofa: how high it should be against the sofa back, how long against the sofa, how deep to leave a path behind it, and which of our consoles suit a two-seater or a three-seater.
Where else a console table earns its place: behind a sofa, under a wall-mounted TV, as a dining room server, as a dressing table, on a landing. What works in each room, what does not, and which of our consoles suit each job.
A practical guide to styling a console table in a hallway or living room: how high to hang the mirror, what goes on top, what goes underneath, and how to style fluted, rustic, glass and storage consoles differently.
What each mechanism on an office chair actually does, what the numbers on a listing mean, and which of our chairs have which, from fixed-height swivels to a 135 degree recline.
Choosing a desk chair for a bedroom, an alcove or the corner of the living room: why the arms decide whether it tucks away, wheels against feet, how much room to leave behind you, and which of ours suit a small space.
What each office chair material is like through a working day, how it wears, how to clean it, which room it suits, and which of our chairs use it.
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