Furniture Trends for 2023

The team at Hill Upholstery & Design like to keep ahead of the game so we can advise our clients on the furniture trends and must have styles for the homes and businesses.

We have already been looking ahead to what is expected to be popular next year and wanted to share some of our findings with you. The following article was published on trendbible.com and highlights some of the furniture design trends you can expect to see in 2023…

Fluid & Curved
For Autumn Winter 2023 householders will relish the experience of opening up their homes again and celebrating being close to loved ones. For furniture designers, focus on products that can help support intimate moments, extra long, curved and fluid style seating helps to create cosy spaces for friends and family to relax, eat and work together.
Take a look at this stunning curved custom made sofa we created for a client in London – Custom Made Sofa, London

Rebooted Classics
Forecast in our Autumn Winter 2023/24 trend, Modern Renaissance; graceful architectural aspects, such as intricate curves, cylindrical shapes, columns and arches are finding new life in modern furnishings. For sofa design, consider playing with sculptural shapes and classical elements to create a monumental presence within the home.
We reupholstered this family’s sofa in South London which fits the rebooted classics theme – Sofa Reupholstery London

Woven Finishes
In our Spring Summer 2023 trend Superbloom, woven finishes and wobbly-lined weave are adorning sofas and soft furnishings. Add surface interest with woven, often multi-coloured yarns, (faux) leather, recycled plastics and dyed rattan weaves.
We reupholstered this Lancaster Easy Chair with a gorgeous multi-coloured fabric – Lancaster Easy Chair Reupholstery

Darker Tones
As forecast in our Autumn Winter 2023/24 trend, Lust for Life, the home becomes a place to embrace yourself and your loved ones. For seating design consider darker tones in deep red and peach tones to create a more intimate, enveloping space.
This bespoke Chesterfield sofa hits the right notes with its dark leather – Bespoke Chesterfield Sofa

Modern Quilting
As householders increasingly immerse themselves in nature, hiking culture weaves its way into the home. For textiles and sofa upholstery incorporate recycling, mending, and repairing to give a modern quilting aesthetic, with clean vertical lines and panelled patch pieces.

You can read the full article on trendbible.com.

If you have furniture which is in need of modernisation, then give the Hill Upholstery & Design team a call and see how we can help update your sofas and chairs. Contact us today – we can hep with your London upholstery and Essex upholstery needs!

Metal Chair Frames As A Furniture Trend

We saw metal chair frames as a feature trending in Cologne and it’s continued in Milan. Metal chair frames are nothing new, they’re popular in the contract market because they have certain benefits, outlined below, but now manufacturers are taking these benefits and making a design feature from them, providing function and desirability in one. They’re also available in decadent finishes including gold, rose gold & now titanium, which goes hand in hand with the trend for decadent comfort.

Benefits of metal frames on chairs

Metal is the strongest material; a welded joint is as strong as the metal itself and will not snap. Simple metal work is also cheaper than wooden equivalents. Further, metal legs often have plywood or plastic moulded shells screwed to them as a cost-effective solution. Metal chairs will also stack highest because the frame is thin & strong. Even better, painted metal also chips less than painted wood providing an longer lasting finish. Read more about chair materials in our blog Pros and Cons of Dining Chair Materials.

Metal frames as a feature on chairs and tables

Here is a selection of the new chairs with this trend that we saw in Milan. Many are so new they’ve yet to be added to our website. Click on the image for more product details where available or contact the team for more information about products not currently on our website.

Free Furniture Style Guide: Milan Edition

Discover more trends from Salone del Mobile including: metal frames as a feature on chairs, cage frames, the colour green even handbag stools!

Download Furniture Style Guide: Milan Edition Summer 2018 to browse new products from Milan, discover innovative styles and see projects they’re applied in.

For more information about Chair Frames just contact us.

The original version of this article was posted on info.thecontractchair.co.uk

Poorly made chair frame

The team at Hill Upholstery & Design pride themselves on producing high quality furniture which will last our clients for many, many years. The quality is in everything we do and use, from the craftmanship, frames, tools and materials. A poorly made chair frame can make a huge difference to the longevity of a chair.

When we have a client ask us to reupholster a piece of furniture they had, we are sometimes shocked at the poorly made chair frames that are used in these sometimes expensive items.

Contact the team today to find out more about the reupholstery work we do, or take a look at the reupholstery work on our website.

Take a look at the video below where Hill Upholstery & Design’s Director Scott takes you through a poorly made chair frame.

London Design Week 2017

London Design Week 2017

This week we took a trip to the Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour for London Design Week 2017. The centre is home to over 120 showrooms of the world’s most prestigious luxury brands such as our favourites Sanderson and GP & J Baker amongst others.  A great opportunity for us to be inspired by these key designers showcasing their upholstery fabrics.

A highlight of our trip to the Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour was a visit to the Chase Erwin show room, where we watched a demonstration of hand weaving on a Harris table loom.  Listen carefully for Scott grilling the talented weaver on the process.