Latest Interiors feels the love for bespoke furniture

Custom made

The perfect fit?
We don’t mean a Savile Row suit or evening dress – commissioning a bespoke piece of furniture will ensure you get exactly what you want, whatever your space. Brighton and Hove’s period properties are crammed with awkward corners and interesting angles: A town full of quirky and individual homes needs made-to-measure furnishings. Modern life – in old and new homes – is about making the most of limited space, and making that space our own. Sometimes, off the peg furniture just won’t do: We need a bespoke solution.

Making difficult space work
Commissioning a one-off piece for your home means that you get exactly what you want. Whether it’s something to fit an awkwardly-shaped room, or simply fulfilling a long-held desire for a purple back-lit cocktail cabinet, the piece will be unique to you.

Many of the Regency town houses along the seafront have front rooms with large bay windows – beautiful, but tricky to furnish in what for the most part are converted flats where space is at a premium. Having a gently curved table custom-built to fit into a bay too small for a sofa and the wrong shape for traditional dining furniture provides the perfect solution. Bespoke alcove storage will also make good use of those lovely high ceilings on either side
of grand fireplaces.

New-build homes are appealing to those of us who want a clean, pristine home with no fixing-up – but often come with little or no storage space (meaning they don’t stay clean and pristine for long!). Bespoke storage, cupboards, shelves, cabinets or whatever else you need will help keep your new home perfect.

Chic and unique
But if you’ve always hankered after a hot pink love-seat or that illuminated cocktail cabinet, then bespoke might be the only way of getting just what you want. And why not? Bespoke furniture can also enhance exterior spaces. From creating the perfect shed-come-office for your small garden, to building exactly the right bench to fit under a willow tree, the possibilities are endless.

Bespoke furniture doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg, either, in fact, it can often work out cheaper than buying a series of things that don’t quite fit or don’t do what you want. Commission the right piece, and it should last you a lifetime. Be clear at the planning stage about what you want, and what your budget is, and a good designer or furniture maker will be able to offer you a range of solutions. So before you settle for good-enough, get a quote for exactly what you want – you might develop a taste for tailor-made.