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| KA International is a real favourite of the Simply
Furnishings team. This esteemed fabric, soft furnishings and furniture retailer
(a Spanish company) has franchise stores throughout the world and offers a truly rare
quality, orginality and attention to detail. The company designs its own range of
high quality fabrics that can be bought 'off the roll' from its stores or via its exquisit
catalogue. KA highstreet stores are well worth a visit, even though
you may need to go a little out of your way. You'll also need to be a little forgiving
with their website as its a direct translation from Spanish and therefore has a few
mistakes and some unusual expressions! Within their products section you can
browse their stunning range of fabrics, furniture and trimmings (pasamanaria) using the
catalogue links. The site also offers a purchase guide explaining how to
calculate the amount of fabric required for curtain making and a section dedicated to
ideas for classic and modern room styles. If you can speak a little Spanish or are
prepared to put up with a bit of 'trial and error' use their Deco Web tool to
create simulations using their full range of fabrics in a number of room settings.
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certainly suggest you order their exquisite free catalogue and free KA
Book of
curtain designs - for inspiration alone! To find your nearest KA store telephone 020 7584 7352. |
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| The home of London's
prestigious design centre. This site is a useful reference resource, but is clearly no
substitute for a visit to the Design Centre itself! The numerous showrooms exhibit fabrics
of all types and of the highest quality, including printed, oriental, furnishing,
contempory and classical original fabrics. The list of designers is endless and while the
web site does not allow you to browse through product catalogues it does list the
designers featured in each of the following showroom categories: fabrics, furniture,
trimmings, decorative accessories, wall coverings, lighting and floor coverings. |
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| The Designers Guild produces and distributes a range of fabrics,
trimmings, bed linen and other soft furnishing products. Although the Designers
Guild carries out some retailing itself, the majority of its sales are through independent
soft furnishings and fabric retailers and chains. The hotlink above links you straight
through to their homepage. A list of UK stockists of Designers Guild products can be
accessed through the site. |
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| Offers a
selection of kids fabric collections, pre-cut kits and voiles,
linings and headings, roman blinds and more, for order by post. |
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Blindtrack Services specialise in window blinds and the Silent Gliss
range of products. Their product range includes curtain tracks &
poles, roman blinds, roller blinds venetian blinds, vertical blinds,
festoon blinds. Ordering is available online as well as via the
traditional methods of phone & fax. |
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| This website sells a wide range of curtain fitments, from tie
back hooks to remote controlled electronic tracks. They also supply venetian blinds,
cut-out pelmets, hand-carved pelmets and bay window pole and track kits. |
Other
fabric designers and manufacturers |
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Romo - fabrics and wall coverings >>
Nono - fabrics >>
Monkwell - fabrics >>
Studio Warwick - fabrics
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Zoffany - fabrics, wall coverings,
paint and accessories >>
Sanderson - fabrics,
paint, furniture and accessories >> |
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| sewando.co.uk
is a 'Which? Web Trader' approved online needlecraft and haberdashery specialist
and claims to be the UK's largest online needlecraft shop. This
site is great if you are looking for traditional needlecraft projects, specialising in an
"extensive range of cross stitch and needlepoint designs". They also
offers some sewing tools and threads, and have added fabrics to
their online catalogue. |
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| A beautiful
selection of soft furnishings, furniture and accessories for the bedroom, bathroom, dining
room and more. Designs are minimalist and very stylish, just like the website itself.
Online ordering is available. |
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| John Lewis, the nationwide department store chain, now sells a
wide range of products from across its departments online. However, its much loved
haberdashery department was not available through the website when we last visited. A
visit to the store is a must - it is by far one of the better department stores for off
the roll fabrics, trimmings, threads, curtain poles and accessories. John Lewis also
offers a range of ready-made and made-to-measure soft furnishings. |
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| A dependable high
street name offering stylish, good quality ready made soft furnishings - from cushions,
curtains and blinds, to bedding and fashionable throws. Visit their 'Home' department. |
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The Bespoke Shutter Company based in North London, supply and
install a full range of plantation shutters including full height
shutters, cafe style shutters and tier on tier shutters. |
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| This
is a family run, soft furnishing company based in Esher, Surrey. It
offers Roman Blinds made to measure and delivered to your door,
using your own fabric. It has an intuitive web site for measuring up,
quantities, and ordering. |
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| This West Midlands
based company sells a range of made to measure roman and roller blinds. Their website
provides useful information for measuring up, showcases a range of fabric designs, enables
email price enquiries and instructions for postal ordering. |
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| Working from Essex,
The Curtain Shack is an established hand-made curtain specialist, offering a choice over
300 brand name fabrics and a range of designs to order through their website.
They also have a funky moodboard section to inspire you with ideas.
Roman Blinds Direct offers the opportunity to buy a hand-made and
made-to-measure blinds over the web. Order free fabric swatches,
check measuring instructions, and more. |
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| An online store
offering both ready-made and made-to-measure curtains, draperies and blinds, as well as a
range of other accessories e.g. lights, rugs, framed art and of course wallpaper. Delivery
nationwide throughout the US. |
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| A wide range of items
for the whole house, from beds and bedding, sofas, white goods for the kitchen, office
furniture, garden furniture, lighting, rugs, vases...the list is endless. A high quality
general department store. See our description in the soft furnishings category above for
further details. |
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| Home of the popular
high street retailer. Habitat offers a wide range of modern furniture, furnishings and
home accessories. Their website details a comprehensive selection of items for different
rooms in the house. |
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| We have included this
site simply as a point of access to the famous stores in London (Chelsea), New York, Paris
and other major design centres around the world. The Conran Shop is a must for anyone
furnishing their home with a sizeable budget - a store for trend setters in search of
style, chic and most of all uniqueness. Unfortunately, the online shop is somewhat
disappointing in its range, focusing mainly on small items. As yet, it fails to deliver
the impressive range of furniture, soft furnishings and home accessories that can be found
instore. |
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| Unfortunately, last
time we checked Ikea did not offer an online shopping service. However, their web
site provides easy access to a subset of the products in their comprehensive catalogue, a
store locator, home 'styling' suggestions in their 'Rooms and Ideas' section and the
facility to check product availability at your nearest Ikea store before visiting. |
| International
crafts |
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simple,
informative site offering how to advice and style ideas, in
addition to selling a range of Moroccan home accessories and
crafts, including lanterns, furniture, cushions and ceramics. This
is UK-based site although international delivery can be arranged. Maroque also has sections dedicated to inspiration
and ideas. |
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| A comprehensive online
shop and magazine site - stylishly designed with plenty of useful advice and a wide range
of garden products from plants to ponds. |
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| Little introduction needed here - check out the garden furniture
and leisure seciton of B&Q's online store. Delivery available nationwide. |
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A diverse online store
selling power and hand tools, products/treatments, furniture and
much more across the following categories: Outdoor Living, Workshop,
Homestyle, and Finishing Touches. |
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| This site specialises in books published by the Octopus
Publishing Group, relating to INTERIORS, DESIGN, COOKERY, GARDENING and CRAFTS. The site
is 'clean and simple', with a layout that speaks for itself. Conran Octopus Books allows
you to order online and, despite not offering access to other publishers
titles (obviously!), it has a relatively diverse selection of interesting books to choose
from. Prices range from £12.99 to around 35.00 and postage is FREE in the UK. |
| Please
note that SimplyFurnishings.com in no way provides any guarantee and accepts no
responsibility for the quality of service, availability of products, or reputation of
these companies. |
