Cleaning wood

Whilst we may have the cleaning bug at the moment and have the urge to bleach everything in sight, our wooden furniture needs a little more consideration.

Does Looking after wood have to be hard?

OMG The night before a delivery… Will it fit into my house?

Whilst we all think about fitting furniture pieces into the room of your choice but, do we more importantly think about actually getting them in to the house? The answer is usually no… we assume and we all know what assuming does…

Now we have all had time to de-clutter…

Well in the current situation I am sure that most of us will have found the time to clear out/tidy at least one drawer in our home… if not all of them.

Drawers can be found all over our homes and whilst the humble chest of drawers is probably the most flexible piece of furniture you have in your home, it can sometimes be out of sight out of mind…. We all have a Junk Drawer littered with half used batteries, that key that we don’t know which lock it fits and some form of foreign currency (that’s probably out of date)! Literally you can use a chest of drawers in every room in your house... the trick is just not to fill them with junk…

Customer Care… It really counts!

Hallowood are proud to say they can offer Expert Customer Care - Stylish Oak Furniture delivered to your door.

‎Our shops may be closed at the moment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but we are still offering a delivered to your door service.

Stay Home – Stay Safe – Home Schooling

Covid-19 has changed all our lives but non so much as our kids… home schooling… who knew how hard it was going to be… and how much it would take over our homes.

Balancing education, entertainment, and for some, medical care, can be massively overwhelming for parents and carers, but for children its confusing.

Stay Home – Stay Safe - Working from home

Working from home sounds idyllic – after all would anyone know if you were working in your pyjamas? But in reality, working from home during lockdown can be harder than we thought as there are lots of distractions around to stop us from working – The kids… home schooling… housework… cooking…TV… Social media and more.

Stay At home – Stay Safe – Lockdown home styling

 At this very strange time we are all staying at home and that gives us time to look around the place we call home and see all the things that need doing. Just because the shops are closed, and we need to stay home doesn’t mean that you can’t update your home – and most importantly updating on a shoestring.

Retro Fusion

Retro is still in fashion; we may have seen the retro style around for a few years now but it’s still very much influencing high street fashion and interior trends. From the colour palette of the 70s,  to the scalloped shapes of Art Deco through to 50’s signature furniture styles this trends this classic style is definitely influenced from a bygone era.

Spring is just around the corner

Spring is on its way even if it doesn’t feel so at times. Whist we may not all like cleaning, spring does bring on the mood for it. Spring cleaning is more about lightening the atmosphere in the home, lighten the mood and freshen up in every sense:

Flat Pack Vs Pre-built

Flat pack furniture is said to have been invented in 1956 by Mr Gillis Lundgren, a Swedish draughtsman, who bought a table, and had to unscrew its legs to be able to fit it into his car, which gave him the idea of manufacturing furniture in kit form.

Today also known as Ready-to-assemble furniture (RTA) or knock-down furniture (KD), the Swedish have taken flat pack furniture to the masses with retail giant Ikea having gone global.