Archive for April, 2008

We are sure that you know that a Chesterfield is more than simply a settee it’s a design icon synonymous with stylish luxury and guarantees unrivalled comfort in your home or office space. Many people are unaware that you can buy a Chesterfield for your office, lovely for your customers to use, but what about a super styled comfortable leather office desk chair for you?

At Distinctive chesterfields you will find a number of different styles of office chair, four in fact so you will be able to decide on a chair that will suit the styling and décor of your office. The Hudson office desk chair is an example of a thirties style of chair, you may have seen one in the movies! The Hudson office chair is a lavish, fully buttoned whole interior, featuring a hand studded finish. As with all Distinctive Chesterfields, a full choice of leathers and colours is available from which to choose.

Described as curvy in shape the Rutland Chesterfield sofa sporting flowing lines is not only eye catching, is so comfortable it makes you not want to get out of it. Many have described this Distinctive Chesterfield model as very reminiscent of the era that produced the delightful “Art Deco” period of furnishing and art, we could not disagree with this thought!

The Rutland comes with a fully buttoned finish with a stiff sprung frame and extra foaming to give excellent support, yet supreme comfort for the user. The Rutland is not confined to Chesterfields, but includes footstools, chairs and the Chesterfield Sofa is made for you in two, three and four seater styles. Naturally, the complete range of our leather finishes is available, in the full range of colour options.

Chesterfield is a town in Derbyshire with a crooked spire, but that is not what we mean in this context anyway! What we are referring to is that magnificent leather settee or couch, distinctive by its buttoned arms and back, offered in a wide variety of colours.

At our online shop Distinctive Chesterfields you will find a range of no less than fifteen differing style of traditional chesterfield settee in thirty four stunning colours with a choice of leather, all selected for their fineness, texture, evenness, and feel. When considering your new chesterfield you can be assured that you will get only the highest quality, and that the craftsmen making this will ensure that the end product will give years of satisfaction, as well as being the envy of your friends.

Our Chesterfields and Club Chairs all start with the frame which is the heart of a Distinctive Chesterfield and although most of this is not seen, the same care is employed here as with say, the hand finished leathers. This important part of the sofa or chair is constructed using only the finest hardwoods, selected for strength and longevity, hand formed by time served craftsmen. All the component parts are assembled, again by hand using screws and dowels with corner blocks to provide added strength to the frame. Naturally every Chesterfield or Club Chair is stringently checked for shape and to ensure that it is absolutely square.

When the frame is complete we can now see the shape and size of the Chesterfield or Club Chair and this is then passed through to our skilled polisher to add finish to those parts of the frame that will be exposed, legs and feet for example. Several coats of polish are applied by hand in a traditional manner and this is allowed to harden in a temperature controlled environment for at least 48 hours. When our quality controller is fully satisfied with the frame, only then can it proceed to the next stages of careful manufacture.

Not only are Chesterfield settees beautiful to look at and comfortable to use they are more versatile than people may believe. Take the Hertford as an example of this, which is handmade in the workshops by craftsmen at Distinctive Chesterfields which is a modular product.

Like all the Chesterfields from us they are offered in a wide range of leather finishes and colours, but the difference here is that The Hertford enables you to custom build this into a room or study corner. These units can be fixed permanently together left as separate units allowing changes to be made to the configuration according to circumstances. As with all of our leather furniture, the frames are made from selected hardwoods, and fully sprung by trained craftsmen prior to upholstery.

Having decided which Distinctive Chesterfield that will enhance your room, and there are sixteen styles of sofas alone to choose from, you will need to decide which leather finish you want and the colour that is going to suit your style of room.

We offer three distinct types of leather, naturally all of the highest quality, and the choice will depend upon the style of surroundings where the Chesterfield sofa is to be housed. Antique leather is our standard and is finished painstakingly to simulate an end product that is authentic. Premium Leather gives that something more, the grain is finer than antique and the range of colours is vast, no less than nineteen standard shades! The ultimate though is Hand Dyed Leather giving that individuality to the chesterfield sofa. Using time honoured methods of finishing, by professional workers, the rich deep finish will develop and really will become better and better with age.

It has just been brought to our attention that a ‘competitior’ has been registering website names which look similar to ours in the hope of passing the two companies off as one and the same.

The spoof sites are :

www.distinctive-chesterfields.com

www.distinctive-chesterfields.co.uk

note the hyphen.

TO MAKE THIS TOTALLY CLEAR, WE ARE IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO GEORGE MAXWELL UK LTD AND FEEL THE ABOVE TACTICS ARE NOT ONLY UNDERHAND, BUT ALSO VERY MISLEADING TO THE REGULAR PUBLIC.

We are currently seeking legal advice on this issue and would urge all recent customers who may need some reassurance on their purchase to call the offices of Distinctive Chesterfields Ltd on (01484) 663294.

We are sure that you will have seen many Chesterfield Sofas, relaxed on one or possibly you or a member of your family owns one. Distinctive Chesterfields are really something quite apart from the run of the mill that can be seen. All the Chesterfield Sofas that come from our workshops receive the same careful care and attention from our time served craftsmen.

One that really catches the eye is our Kendal Chesterfield which stands out from the rest. The Kendal is manufactured with an oversized arm, hand stuffed cushions, and the tall, contoured leg really let you know what this sofa is all about. With an extra large hardwood frame, fully sprung the Kendal is suited for larger sitting rooms. Naturally this Distinctive Chesterfield is available with all the leather finishes to your personal requirements, with our complete colour range. The Kendal is regal in every way.

Whether you have bought a Leather Chesterfield or not, a footstool is a wonderful way to literally “put your feet up”. Raising ones feet when sitting and relaxing is recommended by the medical profession and is a sure way to take the weight off your feet.

The footstools made at the Distinctive Chesterfield traditional hand crafted workshops are made to the same exacting standards as all the sofas and tub chairs from us. The frame is crafted by time served frame makers using high grade materials in a traditional workshop, following which the leather is carefully selected finished and cut by trained leatherworkers, who have a keen eye for only the best quality leathers. 

The Queen Anne footstool is one of five distinctive styles which are offered, naturally with the same choice of leather quality and colours that are offered on all other products.

It is said by many that a Chesterfield Sofa is a pretty standard product and often it would be difficult to tell these distinctive products from differing suppliers apart. What is clear is that all products, be these sofas, club and tub chairs, office chairs and chaise longue made at our workshops are lovingly hand crafted by highly skilled masters in their field, using only the finest materials.

Making your own mark through our Signature range allows you to choose your own specification be it taller, deeper, wider or longer. The bespoke service allows you to ask us to upholster and polish in literally any stain, fabric or leather, either specified by you or colour or pattern matched to a sample. Your Distinctive Chesterfield will be unique to you and will be literally your signature. So when you a re looking for that centre piece for home or a business project you should look no further than our signature range.