Guide to Purchasing Top Quality Furniture

Buying new furniture can be an experience that is exciting, frustrating, satisfying, time consuming, or any one or all of these.

At Residence Fine Furniture we want your furniture buying experience to be both enjoyable and rewarding for you. To assist you in your search and decision-making we suggest you consider the following prior to visiting retail outlets:

Form and Function
What exactly do you want the furniture to do or to be used for, what is the required balance between form and function?

Location
What are the dimensions and shape of the area where the furniture, or group of furniture, will be situated?

Are there other matters that need to be considered with respect to the situation e.g. the position and sill height of windows, the position and height from the floor, of power, TV and computer cable outlets, etc?

Does the position of the sun need to be considered? (Fine furniture made from natural materials should not be placed in direct sunlight)

At Residence we are better able to assist you in buying your furniture if you bring a sketch plan of the area where the furniture will be situated, with dimensions marked.

Decorating Considerations
Does the furniture need to match a particular décor or other pieces of furniture?

At Residence we have consultants experienced in interior decorating and design who will be happy to assist you in making the choice that is right for you.

Will you later wish to acquire additional complementary pieces?

The Residence range of fine furniture includes many pieces specifically designed to match major pieces in the range e.g. nightstands and drawer chests for beds, small tables for coffee tables, and the like.

You can buy one piece now with the peace of mind that the matching pieces will always be available from Residence.

Budgetary Considerations
At Residence we understand and fully appreciate the need for purchasers to consider their budget.

Our advice is simple - buy the best quality furniture you can afford at the time.

If you buy well you will buy once.

Also in this regard we believe that it is worthwhile to take into account environmental considerations - we believe that the best way to conserve our natural resources is to design and craft furniture of such impeccable quality that it will last for many generations. Few things are such a waste of natural resources than disposable furniture that will have a life far shorter than that of the tree from which it is made.

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