Author: sarah

Classic Ercol

You may have caught the recent episode of BBC2’s In the Factory featuring the ercol factory in  Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The hero piece of the programme was the classic ercol Windsor Chair – model number 1877, and followed its manufacture from raw planks to the finished article, in all its steam-bent glory. The Windsor range was […]

Keeping Things Local

Why buying British is best We’re not just a nation of shopkeepers you know – we have a strong furniture manufacturing industry that has been thriving for decades, in fact in some cases for centuries. Did you know that the United Kingdom is home to some of the finest bed makers in the world? And […]