Handmade Beds &
Mattresses Since 1979
Hackney Road (1995)
Our current showrooms are located close to the City of London and are well served by public transport.
We now open them to the public strictly by appointment. Please call 02077393480 and we will be happy to show you our wares.
We display our wooden beds in various sizes and finishes, and the full range of mattresses for customers to sample.
Local attractions include Columbia and Broadway Markets and the Geffrye Museum’s famous domestic furniture exhibitions.
Grays Inn Road, Clerkenwell (1982).
Remembering local history
We moved to Shoreditch in the mid 1980’s when the area was very run down but still the centre of what remained of London’s historic furniture making industry.
For nearly two centuries hundreds of back street factories and (sweatshops?) supplied some of the world’s most prestigious furniture stores. In those days there was a thriving export market for British furniture, and over 90% of furniture sold in the U.K. was produced in places like Shoreditch.
On Sunday mornings local manufacturers would pile their merchandise high on the pavements of Hackney Road. No parking restrictions allowed canny buyers to pick up bargains at ‘East End’ rather than ‘West End’ prices.
Today Shoreditch is famed for it’s creative industries and nightlife. It is one of the most vibrant districts in London. Warehouses and workshops have given way to spectacular apartments, art galleries, nightclubs and restaurants. However it’s historic street markets still remain.
We welcome this trend, and continue to sell our beds and mattresses direct to the public at workshop prices.
UPDATE: We regret that it became no longer viable to manufacture in Shoreditch due to sky high rents and overheads and a shortage of local crafts people.
We have moved our workshops in historic Brightlingsea
Camden Lock (1986)
The ‘Victorian’ style shop front was built in our workshops by our own craftsmen. It was destroyed in a fire some years later.
It was around that time that we decided to make mattresses. The local craft workshops which had supplied us were fast disappearing in favour of large, high volume manufacturers located outside of London.
We took on extra staff and continued to provide the same traditional, handmade mattresses which remain virtually unchanged to this day.
Hackney Road, Shoreditch
Bed and breakfast? (1982)
After three years of working from a basement we acquired and restored a run down listed building in Clerkenwell which was our first showroom.
We made just one bed - the ever popular ‘Custom’. So to help pay the rent we opened a surprisingly popular vegetarian café at the rear.
As the cafe grew and the bed range increased we were obliged to move the showroom to Camden Lock. (below)
Our café continued for twelve years before eventually reverting back to a showroom for a further six.
Traditional, time proven methods ensure that our wooden beds and natural filled mattresses
remain in good condition for many years.
Our comprehensive range is on display in our Shoreditch showroom.