Practical, friendly advice from our own design and fitting team, to help you plan bespoke furniture and make the most of every room in your home.
We design, build and fit bespoke furniture across the North West every week, and these guides share what we have learned from real projects: honest advice on storage, materials, tricky rooms and getting the most from your space. No jargon and no sales pitch, just answers to the questions our customers ask us most.
Media wall with fireplace guide: choosing a fire, sizes, TV height above the flame, UK electrical rules and costs, plus a Warrington project.
Read the guide: Media Wall With Fireplace: Fires, Sizes and Safety →
Ten media wall designs that work in real living rooms, with the TV heights, screen sizes, depths and lighting that make each one work.
Read the guide: Media Wall Ideas: 10 Built-In Designs for UK Living Rooms →
The understairs void is usually the most wasted space in a house. Here is how to use the deep end, the shallow end and the awkward middle properly.
Read the guide: Under-Stairs Storage Ideas That Use the Whole Space →
Standard kitchen units come in fixed widths, so most rooms end up with filler panels and wasted corners. Here is how a made-to-measure kitchen is planned instead.
Read the guide: Bespoke Fitted Kitchens: How to Plan One That Actually Fits →
Chimney breast alcoves are the most wasted space in most living rooms. How to plan alcove cabinetry, shelving and storage that looks built in rather than added.
Read the guide: Alcove Cabinetry and Fitted Living Room Storage →
Over-bed storage, bedside units, dressing areas and drawer banks. How to plan a fitted bedroom as one scheme rather than a wardrobe and some leftovers.
Read the guide: Fitted Bedroom Furniture: More Than Just Wardrobes →
Desk height, depth, cable management, lighting and storage. A practical guide to planning a fitted home office or study that is comfortable to work in all day.
Read the guide: How to Plan a Fitted Home Office That Works →
Sloping ceilings, chimney breasts, stair bulkheads and box rooms are where made to measure furniture stops being a preference and becomes the only thing that fits.
Read the guide: Fitted Furniture for Awkward and Sloping Spaces →
A media wall is a built-in unit that houses your television, hides every cable and often includes a fire. Here is what one involves and what to consider.
Read the guide: What Is a Media Wall? A Plain English Guide →
Sliding doors save the floor space a hinged door needs to swing into. Hinged doors open the whole interior at once. Here is how to choose between them.
Read the guide: Sliding vs Hinged Wardrobe Doors: Which Suits Your Room? →
Planning alcove wardrobes in a North West period property? Learn how to design bespoke fitted wardrobes around a chimney breast to maximise bedroom storage.
Read the guide: The Definitive Guide To Bespoke Fitted Wardrobes →
Planning alcove wardrobes in a North West period property? Learn how to design bespoke fitted wardrobes around a chimney breast to maximise bedroom storage.
Read the guide: 7 Innovative Ways to Design Fitted Wardrobes Around a Chimney Breast →The guides above cover the questions we get asked most. If you already know which room you are tackling, these pages go into what we can build and how it works.
Contact North West Fitted Furniture today for a no-obligation, free design consultation and quote.
