A few years ago a high gloss (or Hi Gloss) finish on furniture was considered tacky. Everything had to be in a wood effect (pine, beech, oak, maple and so on) or very minimalistic (or both).
The look of gloss finished doors or drawer fronts with a wood frames was something more akin to the late 70’s and early 80’s, and many of us could look back at our photos of that time and see something along those lines adorning our bedroom or living room.
However, today this style is once again in popular demand. Why? It’s that whole concept of styles coming back around again. What was cool becomes tacky, what was tacky becomes retro, and what is retro becomes cool and fashionable – the circle is complete.
Now that isn’t to say we want the same tacky furniture we had back in 1980, of course we don’t, what we want is a similar style but in quality materials, built to last and designed to impress.
Well Gleneagle Furniture (not one to be behind the current styles) have stepped up once again with several hi gloss finish furniture ranges – the Carlton Range, the Clarion Range, The Savoy Range and the Shelbourne Range. However as the Savoy range is more of a minimalistic white bedroom furniture range, we’ll leave that for now and look at the Clarion and Carlton ranges.
Now the first thing about these bedroom ranges you will notice it they are very similar, and by similar I mean the same. That’s because they are, with the obvious exception of the fact the Carlton range is in a hi gloss black finish and the Carlton in hi gloss white, but the point is they are offering choice in finish but still both retaining the same great quality and style you expect of Gleneagle Furniture.
Both these bedroom sets have a dark walnut wood finish on the main frame word, but the doors and drawers are all in a hi gloss finish based on the range you want. Blanket boxes have a front panel that matches the gloss finish, and beds have a inset in the headboard and bed footer with the same styling.
You can get the same furniture items for each of these bedroom furniture sets including wardrobes (double and single) dressers and stools, bedside units, drawer chests, beds in differing sizes, mirrors and more meaning each provides a complete bedroom solution. As a matter of fact at Furniture Store 247 we have both single bed and double bed furniture sets for both the Clarion and Carlton ranges, saving you money and you can add to it with individual items as you wish.
So if you are looking for something a little retro, but stylish and quality for your bedroom, check out the Clarion Hi Gloss and Carlton Hi Gloss ranges from Gleneagle.
Furniture Store 247 has a couple of good recommendations if you are looking for some traditional styled furniture for your home.
First up we have the new best selling rustic oak furniture range by Trafalgar Furniture. I’ve talked about this before but I’m going to mention what the positives and negatives of this range over our other best selling traditional furniture range from Oakleigh Furniture.
Well both of these sets have a full range of occasional furniture. What’s occasional furniture? Occasional furniture is these pieces of furniture that can really go anywhere such as end tables, or lamp tables, display cabinets and bookcases, console tables and sideboards. Any of these will add a classic touch to a living room, hallway, bedroom or dining room.
Other occasional furniture in both the Oakleigh range and the Trafalgar rustic oak range includes coffee tables, TV units and cabinets and hi-fi units, but these are more aimed at just the living room or lounge (though they can accent a bedroom furniture set very nicely).
Both of these quality furniture ranges have dining tables, extendable dining tables and matching dining chairs. Both also have a variety of sideboards in large and small sizes, but the Trafalgar rustic oak range has a little more versatility in its range of console tables (one of which even integrates a wine rack).
When it comes to the bedroom, both Oakleigh and Trafalgar furniture have most of the bases covered but shine in areas where the other lacks to a degree. Both sets have beds that match, but where Trafalgar only has a double bed and a king size bed, Oakleigh have s single bed too. Both have various wardrobes, tall boys and drawer chests, Trafalgar provide 2 differing types of dressing tables/desks with a matching stool, which Oakleigh does not.
So both these furniture ranges offer traditional styling that can be used throughout the home; Oakleigh being finished in solid ash, whereas Trafalgar have the rustic oak finish. Both offer a few minor extra pieces of furniture to the other as mentioned above, though nothing really deal-breaking. Finally the Oakleigh range is perhaps a little less expensive than the rustic Oak range from Trafalgar.
However in summary the positives and negatives are so minimal, you can be sure either of these ranges will provide you with quality furniture that can benefit your home. So at the end of the day it’s just comes down to personal tastes, inevitably the choice is yours.
Limelight is one of the top bed manufacturers in the UK, and hardly surprising with the number of years they have had doing this. Add to that they are part of the Vogue Beds group, who have 20 years of experience and you can see they definitely have a pedigree.
Limelight beds are very stylish, offering a contemporary feel in their leather beds, a more rustic feel in their wooden beds and a mixture or traditional and modern in their metal bed range; limelight also have a range of quality sofa beds too.
Many of Limelight’s beds are available in several sizes from single bed and double beds through to super king size. This is because Lime Light wants you to have choice, and there is nothing worse than seeing a bed you love, and finding you can't get it in the size you need.
so what is available from Limelight? Well here is a run down of some of the quality beds in their ranges.
- The Cordelia is a sleigh style frame with slatted base all in luxurious American Oak.
- The Dione is an elegant low foot end bed frame made from American Oak with a slatted base to give additional support.
- The Alpha bunk beds come in a honeycomb pine finish; these slatted bunk beds can be separated into 2 comfy single beds.
- The Janus is a stylish bedstead with a gently curved headboard in a natural finish made from smooth rubber wood.
- The Oberon is a metal and wood bed with a silver frame incorporating pine finish wood bars on the head and foot end; it also has a rod slatted base with central support and central legs for more stability.
- The Ion is a very stylish and modern metal bed with an awesome chrome finish and minimalist looks.
- The Charon is a classic styles metal frame bed which is available in a gloss black or gloss white finish with brass effect finials and a sprung slatted based for comfort.
- The Orbit Deluxe is a classic styled leather sleigh bed. The orbit has a real leather upholstered headboard, footboard and surround in a dark chocolate brown finish.
- The Pulsar is a more contemporary looking bed and comes in a beautiful dark brown faux leather finish
- The Mira is a modern styled bed with a sleigh headboard and storage drawers; it comes in a dark brown faux leather finish
- The Phoenix is a stylish and modern sofa that converts to a bed through a single slide mechanism. The Phoenix sofa bed has deep comfortable mattressing and easy to remove covers, which can be purchased separately in beige, black, blue and brown.
This is far from and exhaustive list of the limelight bed range, but is a taster of how many different designs are available and if you want to be sure of comfort, why not pick up a vogue mattress as well?
The entire limelight range is available at Furniture Store 247 along with many quality Vogue mattresses.
The look of gloss finished doors or drawer fronts with a wood frames was something more akin to the late 70’s and early 80’s, and many of us could look back at our photos of that time and see something along those lines adorning our bedroom or living room.
You can get the same furniture items for each of these bedroom furniture sets including wardrobes (double and single) dressers and stools, bedside units, drawer chests, beds in differing sizes, mirrors and more meaning each provides a complete bedroom solution. As a matter of fact at Furniture Store 247 we have both single bed and double bed furniture sets for both the Clarion and Carlton ranges, saving you money and you can add to it with individual items as you wish.
