Mar 12 2010

Alice Beer discusses Plumbs on BBC local radio

Published by admin under Plumbs, Recycle or Replace

Alice Beer talks to BBC local radio stations about Plumbs and keeping that in-herited piece of furniture rather than throwing it away.

A survey has revealed that two thirds of UK homeowners would rather bring a piece of furniture back to life and enjoy a piece of family history than buy something new.

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Feb 26 2010

Win one of 5 FREE pairs of tickets to the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair

Published by Simon under Events, Money Saving, Plumbs

Plumbs are giving away 5 free pairs of tickets to the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair, these tickets can be used any day expect Saturday. Additionally each winner will receive 2 tickets to the Gala Evening on Wednesday 24th March.

Find out more about the fair – CLICK HERE!

How to Enter:

There are a two ways to take part in our competition. You can either:

1. Sign-up to our monthly newsletter. Anyone signing up between the 26th February 2010 – 16th March 2010, will be automatically entered – Sign-up here…

2. Become a fan of our Facebook page. Anyone joining between the 26th February 2010 – 16th March 2010, will be automatically entered – Become a fan here…

3. Follow us on Twitter and re-tweet this message:

RT @Plumbsltd: Win one of 5 pairs of tickets to the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair. For details http://tinyurl.com/ydgzdyf #plumbstand

Everyone can be a winner. For everyone signing up to our newsletter we will issue them a promo code that can be used both online and phone booking to get £1 off.

A Few Rules:
Each Re-Tweet will receive 1 entry into the competition
Each Newsletter Sign-up will receive 1 entry into the competition
Each Facebook Fan will receive 1 entry into the competition
The competition winner(s) will be contacted personally
Prizes must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred
There will be no cash alternatives
Open to UK residents aged 18 or over
We do not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries
Competition closes @ 23:59 on 16th March 2010
The winner will be selected and announced on 17th March 2010

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Feb 24 2010

A chair being re-upholstered

Published by Simon under Plumbs, Re-upholstery, Video

See The process of re-upholstering an occasional chair:

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Feb 16 2010

Meet Plumbs at the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair 2010

Published by Simon under Events, Plumbs

Come and see us and our loose cover & reupholstery products at the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair 2010. Located in the Business Design Centre, London from the 24th – 28th March.

Win one of 5 FREE pairs of tickets to the Country Living Magazine Spring Fair – Click Here…


Come and see us at stand E11
– you will get to see:

  • LIVE – demonstrations of a chair being reupholstered by a master
    upholsterer. You are free to ask as any questions!
  • Get the chance to see and feel the quaility of all our fabrics.
  • Ask any one of our team of professionals about our Loose Cover and
    Reupholstery products.

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Enjoy a fantastic day out at this year’s Country Living Magazine Spring Fair. The Business Design Centre in London’s Islington will be packed with fresh ideas for the home and garden. Discover – and sample – a whole host of delicious regional produce in the food hall and pamper yourself with gorgeous fashions and unique jewellery. Meet some of the UK’s most talented artisans and really celebrate spring in style.

Click here to find out more about the fair…

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Feb 09 2010

Plumbs 50th Anniversary Photo

Published by Simon under Plumbs

Last week, we got together about 250 Plumbs employees to take this aerial photo to commemorate our 50th year in business. It was a very cold day but luckily all the waving and many takes kept us all warm.

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Feb 02 2010

Plumbs Unveils 50th Anniversary Collection

Published by Simon under Plumbs

To celebrate our golden anniversary, we have created an exclusive new collection, honouring our 50 year heritage with a range of fabrics manufactured by British design houses.

Our collections include ‘Bijoux’, a new co-ordinated range of textured tweeds and crushed velvets following the very latest style trends for a combination of design and colour and ‘Timeless Classics’, an exciting new range which blends beautiful florals, plains, mini designs and stripes in co-ordinating room settings.

Autumn 2010 will see the release of a special ‘Prestige Collection’ showcasing the very best sellers from top British brand names such as Sandersons, Crowsons and Blendworth and ‘Venetian Palace’ – a top of the range, yet affordable, collection.

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We have been producing and designing quality made-to-measure loose sofa covers and loose chair covers for half a century.
From the early days as a North West market stall, Plumbs have grown into the UK’s biggest supplier of loose covers and have diversified in recent years adding curtains and the highly skilled art of reupholstery to our range of services.

With 50 years under the belt and having covered 3 million suites to date, this family-run business have embraced five decades of home interior fashion from the vivid oranges of the 1960s, the elaborate and coordinated styles of the 1980s to the clean minimalist approach of the 1990s.

To see a selection of these new 2010 range of re-upholstery, loose covers and curtain fabrics – please click here…

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Jan 29 2010

Transform your living room this Spring

Transform your living room this Spring with loose covers from Plumbs. With hundreds of fabrics to choose from including cottons, linens, chenilles, easy care stretch fabrics plus luxury velvets, loose covers are ideal if you’re looking for a slightly more informal way to update your furniture.

Offering an alternative solution to replacing a tired sofa or chair, Plumbs loose covers are hand crafted from start to finish and made to measure, which means that they look, fit and feel as good, if not better, than the original upholstery. Plumbs even offer co-ordinating curtains!

From on-trend botanical prints and opulent purples and deep reds to countryside-inspired florals and natural fabrics, Plumbs diverse loose cover collections offer something for everyone.

If your furniture is over ten years old then re-upholstery could be the perfect way to bring a well-loved sofa or chair back to life. Re-upholstery allows you to keep all the original features of your existing furniture, including the shape, comfort and style, but in a brand new fabric.

Plumbs upholstering services range from standard recovering to complete reupholstery including any wooden features, studded work and button backs.

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Jan 25 2010

Ever wondered how upholstered furniture came about?

Published by Simon under Re-upholstery

We’ve put together an article explaining a brief history of upholstery. For example, did you know that the term “upholder” is the archaic name for an upholsterer?

Read the article here…

You can also learn about the The Worshipful Company of Upholders, one of the very first Livery Companies of the City of London.

Visit their website here…

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Jan 20 2010

How should you be decorating your home in 2010?

Published by admin under Design Tips

What’s in and what’s not? Find out if you current decor is out of date or if you’ve pre-emptied what the interior design fashion police are saying your home should like be this year.

Excerpt: According to Pantone, “Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world” – the perfect anecdote to a turbulent 2009!

Read the full article here…

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Jan 19 2010

Re-upholstery or Re-covering Furniture IS Recycling

Latest government figures say we in the UK send more than half our waste to landfill. That is a huge 62 million tonnes a year in England alone. Now the aim is to reduce landfill by at least 50% over the next 10 years…..

Read More Here…

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footstools. Offer applies to all fabrics (excluding dobby, hopsack, slub, cardinal and clearance) and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or with Decra Furniture Covers & Designer Furniture Covers.