Custom made fitted furniture

[Alias]

agree with others, get many people in to quote as they vary wildly...

last year, got wall to wall, floor to ceiling bedroom cupboards custom made for 3 double bedrooms from a local company for £3k

Lots of Mirrors in the doors and went for the gloss look with chrome handles...wasnt the lowest quote but gave the best options (highest quotes we got was £17k )

[doodab]

Have you looked at heals, john lewis (do stuff from neptune.com), chris sharpe cabinets and so on?

[d000hg]

Breeze blocks and floor board strips.

Sorted.

We're still using (much to the wife's annoyance) a large coffee table an ex-employer sold off when updating their office furniture. £5 and as sturdy as anything, and come to think of it that was over 6 years ago now

[Moscow Mule]

Find a local chippy, there's loads round our way (not sure about the cultural wasteland of the northwest).

We had two cabinets with floating shelves above made from sturdy mdf fitted into the alcoves by the fireplace.

Cost was about £1500. Then we paid a firm to paint it all - that was about £500.

Can't tell the difference between the mdf and wood when it's painted well.

[original PM]

if you must go 'upmarket' how about these

tv cabinets/

[sasguru]

Get some Poles to do it for you.
Custom made bookshelves installed into alcoves and painted white = £1000 labour plus cost of wood.
Even cheaper if you use MDF but wouldn't recommend that.
I'm sure they could do a TV cabinet or anything similar.

[MaryPoppins]

if you must go 'upmarket' how about these

tv cabinets/

that's your idea of upmarket? eeww.

[Moscow Mule]

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Even cheaper if you use MDF but wouldn't recommend that...

Whyever not? If properly prepared the finished product won't look any different.

[sasguru]

Whyever not? If properly prepared the finished product won't look any different.

I like real wood. It feels nicer.

[MaryPoppins]

I like real wood. It feels nicer.

Tee hee