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Victoria’s Throne in Revenge Got Destroyed – Get Your Revenge Chair Now!

  March 31, 2014 - 10:00 pm |
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That beautiful Revenge Chair. How could it be? How can a chair that beautiful be destroyed?

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Picture published by ABC Revenge on Twitter

Who killed the Revenge Chair?

Lydia Davis is a cruel woman. She used her guile to worm her way back into Conrad Grayson’s bed and inserted herself right in the middle of Victoria’s life – taking her place on Victoria’s Throne.

But how and why destroy that beautiful Revenge Chair?

That is exactly what happened in Series 3, Episode 11 of Revenge. Lydia demonstrates her disgust at Victoria’s rule of the social scene and Conrad’s life as she empties a glass of red wine all over the seat of that beautiful piece of furniture.

Victoria’s Throne, that beautiful chair that makes us dream of far-away places, is forever disfigured. The Revenge Chair in the lounge room of Grayson Manor, will never be the same again!

Fans of the Revenge chair were shocked. Maybe even more shocked than when we found out Charlotte and Emily are half sisters. Or even when we saw who shot Emily.

Fans took to Twitter and under the hashtag #ripthrone, expressed their shock and horror at the ill treatment of the beautiful chair.

 

 

 

We all waited keenly to see what Victoria will choose to replace her throne with. As we expected, the new throne is beautiful. But we will always miss our favourite Revenge Chair.

You can now own your own Revenge Chair

The good news is that Australians no longer have to stare longingly at the screen, hoping to catch a glimpse of that beautiful chair. That one is gone forever. But you can now be the proud owner of your own Revenge Chair. (And yours won’t have a red wine stain on it!)

Because here at Leisure Lounges we manufacture custom made lounges to suit any occasion, you can now order your very own custom made Revenge Chair. Looking exactly like the chair in the TV series, you will feel as good as Victoria did while sitting in that beautiful chair.

Don’t wait a minute longer. Contact Leisure Lounges now to order your own Revenge Chair and get the best deal in town.

The Best Leather to Use When You Make a Custom Made Leather Lounge

  March 12, 2014 - 12:09 pm |
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When making a leather lounge, there is probably nothing more important than choosing the right type of leather. The right type of leather can ensure that your custom made leather lounge will last you a lifetime.

The Leather We Choose When Making Your Custom Made Leather Lounge

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Shown here is our Brentley Modular Leather Chaise Lounge

Quality is very important to us, as it is to you. We want every one of our customers to be able to take pride in the quality of any leather lounge they buy from Leisure Lounges. For this reason we never use top grain, split leather or bonded leathers. Although it would be a cheaper option, the lack in quality makes it unsuitable for the manufacturing of our leather lounges.

While choosing the best quality leather for our leather lounges, we still sell it at a reasonable price. This ensures you get the best deal on a leather lounge in Sydney and the surrounding areas.

When importing leather for our leather lounges, we only choose from the following options:

Pigmented corrected grain leather

Corrected grain leather is any leather with an artificial grain applied to the surface. Any imperfections are corrected and an artificial grain is then impressed. The pigments on this type of leather gives your leather lounge that unique pigmented design that is so popular.

Pigmented full grain leather

Full grain leather hides have not been sanded or buffed the way corrected grain leather has. Since the grain remains completely intact, it allows for a strong and durable fibre. Full grain leather is also your most breathable leather, preventing that leather lounge sweat that is well-known in lounges of a lesser quality.

Full grain semi aniline leather

Semi aniline leather is a type of leather dyed with soluble dyes and then covered with a thin protective top coat to protect it from wear and staining.  When used on a full grain leather, it results in a leather lounge that retains the hide’s natural look with visible pores and scars, while also being protected against wear and tear.

Corrected grain semi aniline leather

In the case of a corrected grain semi aniline leather, your lounge has the protective cover of both the artificial grain applied to the surface as well as the protective top coat from the semi aniline treatment. This makes for an incredibly durable leather lounge.

Drum dyed full grain aniline leather with wax or oil finishes

This leather is dyed with soluble dyes without covering the surface with any topcoat paint or insoluble pigments.  There are different kinds of aniline leather, but the same kinds of dye is used in the process. The dye is clear and transparent and it allows the grain structure of the leather to be seen. It is a great leather to use when you want to show off the structure of the original hide in your leather lounge.

Each one of these leathers has a different quality to it. To us it doesn’t matter which one of these leathers you choose for the manufacturing of your custom made lounge, as they will all give you a top quality, durable leather lounge.

Finding Leather for our Leather Lounges

  March 6, 2014 - 9:53 am |
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It doesn’t matter how trends in the furniture industry change, one thing remains constant: distinguished buyers always choose leather lounges to finish the look of every lounge room and office.

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Buying a leather lounge should be done with great consideration. Your leather lounge should be of high quality and durable. It will probably be one of those items you buy once in a lifetime.

And it ought to last you a lifetime.

Where do we find the leather for our leather lounges?

One can’t just say that leather is leather is leather. No, there is a vast difference in the quality of the leather you find in different countries.

We source the leather we use in the manufacturing of our custom made lounges from countries like Italy, Scotland and New Zealand. By doing so, we ensure that not only do we use top quality leather but the animals the leather came from, were treated humanely.

Whilst leather is both durable and beautiful, nobody wants an animal to be treated inhumanely just so we can have a beautiful leather lounge. There are countries where it is common knowledge that animals are being treated inhumanely, just so that they can have leather for export. In some of these countries we find some of the biggest exporters of leather in the world.

However, because of the inhumane treatment of their animals, Leisure Lounges will never import leather from these countries, no matter how cheap it is.

So why leather from Italy, Scotland and New Zealand?

No animal husbandry takes place in these countries with the specific aim to produce leather. Leather in these countries are made from hides that would have been destroyed, if not bought by leather manufacturers.

Because animals are slaughtered for their meat, the hides are a by product that then is sold to be made into leather. If these hides weren’t used in leather lounges and other leather products, they would go to waste.

 

Campbelltown, Furniture to Fulfil Your Heart’s Desire is on Your Doorstep!

  February 27, 2014 - 11:32 am |
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We often find that residents from Campbelltown and the surrounding areas travel as far as the Sydney CBD in search of the right piece of furniture. This is not necessary! For all furniture buyers in Campbelltown, furniture that will suit your taste as well as your budget, is right on your doorstep!

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Queen Street in Campbelltown

Our factory in Narellan is close enough to you in Campbelltown that you can easily visit our showroom. In fact, it is barely a 10 minute drive away! You can visit our showroom and browse through our furniture at your leisure.

Custom made lounge furniture Campbelltown will love

If you don’t find what you are looking for on our showroom floor or you prefer standing out from the crowd by having your own lounge custom made, we have good news for you. We are here to help. Tell us exactly what it is you want in a lounge and we will custom make it to your exact specifications. After all, custom making lounges for residents from Campbelltown and the surrounding area is what we do!

For our custom made lounges, we have over 300 quality fabrics for you to choose from. If you have your own fabric you wish us to cover your lounge with, we can do that for you as well.

We use only the best quality, Australian sourced materials in our lounges, so we are able to give you a full 10 year guarantee on any lounge you buy from us.

But making you a custom made lounge, isn’t all we do. Apart from our wide range of furniture on offer to our customers from Campbelltown, we also offer the following services:

  • Free delivery of all furniture bought from Leisure Lounges
  • A reupholstery service for that old lounge you don’t want to throw away
  • Interior design services.

Residents from Campbelltown know what they want when it comes to buying furniture. And this is why Leisure Lounges is the first choice of all furniture buyers from Campbelltown.

Come in today and see for yourself!

How to Choose a Furniture Store

  February 17, 2014 - 11:20 am |
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There seems to be a furniture store on just about every street corner. But when you are looking for quality furniture, how do you go about choosing the furniture store that is right for you?

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Why is it important to choose the right furniture store?

Buying furniture is not like buying clothes. Furniture is something you need to live with for at least 5 to 10 years, if not longer. So it is important to make sure that you buy the right furniture. And here the furniture store you choose plays a big role.

When looking for furniture, you need to look at a furniture store that has a wide enough range so you will be able to find what you want. If not, ask if they supply custom made lounges and other furniture. You also have to look at things like after sales service, warranties, delivery, etc. In fact, there is a lot more to look at when choosing a furniture store than just how beautiful a specific lounge is!

Look for a furniture store with a good reputation

When choosing a furniture store, it is important that you listen to what others have to say. If three of your friends tell you that they had to have their lounges reupholstered within two years of buying from the same store, you can know that is not the furniture store for you. You need to look further.
However, when you look at reviews or talk to friends and all tell you about the quality furniture, wide range and good after sales service they received from a specific furniture store, that may be the one to go with.

How big is their range of furniture?

Unless you are looking at buying from a boutique furniture store that stocks a specific line of furniture you are interested in, you need to find a store with a range wide enough to give you several choices. The more choices you have, the easier you will find exactly what you are looking for.

Look for a furniture store that offers to make you a custom made lounge

Most people have a pretty good idea of exactly what it is they want when looking for a lounge or other piece of furniture. Finding that piece of furniture can be an impossible task.
Custom made furniture are all the buzz. How much easier is it to sit with a designer and sketch out exactly what it is you want in a lounge and other piece of furniture? When you go for custom made lounges, you will find that you get exactly what you want at a fraction of what you thought it would cost.
However, when choosing a furniture store that can supply you with custom made furniture, make sure that they manufacture high quality furniture with solid wood bases and that they have a wide range of fabrics you can choose from for covering.

Do they provide warranties and after sales service?

It doesn’t matter how great a furniture store’s reputation is, you will want the assurance of a warranty. If a furniture store can’t provide you with at least a 10 year warranty on a piece of furniture, you need to steer clear from them. It happens too often that people buy inferior quality furniture and then have to find someone to refurbish it within a couple of years. A good furniture store will give you a lengthy warranty, even when they know you will not need it.

A good furniture store will offer a prompt delivery service

When buying furniture, you don’t want the hassle of arranging your own furniture delivery. It is important to find a furniture store that will either deliver the furniture themselves or will arrange for your furniture to be delivered by a trusted delivery service.
Since so many people have started ordering furniture online, it is important that they arrange delivery by a trusted furniture delivery service if you order from a furniture store that is on the other side of the country.

Why you should choose Leisure Lounges

Leisure Lounges offers you everything a good furniture store should. Not only does Leisure Lounges have a wide range of furniture but if you don’t find exactly what you want, we offer the best custom made lounges at the best price.
Leisure Lounges also offers a 10 year warranty, a free delivery service to the surrounding area, a re-upholstery service for your old lounge and much, much more.

If you are looking for a good furniture store, you won’t get any better than Leisure Lounges.

Fabric Supplied by Radford Furnishings

  January 31, 2014 - 10:42 am |
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Radford Furnishings is the biggest Australian fabric supply company. They are based in Melbourne and have been in business for over 35 years. They also have showrooms in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

At Leisure Lounges we specialize in custom made lounges

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Since here at Leisure Lounges we specialize in custom made lounges, we are always on the lookout for the best fabrics for our clients. This is where Radford Furnishings come in. They are the sole Australian distributor for a number of international fabric brands. Some of these brands include Christian Lacroix, Ralph Lauren Home, Designers Guild, William Yeoward and many more.

Our interior designers swoon over the range of fabrics Radford Furnishings have in stock. There is not a room that can’t be made to look better by using fabric supplied by them. They make the lives of interior designers a lot easier.

Not only do we use Radford furnishings when producing custom made lounges. Their wide range of beautiful yet durable fabrics are also a hit with our commercial clients. Durability is an important issue when it comes to the design of commercial furniture. Because the quality of their fabrics can be trusted for durability, we recommend it to our clients refurnishing hotels and other big commercial projects.

We also love using their fabrics when reupholstering a customer’s old lounge. By using their fabrics, we are able to refurbish old, dated lounges and bring them back to life again.

By ordering the most exquisite fabrics through Radford Furnishings, Leisure Lounges is able to provide you, the customer, with a unique lounge that has been custom made to suit your specific needs.

Whether you need a lounge to spruce up your bedroom or lounge room or whether you need beautiful seating for your office, let Leisure Lounges design and custom make it for you.

Your new custom made lounge will be your pride and joy, covered in fabric you chose from our range supplied by Radford Furnishings.

Our Top 3 Furniture Buys for 2014

  January 20, 2014 - 3:58 pm |
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You may be thinking of updating your lounge room with new furniture. Then this is the time to do it. However, it often happens that customers know they want to do something new with a room but they have no idea where to start. A good starting point for a lounge room, is to choose a beautiful lounge around which you can place other pieces of furniture and decorate the rest of the room. We have chosen 3 of our top sellers to give you an idea what people are going for at the moment when it comes to custom made lounges.

Announcing our top 3 lounges

DREAMCOAT THEATRE DAYBED

custom designed daybed, dreamcoat daybed, furnitureIf you are looking for the perfect piece of furniture for your theatre or television room, you can’t walk past the Dreamcoat Theatre Daybed.

The colours on Joseph’s dreamcoat was the inspiration behind this colourful custom made daybed. When this project came to fruition the realization came: seeing this daybed, will cause your children to have the same expression of awe and amazement that Joseph must have had, putting on his coat for the first time. All children love playing around on this colourful piece of furniture.

The Dreamcoat Theatre Daybed was custom made in our factory in Sydney. However, if you need it to be made bigger, smaller or maybe in different colours, we can custom make it to suit your exact needs. You give us the measurements you want, choose your material and within a few days, you will have your own custom designed daybed in your home.

NARELLAN MODULAR CHAISE LOUNGE

custom made modular chaise lounge, narellan modular chaise lounge, furnitureModular lounges have become very popular over recent years. And when it comes to modular lounges, nothing beats the style and comfort of the Narellan Modular Chaise Lounge. Combining the stylish comfort of a chaise lounge with all the practical features of a modular lounge, the Narellan Modular Chaise Lounge is one of our top sellers.

Named after the Sydney suburb Narellan, this modular lounge encapsulates the classic yet modern style of Narellan. It is just perfect for that big lounge room or family room that never has enough seating. This lounge will provide you ample seating while still providing style and comfort at the same time.

As with all our other furniture, any feature of this custom made lounge can be changed to suit your exact needs. From the size to the material your modular chaise lounge is covered with, can be changed exactly the way you want it. The possibilities are endless!

WHITTLE LEATHER LOUNGE

custom made leather lounge, whittle leather lounge, furnitureLeather lounges have always been ageless classics. You just can’t go wrong with a good leisure couch.

The Whittle Leather Lounges come in a range of different sizes. It can be made either as an armchair or a couch that seats as many as you would like.

The Whittle Leather Lounge range resembles the classic style of the Victorian era.  Having it dressed in one of our wide range of leathers, gives it that added touch of elegance. The versatile design of this couch makes it suitable for your beautiful lounge but can also add that tasteful touch to your office or study. From the rounded arms to the beautifully crafted wooden legs and studded finishes, your new couch will be the pride and joy of any room you put it in.

So what are you waiting for? Come see us and get the best deal on custom made furniture around.

Why We Use Solid Timber When Building Your Custom Made Lounge

  January 6, 2014 - 5:17 pm |
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One of the questions we get asked on a regular basis, is why we use a solid timber frame instead of the cheaper MDF option when building our custom made lounges. The answer is easy: we are proud of the quality of our Australian made furniture.

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Using solid Australian grown timber when constructing the frame of your lounge, ensures that your lounge will have a frame that won’t break when the children jump on it or your 500 pound uncle comes for a visit. It gives us the opportunity to offer you a 10 year guarantee on your custom made lounge and you can rest assured that it will last at least that long and longer.

A lot of furniture nowadays are built with MDF. It is a cheaper option as far as material goes and allows furniture companies to quickly mass produce furniture. However, as a customer of Leisure Lounges, you have come to know our furniture to speak of the highest quality.

Building you a custom made lounge of the highest quality is our priority.

So why do we not use MDF when manufacturing your custom made lounge?

  1. MDF is highly susceptible to damage if it gets wet. Moisture makes it swell and when it then dries out, it can crumble completely. Solid wood is a lot more resistant to water damage.
  2. MDF contains formaldehyde which can be dangerous and acts as an irritant to eyes and lungs when you come in direct contact with it.
  3. It does not hold screws and nails well, so a lounge built from MDF won’t last very long, as opposed to a solid timber frame that will last you a lifetime.
  4. MDF has very poor tensile strength, so children jumping on your lounge or putting a lot of weight on it can easily damage it. Our solid timber frames have both very good compressive strength as well as tensile strength, ensuring that you only get high quality custom made lounges from us at Leisure Lounges.

Call us today or drop by our showroom to see for yourself the quality of our furniture. We care about our customers. That is why we can make you a promise that you will never find any MDF in a custom made lounge you buy from us at Leisure Lounges.