WE MAKE THEM THE OLD WAY

Trends come and go but true style and quality are eternal. An icon of British furniture design known the world over, the Chesterfield sofa certainly falls into that category. A highly distinctive visual design, whose essential characteristics have been preserved for hundreds of years.

Simple Heritage
At Simply Chesterfields we are proud to be handmaking chesterfield sofas right here in England located in the traditional heartland of furniture making. Helping preserve this time-honoured tradition, our workshops have some of the finest furniture makers and upholsters in the country and they love what they do. They put their heart and soul into every piece they create, and you will see and feel it every time you relax in a ‘Simply Chesterfields’ sofa. 

Every piece we create is exclusive and handmade just for you, a one-off commission that has its own individual characteristics and charm.

Once the solid beech and birch frame has been made, the other ingredients are added, and your new chesterfield sofa will begin to take shape. With comfort being our watchword, the frame is wrapped with a minimum of 4 inches of padding then multiple layers of foam and extra padding are added to build up the comfort levels. Coil or serpentine springs are carefully added to the frame and ‘tied in’ using twine to prevent slipping, ensuring even tension. Support and strength are added to the seat back and seat base using webbing, an excellent material known for its outstanding combination of strength, durability, and flexibility that gives outstanding support and holds up extremely well under pressure. Finally, even more comfort is added with extra foam and padding to create the curves and contours synonymous with a classic chesterfield. 

Now the bones have been fleshed out, we will dress your chesterfield in your chosen leather or fabric. Our highly skilled upholsterers use decades of experience manipulating padding, trimming foam, and making small adjustments here and there, to create elegantly shaped rolls and scrolls. Carefully teasing the covering into shape, gently folding, meticulously pleating and fine tweaking to create intricate diamond patterns. Nearly one hundred buttons can be used in a single chesterfield, each one skilfully hand-stitched deep into place using just the right amount of tension, creating soft and even padded diamond shapes that are the hallmark of a chesterfield sofa.

Our meticulous handmade manufacturing process makes every chesterfield we create ‘Individually English’. It is in the small details and finishing touches that you will find their uniqueness and character. From our twin stitching, complementing piping to our solid wood feet, made by hand specifically for our chesterfields, turned in the traditional fashion and finished by hand, it all comes together to craft a true British icon… the English Chesterfield Sofa.