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Which dining furniture shops still have show-rooms?

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Time2Buy · 08/05/2021 16:53

I've been struggling with online shopping for dining chairs for weeks and have returned two purchases already, one for quality, the other for looks. I really need to see/try before I buy, but many stores have closed down or are online-only. We're in Greater London (Richmond/Kingston area) and have a car so in theory we should have loads of choice. Show-rooms with dining chairs that I know of are:
John Lewis
DFS (incorporating Dwell)
Furniture Village
West Elm
Ikea
... but so far I can't find any chairs that I like. Possibly what I'm looking for (pale grey chairs with stainless steel legs) isn't fashionable right now - most chairs seem to have either wooden or ugly black/coloured metal legs which look terrible under my glass and chrome table. Or maybe stock is depleted due to Covid.

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minipie · 08/05/2021 17:05

Hmm I can think of:

Barker & storehouse in Wandsworth
Cult furniture in Clapham (small showroom)
Perch & parrow in Fulham ie western end of Kings Road - quite a few other furniture shops that way too

Of course the showrooms never carry the full ranges so you’d need to call and check.

www.perchandparrow.com/chairs/dining-chairs/astrid-dining-chair-light-grey-set-four might work?? I agree black or brass legs are more common right now.

minipie · 08/05/2021 17:36

Also some places have easy ish returns processes. For example there are these at Atlantic, they will collect returns from you for a cost of £10 which is not bad for the convenience of being able to try them at home and have them collected if you don’t like them.

RampantIvy · 08/05/2021 17:38

Oak Furnitureland
Our dining room furniture is from there, and the quality is excellent.

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All very helpful, thank you!

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