Free Oak Coasters & Fabric Sample Pack

A swatch of each of the five fabrics we upholster our dining chairs and bar stools in: oatmeal linen, green velvet, chocolate velvet, light vegan leather and tan vegan leather.

Fabric is even harder to judge on a screen than oak. Feel the pile of the velvet and the weave of the linen, and lay each swatch on the coasters to see how a seat will look against the frame in the finish you have in mind.

Every fabric is available on every oak finish, so you can pair a pale frame with a dark seat or keep the whole chair tonal.

The pack is free and so is the postage. It goes out by Royal Mail 1st Class and is dispatched the next working day.

It fits through the door, so nobody needs to be in when it arrives. It is one pack per order, and each one holds all three oak finishes and all five fabrics.

Three oak finishes, all on the same solid oak: natural, light and dark.

Natural keeps the timber close to its raw colour, warm and pale. It is the most forgiving of the three in a room whose light changes through the day, and the easiest to match to an existing floor.

Light is the palest and coolest, and it lifts a room that does not get much direct sun. It suits paler floors and a more contemporary scheme.

Dark is a deeper brown that brings the grain out most strongly. It holds its own against darker floors and heavier furniture.

Screens lie about wood colour, and oak keeps moving for a few months after it arrives as it settles into your light. Hold the coasters against your floor and anything you are matching, in daylight and in the evening.

Teflon glides are nailed into the underside of every leg as standard. They are fitted before the piece leaves the factory, so there is nothing to stick on and nothing to remember.

They let the piece slide rather than scrape, which matters more on a seat than on a table. A dining chair gets pushed in and pulled out several times a day, and bare timber on a hard floor is what leaves the marks.

They work on wood, tile, vinyl and laminate. On a soft floor such as vinyl it is still worth lifting rather than dragging when you move furniture any distance.

Every piece we sell carries a ten year structural guarantee. If a frame or a joint fails in normal domestic use within ten years, we will put it right.

It covers the structure rather than wear. Fabric marks, dents and the way oak changes colour in daylight are all normal use, not faults. There is a 30 day no-quibble returns window on top, and we collect free of charge.