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There's a quiet revolution going on at SpaceFittingFurniture. No big announcements, no fanfare of trumpets but, quite frankly, there should be.
DESIGN REVOLUTION
The fact is Steve and Claire Bloom have been designing furniture for other living spaces and it's becoming very popular with their kitchen clients. Looking at the quality and range of units and finishes, it's not difficult to see why the leap could be made.
"It's not something that we've ever really promoted," says Claire. "It all started with our own home. Steve thought because Rational (the company's kitchen units) is a modular system, we could quite easily adapt it to other rooms in our home, so we started with the lounge and went from there."
"When you think about it, it makes perfect sense," says Steve. "The units have to be extremely hard wearing for use in a kitchen environment. They'll never get that kind of use in a living room so will last a long time, and the range of finishes and surfaces means we have a great palette to work with."
They liked the results in their living room so much that their bedroom has also been transformed along with other rooms. "The great thing is that they don't look like kitchen units in a lounge or bedroom," says Claire. "Each room is modern and contemporary. Initially friends thought we had bought furniture specially and were really surprised when we told them it was Rational."
Talking to Steve you realise that there really are no limits. The stunning curved space recently created in the showroom reinforces this. "There's literally nothing we can't do," enthuses Steve. And he's right: the beautiful curved room with its cleverly designed storage wall and stunning flat screen television and media centre proves that the solutions aren't all based on right angles.
"We're getting more and more enquiries from our kitchen customers to create furniture for other rooms in their homes so we thought we'd actually start promoting it," says Steve.
You can't blame them. From what I've seen, the build quality is superb and the finished product is supremely stylish. "We design kitchens for purpose, so why not take the same practical design approach to our living, storage and sleeping spaces? It just makes perfect sense," says Steve.
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