by Charles | Sep 10, 2026 | Chair Crazy
South African summers are glorious for entertaining and merciless on furniture. Long days of intense, high-UV sunshine will fade, crack, and warp anything that is not built for it. If you have ever watched a set of garden chairs go brittle and chalky after a single...
by Charles | Sep 9, 2026 | Chair Crazy
Every summer someone walks into our Woodstock showroom holding a photograph of a patio set that has died. Faded, chalky, split along the grain. And every time, the same sentence: “It was fine last year.” This year I would rather have that conversation in...
by Charles | Sep 1, 2026 | Chair Crazy
In a busy restaurant, a chair might be sat in hundreds of times a week. The maths is brutal on cheap furniture. Every restaurateur has made the mistake at least once: buying attractive, affordable furniture that looks tired within months. Wobbly joints, scuffed...
by Charles | Aug 20, 2026 | Chair Crazy
The dining chair you choose sets the tone for the whole room. Dining chairs do a lot of quiet work. They decide whether a room feels warm or sleek, casual or formal, classic or current. With so many dining chair styles on the market, the choice can feel overwhelming,...
by Charles | Aug 10, 2026 | Chair Crazy
Walk into almost any coffee shop, in Paris or in Parkhurst, and you will recognise the seating instantly. The classic cafe chair is one of the most enduring designs in furniture history. The bentwood and bistro styles that filled European coffee houses more than a...
