Fairbourn Childrens Furniture

Designer and creator Sarah Watkins knows a thing or two when it comes to designing and making furniture.

Fairbourn Children's Furniture is a very British company and true to its Yorkshire roots so Sarah’ designs are made by local carpenters and painted by hand herself. The products are also ethically made and therefore eco-friendly; features that reveal this seemingly traditional company to be an innovator of furniture for the future generation, in every sense. Wood is sourced from local merchants, approved by the Forestry Standards Commission, which ensures the trees are either grown for purpose or replenished when cut down.

"People really buy into craftmanship and the ethical values that we represent," says Sarah. "They like the fact that a piece from our range is not spray-painted in Far East and doesn't have that perfect manufactured look. Instead they can see the grain of the wood and its imprefections and they know that the piece that has been hand-made for them."
"I think our customers know the difference," she continues and like to support British manufacturing. They also want bespoke items and other companies can't offer any flexibility on their designs, whereas we can work with customer's individual requirements."

When it comes to children's furniture, especially pieces that are long-term investments, customers are increasingly looking for the kind of flexibility that the Fairbourn range and service afffords. The carved wooden name plaques in particular have a huge sucess; personalisation, it seems is definitely king when it comes to children's furniture and anything with a name is sure to be a winner.

Sarah also tries to think about the role of the furniture in the child’s life as much as the parent’s and with this in mind she is currently developing a clever addition to.

If you want to know more about Sarah and her amazing company, please go to www.fairbournchildrenfurniture.co.uk