Some Favourite Finds Hand Picked from China
I've just returned from a visit to China, catching up with our suppliers and lining up another collection of wonderful antique furniture to ship with our containers over the coming...
I've just returned from a visit to China, catching up with our suppliers and lining up another collection of wonderful antique furniture to ship with our containers over the coming...
It’s been longer than I would have liked since my last visit, but I’m flying out again to China in ten days or so to meet up with suppliers and to source more beautiful antiques and accessories. First stop this...
We’ve been busy finalising our latest shipment of antique Chinese furniture to leave from Beijing and the container will be on its way in the next week or so. The ‘relic inspection’ took place yesterday so it should be a matter of...
Every time we ship our Chinese furniture from either Shanghai or Beijing, along with our standard pieces and antique furniture there are always several items that we have ‘made to order’ to meet specific customer requirements. This is one of...
With the Chinese New Year holiday upon us, everything has now stopped for a few weeks at the workshops in Shanghai and Beijing. Most of the craftsmen that produce our furniture or restore our antique pieces are originally from parts...
Each time we ship a container of furniture over from China, along with our standard ranges there will always be several items that we have made to order to meet specific customer requests. In most cases these are fairly simple...
I’ve just one more day left in Shanghai as I fly back to the UK tonight. It has been a brief few days here, catching up with the workshop that produces our main Classical Chinese furniture range – discussing some new pieces...
Back at the hotel and a chance to draw breath after a couple of hectic but productive days around Beijing. The rain on Friday turned to beautiful, clear blue skies in the past couple of days – or at least...
I arrived in Beijing yesterday and woke up with a jet lagged early start this morning to the pouring rain. This is the first time I’ve been here at this time of year and the humidity is something of a...
Off to China again in a few days for the sourcing trip that never happened a few months ago due to the infamous Icelandic volcano! It’s been a long time since I was last out there, so it will be...