What′s the best place to shop for a 230cm wide bench?

How can one search for benches using their size?

Furniture Ferret: Finding benches in search engines on the web by size is not easy as search engines are best at finding text only. Also, when searching for benches to fit a given space, slightly smaller items would also be suitable. Even if some shops allow searching for benches by size, checking many shops at the same time is time-consuming. Our systems scan many webshops and list tens of thousands of items so you are able to find the one that fits perfectly.

How do I measure the space to fit a bench in?

Furniture Ferret: Measure the width and the depth of the space where you'd like to place a bench. The easiest way is to use a measuring tape. Hold the start down at the edge of the area, and let it run to the opposite edge. Make sure the tape is not diagonal, as otherwise you would overestimate the available space. If the distance is larger than what you can stretch to, ask a friend to help, or divide what you need to measure up into multiple parts. You can do this by either holding the tape down partway through and continuing running it while letting the first end go, or by marking how far you measured on the floor or wall, and reposition the tape to complete the measurement. If you would not like to draw on your floor, you can position a pointy object like a pair of scissors there instead. You should avoid dead places where the piece of furniture won't go like electric sockets. Also it may be necessary to measure how high the space is wherever the ceiling is uneven.

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How can I find the cheapest 230cm wide benches on Furniture Ferret?

On the search pages there is the option to order the results by price (lowest or highest first), or relevance. Click on the drop-down button just above the first result, after "Order by", to change how the results are ordered. Sorting by relevance shows the bench at the top that matches most of the search terms, while sorting by price shows the least expensive or most expensive bench first. Change the order to "Price: low to high" to see the cheapest 230cm wide benches available on Furniture Ferret.

From the history of furniture: Chairs and sofas Part 7

According to Mr. Robinson: "The finest curl and figuring of the grain of woods is found in nearly all cases at that part of the tree where the division of the branches from the trunk commences. The best curl is found at the branching of two arms only, away from the trunk, this being less confused than that caused by the diver gence of several arms. A saw-cut made vertically across the tops of the two branching limbs down into the main trunk would exhibit that parting of the ways of the grain which is so valuable for the making of veneers."

The difference of weight between the finest Spanish mahogany and the inferior kinds is very great, a Chippendale-pattern chair in the fine wood being all a woman will care to lift. Tulip and satinwoods were the favourites for the old cabinet-makers to employ in inlaying, and the latter wood comes from a tree which may be found in India, Ceylon, and the West Indies. Tulipwood has the disadvantage of coming only in small pieces, and, besides, is often of such a reddish tone that it has not sufficient contrast to make it shoAAy enough for veneer on mahogany. Lancewood is a modern substitute for satimvood, and the shafts of old vehicles, like the " One Hoss Shay," are eagerly sought for cutting into strips.

With satin, tulip, lance, and " harewood," which is sycamore stained, ebony was in great demand. The strips of this latter wood are often only one thirty-second of an inch in thickness, and serve to mark the strip of light wood with better effect than if omitted.

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We want everyone to live comfortably even if they only have a small area they call home. We search the Internet for thousands of desks, cabinets, shelves, storage units, beds, sofabeds and so on by size, to find just the right piece for you to go in that unused corner and turn it into a practical office, or to find that extra long sofa that is still narrow enough to squeeze through the door. From the hall to the living room, don't live around furniture - have furniture that lives with you.