The Forest Sofa website is designed to assist Forest stockists with the retailing of the Forest brand of furniture. This website is to act as a resource and selling tool enabling stockists to easily refer to the site for printable photos, dimensions, and information about new sofa designs and leather sofas. Stockists are also able to refer customers directly to our website to allow them to see our product range in full.

Please note we manufacture for trade, contract or wholesale only, we do not sell direct to the public.

leather sofa
leather chesterfields
traditional fabrics
contemporary fabrics

Why Buy British? The Forest Promise

  • Unrivaled Product Diversity and a Growing Product Range
  • In-house Design and Development Service
  • Fantastic Selection of Materials and Colour Options
  • Excellent Prompt UK Servicing (when required)
  • Detailed Website Resource Tool
  • Customised Products
  • Hardwood Frame Construction
  • Domestic and Commercial Standard Fillings and Materials
  • Regular Weekly Deliveries
  • Free use of our showroom open 5 days a week
  • No MDF used in any part of our construction.
  • High Quality Levels
  • Unique Models and Designs
  • Free UK Delivery
  • Short Lead Times,
  • No Minimum Order Quantity
  • Flexible Ordering
  • Full Leather / No Splits or Artificial hide
  • Only Top Grain Hide
  • Variety of leathers and colours
  • We Do Not Use Split Leathers
IMPORTING NIGHTMARES !
  • Invalid fire certificates - failing to comply with UK reg
  • Container minimum orders
  • Upfront payment several weeks before delivery
  • Downward Fluctuating Euro.
  • Over 16 weeks lead times
  • Over 20 weeks for repairs / customer service complaints (if ever addressed).
  • Restrictive colour ordering
  • Chipboard frames
  • Collapsing foams / frames
  • Transit damage
  • Use of split leathers and artificial leather
  • Highly toxic chemicals used during transit

SPLIT LEATHERS - Leather undergoes a number of processing creating four main types:Aniline , Semi Aniline, Corrected grain and Nubuck. The top of the hide is by far the most durable, the surface of the hide or 'top grain' has a very tough, ridged and durable fibre structure. The raw hide is too thick for upholstery and it is segmented, the top surface is used to produce quality leathers as supplied by Forest Sofa, the rest of the leather (splits) has a far inferior fibre structure and is susceptible to splitting / tearing. The word split refers to the characteristic of the leather, and this poor material which is far cheaper than top grain, is often used on cheap imports. It is often misconstrued that thicker leather is better, this is however not the case. The average thickness for upholstery is 0.9mm - 1.2mm. Once again the best part of the hide is the top surface even leather 1.6mm thick if taken from below the surface is not going to be of the same quality or standard as 0.9 - 1.2mm top grain.
   
We are currently looking for further retailers and interior designers in a number of areas in the UK, across Europe and America, so please browse our website at your leisure and don't hesitate to contact us to become a stockist.

Forest Sofa, English Sofa Manufacturers Specialising in ;

Contemporary Fabric Sofas. Traditional Fabric Sofas. Contemporary Leather Sofas. Traditional Leather Sofas. Recliners
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Tel: 0161 737 6918
Fax: 0161 745 7830
Registered in England No. 5170110