The arrival of The Bespoke Furniture Collection will affect the lives of furniture re-stylists all over the UK. They are a group of seven women who have a passion for making old and pre-loved furniture beautiful again and keeping it out of the ‘landfill’. Their mission is to change people’s perspective and take their craft out of the realms of ‘the second-hand and cheap mentality,’ into a league of its own by giving their artisans a first class selling platform where only ‘quality approved’ work will be listed for sale. They also provide a support group for sellers and potential sellers where the administrators of the group work hard on a voluntary basis, to help artisans reach the standard of photography and pricing required to list in The Bespoke Furniture Collection, thus creating a friendly community of like-minded, creative people.
Gayna Lyons-Illingworth stated “The Bespoke Furniture Collection is the creation of seven women, formally members of a group in the USA called The Artisan Markets, which was the brain-child of an interior designer in the USA called Rebecca Hansen Groskreutz. Rebecca taught them how to present their work in a professional manner and everything they needed to know about the business of ‘selling furniture for a profit’, now they want to do the same for furniture artisans all over the UK. This is a quote from one of the sellers about the help and advice they receive in the support group”:
“I am quite amazed at the different levels of support this group offers and where I really value our admins expertise and the amazing help they give. I must say, it’s the emotional support and encouragement that you all excel at. You lot rock, thank you all”
‘Remade in the UK’ is our tag line. We are very proud of being creative women in this industry and we will endeavour to support our fellow artisans in their quest for excellence across the UK.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Gayna Lyons-Illingworth via email at TBFCUK@gmail.com.