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Furnishing Hundreds of Rooms the Same: Hotel and Student Rollouts
A rollout across a hotel group, a student scheme or a development succeeds or fails on logistics more than design. Here is what to standardise, what to vary, and how to keep one party responsible from template to fitting.
Banquette Seating for Bars and Restaurants: How to Specify It
A banquette sets your layout, your covers and your comfort, and it takes more wear in a year than a domestic sofa does in a decade. Here is the order in which to specify it, drawn from the bars and restaurants we have fitted.
How Much Does a Bespoke Sofa Cost in the UK? A 2026 Price Guide
A bespoke sofa made in the UK typically costs between about £3,000 and £10,000. This 2026 guide explains where that money goes, what moves the price, and how to judge a quote.
Fire Safety for Contract Upholstery in the UK
Crib 5, BS 7176, BS 5867 and the 1988 Regulations are often confused. This guide explains which fire safety rules apply to upholstery and curtains in hotels, restaurants, care homes and student accommodation, and what to ask a supplier.
How to Measure for Curtains: Standard, Bay and Tall Period Windows
Most measuring guides assume a standard window. Real homes have tall Georgian sashes, Victorian bays and floors that slope. Here is the method, with two worked examples and the allowances that matter.
Luxury Interior Design in the Yorkshire Golden Triangle
Luxury interior design across the Yorkshire Golden Triangle. From our Shipley studio we design and make bespoke interiors for homes in Harrogate, Wetherby, Ilkley and the affluent suburbs of north Leeds.
Luxury Interior Design in York: Bespoke Interiors for Period Homes
Luxury interior design in York. From our Shipley studio we design and make bespoke interiors for the city’s Georgian townhouses, Victorian villas and affluent village homes, sympathetic to period architecture and built to last.
How Much Does Interior Design Cost in the UK?
How much does an interior designer cost in the UK? This 2026 guide sets out the real fee ranges, the main ways designers charge, and what actually drives the cost of a project, so you can budget for your home with confidence.
How to Choose an Interior Designer: The Questions That Matter
Choosing an interior designer is a decision you live with for years. Here are the questions to ask before you commit, the answers worth listening for, and the quiet warning signs that tell you to keep looking.
Residential Interior Design Across England: From Yorkshire to London
England is home to an extraordinary range of residential property types, from Georgian terraces in London to Victorian mill towns in the North, Cotswold farmhouses to modern waterfront apartments. At ZEBA, we work across all of them. Here is how we approach residential design at a national scale.
Bespoke Interior Design in Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands
Scotland presents some of the most architecturally rewarding briefs in our practice. Georgian townhouses in Edinburgh, Victorian tenements in Glasgow, country houses in the Highlands: each demands an interior designed for the building it inhabits. Here is how we work across Scotland.
Bespoke Luxury Interior Design in West Yorkshire
From our studio in Shipley, we design and make bespoke luxury interiors for homes and commercial properties across West Yorkshire, England and Scotland. Here is how a considered, made to measure approach works and why proximity to your designer and maker matters.
What We Are Seeing in Luxury Interiors Right Now
Trends in luxury interiors move more slowly than fashion, and that is by design. At ZEBA, we are not trend-followers. But we do pay close attention to what is shifting in the rooms we are asked to create, and a few directions are coming up repeatedly at the moment.
The Case for Bespoke: What 20 Years in the Trade Has Taught Us
There is a version of bespoke that is simply expensive. And then there is what we do at ZEBA, which is build things properly for the space they will occupy, the people who will use them, and the years they need to last.
Why Your Commercial Space Is Your Most Powerful Brand Statement
Most businesses invest heavily in branding, marketing, and product. Far fewer invest in the space where clients actually experience them. At ZEBA, we have spent over 20 years watching interiors do the selling that no brochure can.
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