A new British upholstery house, built on old skills
Trade
Support for interior designers specifying handmade British upholstery.
We work with interior designers and trade clients who are looking for handmade upholstery with traditional skills, natural materials and a considered level of detail.
Every Planted piece is made to order in our Cheltenham workshop, with guidance available on size, comfort, fabric quantity, finishing detail and practical adaptations for each project.
Working with designers
We understand that information is essential when specifying furniture for a client. For trade partners, we can provide access to price lists, fabric quantity guidance, order forms, product imagery, lifestyle photography and dimensions, helping you prepare proposals, quotes and mood boards with confidence.
We are also happy to make recommendations on cushion inners, comfort, fabric suitability, finishing details and any adaptations you may need for a particular room or scheme.
Made to order for each project
Our sofas, armchairs, headboards and footstools can be adapted in size, proportion, fabric and finishing detail, making them suitable for both private homes and more considered interior projects.
Whether you are working around period architecture, awkward access, a particular fabric repeat or a client’s comfort preference, we can talk through what is possible before the piece is made.
New pieces, existing furniture and reupholstery
Alongside new Planted pieces, we can also reupholster clients’ existing furniture or designer-sourced pieces through our workshop. This can be particularly useful when a room needs new furniture to sit naturally alongside older pieces, antiques or items with sentimental value.
Because Planted grew out of Cheltenham Upholstery, we understand both new making and traditional reupholstery. We can help bring existing pieces into the same scheme through considered fabric choices, cushion work, finishing details and proportion, so the room feels cohesive rather than newly furnished all at once.
For interior designers, this means we can support both sides of a project: making new sofas, armchairs, headboards and footstools, while also helping older or sourced pieces feel properly connected to the finished room.
Made to your specification
We are able to make a wide range of upholstered pieces, from sofas, armchairs, headboards and footstools to more bespoke shapes, banquettes, cushions and one-off pieces. If something is upholstered, we can usually talk through whether it is possible and how best to approach it.
For trade projects, we make to the agreed specification provided. It is therefore important that all dimensions, access requirements, fixing methods and site details are checked carefully by the designer before production begins.
This includes room measurements, doorway widths, staircases, turning space, ceiling heights, lift access and any installation constraints. We are always happy to advise from photographs, plans or site information, but final responsibility for site access and sizing checks sits with the designer or client representative.
Material guidance
We can help you choose fabrics and fillings that suit the piece, the room and the way it will be used. We have particular knowledge of natural materials and fabrics that perform well without synthetic FR backing, including cotton, wool, linen, jute, flax and viscose.
Where needed, we can advise on fabric quantity, pattern repeat, borders, piping, cushion options and natural upholstery layers.
Workshop visits and design team sessions
We encourage designers and their teams to visit our Cheltenham workshop, both to see how our furniture is made and to experience the comfort, scale and feel of different shapes and fillings in person.
Sitting on pieces, comparing cushion inners and understanding how different proportions feel can make it much easier to advise clients with confidence. It also gives designers a clearer sense of what can be adapted, how natural materials behave and how finishing details can change the character of a piece.
We are also happy to host design teams for more practical workshop sessions. These can cover how to template for pieces such as window seats, what information we need in a specification, how to think about fabric layout and direction, including railroaded fabrics, and which finishing details can be incorporated during the design process.
The aim is to share knowledge generously, so designers feel better equipped to specify pieces that are beautiful, practical and properly considered before they go into production.
Trade enquiries
To apply for trade information or discuss a project, please contact us with your studio details and the type of work you are specifying.
We can then send the relevant information and talk through how best to support your project.