Century Custom Source - Bench by the Inch

Have a tight foyer spot that requires an exact size bench in order to fit?  Looking for a specific length bench for the foot of a bed? Want an ottoman with a unique size for a living room?  Look no further. We have you covered! Bench by the Inch is the easiest way to create the exact ottoman or bench you need to complete any design project. 

Instead of hunting through countless catalogs, count on Century to build a custom bench or ottoman in any length and depth you desire with your choice of leg and tufting options. 

Our easy Tear Sheet will walk you through Step by Step to help you create the perfect piece for your home. 

Here are some common questions and answers: 

• Nails are standard on every frame
• We can add tufting - or a skirt! 
• There is no upcharge for Acrylic legs and widths exceeding 48 inches will receive a center leg for stability. 

Custom sizing must mean the pricing is difficult, right?  Wrong!  Just add your width and depth together and find the total inches in the pricing column. 

Explore our best-selling bench/ottoman program today.  Click here to learn more about it.

The Ingredients of a Great Sofa

Thomas O'Brien's Dunkirk Sofa AE-LTD5266-2 

It's undeniably the hardest working piece of furniture in your house - the ever faithful sofa.
Through binge watching, channel surfing, snacking, and FaceTime, it is home base in many of our lives these days. But what makes one sofa outstanding and another simply .... meh?

It turns out, a LOT of love, engineering and quality goes into our sofas so each frame will serve you and your family well for years to come.  With Century, we offer a range of styles so that you can find the perfect sofa based on your height, intended use, and the wear you expect it to absorb. Beauty, style, and durability is what we deliver. 

When selecting your sofa, consider several of the following things:

PITCH & DEPTH: These play a big part in how comfortable your sofa can be. Do you want the living room version of a twin bed (deep and low) and perfectly suited to hours of Netflix? Or do you prefer sitting up and entertaining with your favorite beverage?

ARM STYLE: A track arm is a perfect compliment for drinks, plates and laptops. An English arm is understated and easy to toss your legs over. A rounded sock arm? Custom made for a nap.

SEAT CUSHIONS: We have inserts that range from plush to firm, with Springdown available in three comfort levels to accommodate even the most discerning client's derriere.  Our Designer Studio is a great resource to view all of our cushion options so that you can pair your insert to its desired use. 

Now to make it beautiful! The lines of our sofas are carefully sculpted and come to life with a stunning array of more than 1,000 fabrics, or your choice of materials.  Performance Fabrics by Crypton, Inside Out and Sunbrella offer a myriad of stain, sun and wear protections. With a variety of textures, you can create a piece that is crisp or cozy - your choice!

We build our sofas with quality components to enable this hardworking piece of furniture to endure with style for seasons to come.  Here are some of our favorites from the line.  

Carrier & Company Gracie Sofa 22-2140-1

Chesterfield Large Sofa LTD7701-1D

Duport Sofa  22-2157

Catherine Sofa 22-276G

Davison Sofa LTD5263-2

Cornerstone Customizable Sofa LTD7600-3

Windsor Smith's Flint Sofa I3-22-1065-2

Leonardo Sofa  ESN202-2

From the Factory--December's Sparkling Finishes

This time of year everything seems to sparkle just a little bit more.  People are friendlier, stores try just a little bit harder, and we all take just a little more time to enjoy everything around us.  In our factories we are busy trying to get out all of the holiday deadline orders.  It's amazing how this time of year really makes you focus on home, and making sure it too has that extra sparkle.

So, with that in mind, I wanted to send out a few examples of our sparkling furniture!  I think they are the perfect inspiration for this time of year and hope that you will think so too.

559-176 Omni Wave Bed shown in Platnium

419-703 Paragon Door Chest shown in Old Gold 

419-703 Paragon Door Chest shown in a combination finish with Block Silver leaf doors

599-203 Consul Chest from Consulate shown in our Sapphire finish

Happy Holidays to you all!  May this season sparkle for you and yours.

From the Factory--October 2012

We continue to see amazing pieces come through our factories.  It is incredible to see the different finishes and fabrics and how they are being used on furniture.  For those of us in furniture and design, the finish line is literally like a mini runway. Every day is fashion week for the home. At any given point the most beautiful finish combination will be waltzing around the plant on its way to a home somewhere.

Each week I will post some of these pieces here under the header "From the Factory" for you to see.  You can also see them on our Pinterest board @ http://pinterest.com/centuryfurnitur/

Hopefully they will inspire you the way they do us!

369-621 Side table from our Chelsea Club collection in Crimson lacquer! Beautiful and not so traditional anymore.

419-703 Paragon Club chest in our Old Gold finish

Our Omni 559-703 in a fabulous Black and white finish combination!

Imagine these in your foyer! What a statement!!

From the Factory--October 1st, 2012

More captures of some of the fantastic finish combinations coming through our factory this week.  Some of these will be on display for High Point Furniture Market which begins next week, and others are going to new homes across the country.

Check back every week to see some of the gems that are in our factory!! Who knows, maybe you will see something you ordered.  You can also find these on Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/centuryfurnitur/from-the-factories/

559-620 Omni Lamp Table shown here in a Smoke and Silk finish combination. 

New 699-606 Chin Hua Bunching Cocktail table shown in our Desert Finish. Love how the Ziricote veneer through the middle of the piece is set off in this lighter finish with the banding in Primavera. Really shows how the different wood species work together.

519-202 Conti Chest from Coeur de France Collection, shown in Parchment with white stripe detail.

419-402 Kavanagh Credenza from our Paragon Collection, shown in a Platinum and Cloud finish combination. 

Brand new piece for our Tribeca collection, will debut next week at market. Check out that fabulous stone top!

Before and After--A Custom Story

One of the most exciting things to see coming through our factory is a piece of furniture that has been completely customized. Our talented craftspeople work weekly on requests from customers to make items taller, wider, shorter or longer. They remove doors, add doors, change veneer patterns--you name it our team has probably done it. From the inital request through to the finished piece, these projects are some of the most challenging things we do, but also extremely rewarding and the end results are simply stunning.

Shown here is our in line Milan Dining Room table, 849-303, with soft bronze base. A gorgeous table, it features a satin walnut veneer top which can be finished in any of our 50+ finishes. The base can be requested in soft silver or bronze as shown. The standard size shown here is 88"w, 42"d, 30.25"h with one 22" leaf.

Now here is where it gets fun! Shown below is a customized version of this table coming through our plant at 212" long. Being used as a conference table, the cut outs in the top are for AV Boxes that the customers' techinicians were installing once the table arrived. You tell me how you can see this in the plant and not be excited!
And the finished version is just that much more beautiful.

As you can see there is no end to what our artisans can do. As we like to say, "If you can dream it, and draw it--then we can probably make it." Afterall, a home is personal and we take furniture personally.