About Feather & Black

A British bedroom specialist founded in the 1990s and known for solid wood and upholstered bedroom furniture at the premium end. After the company's retail business closed, the brand and website were acquired by Dreams, which has since reopened standalone stores under the name.

What that means practically is that the range continues with a much larger business behind the delivery and the guarantee.

What they sell

Beds and mattresses, wardrobes, chests of drawers and bedside tables, dressing tables, blanket boxes, children's bedroom furniture, and bedding.

Wardrobes and storage are the part that separates this from a bed retailer, and they are also the hardest thing to buy from a photograph.

Buying a wardrobe without a tape measure disaster

Measure the ceiling height as well as the floor space, and then measure the diagonal. A tall wardrobe assembled flat cannot always be stood up in a room with a low ceiling, and that is discovered at the worst possible moment.

Hinged doors need swing clearance in front; sliding doors need none but lose internal depth to the track. In a narrow room that trade decides the choice.

Check the internal layout rather than the external size. Hanging height matters for long coats and dresses, and a single rail in a tall unit wastes most of the space.

Solid wood, veneer and what ages well

Solid timber moves with humidity, which is why drawers stick in summer and loosen in winter. That is the material behaving normally rather than a defect.

Veneered board is more stable and lighter, and on a large flat door it often stays truer than solid wood would. Laminate is neither, and it chips at the edges where it is handled.

Dovetailed drawers and solid backs are the construction details that predict how furniture looks in ten years.

Using a Feather & Black discount code

Order the room together rather than piece by piece, since furniture delivery is charged per consignment. Made-to-order finishes and clearance stock are the usual exclusions.