What the media are saying about us
Team7 on TV
On a European TV News station
September 2009
Block Party
Go bold, go bright, go beautiful... Colour blocking couldn't be chicer right now... Best of all, it is easy to do at home with a tin of paint or a few well-chosen accessories - it's all about adding splashes of holds and brights. The key is to pick the right hues, then max out and fill the room in different shades from your palette...
Plage Table from Wharfside.
Link: Plage dining tables
May 2009
Make an Entrance
Hallways, so often constricted spaces, are a menace to furnish, so sometimes a built-in option works best. This compact ensemble, 160cm wide, from the Team7 hall furniture range, includes a concealed clothes rack, frameless wall mirror, console with drawer for keys, and a bench with shoe rack.
Link: Hallway furniture
July 2009
Cinema Seating at Home
Pretend you're at the old flicks, but without the exorbitant prices and errant children ripping the tickets, with these swich fleapit chairs from the peeps at Wharfside. Some of them recline for that ambassador feel, plus they have storage compartments in the arm for booze and Bensons. You could even pay a bunch of rowdy kids to sit at the back and ruin it for you.
Link: Home Cinema Seating
October 2008
Inspired Buys
Uplifting modern pieces is guaranteed to brighten up any room.
Plage 10 seater dining table in apple green.
Link:
Plage dining tables
January 2009
Wharfside
With showrooms in London and Surrey, Wharfside supplies posture-shaped, pocket-sprung upholstery, reclining chairs and sofas, and even home-cinema seating. It also supplies Ekornes Stressless recliner ranges.
Link: Upholstery
June 2009
Wharfside Team7 Lunetto
Modern, solid-wood beds are this Islington store's speciality.
Low-level platforms, such as the Riletto and the Scandi-style Lunetto, come in a variety of wood finishes, and are just two of its smart selection.
Link: Team7 Lunetto bed
January 2009
Wharfside
This family furniture company has been handed down through the generations, and prides itself on pieces that are built to last using traditional skills. For modern comfort, check out the E-motion range, which can be adapted to suit your needs..
Link: Upholstery
February 10th 2008
Home and Living
Featured front page headline photograph for 'Is this the new dining room?' article.
Link: Arion cinema reclining sofas
March 2009
Mattresses made to order
Wharfside is home to a vast array of solid-wood bedroom furniture. The expert staff will give details of the size and wood choices and explain how the metal-free beds and special natural latex and wool mattresses will provide you with a comfortable, natural night's sleep. We particularly love the clean lines of the Lunetto, which is available in a range of finishes and comes as part of a full bedroom range. There's also a selection of sofas, home theatre and dining furniture.
Link: Team7 Lunetto beds
September 2008
Investment pieces
Wharfside sells well-made furniture that will stand the test of time. Many pieces are luxurious and elegant, and its stylish media units are consistently popular - particularly the sophisticated [Skovby], which enables you to use your remote control without having the unit doors open.
Link: Skovby home entertainment cabinets
April 2009
Wharfside
Funny how a Sunday roast for four always ends up as a feast for eight. No need to leave unexpected guests out in the cold with this stylish extendable dining table.
Link: Skovby square dining table (shown in walnut)
17th September 2008
Plage round table
Fabulous coloured version[ from] Wharfside.
Link: Plage dining tables
July 2008
Get your friends round
Round tables are not just for knights - these eye-catching pieces will liven up any home. They are available in different colours, so you should be able to find one to suit the furnishings in your pad. Choose from anything from apple green and bright blue through to purple, red or yellow. The tables also come in different sizes, from a diameter of 120cm up to one of 200cm, which will comfortably seat eight to 10 people.
Link: Plage dining tables
October 2008
Sleek and Modern
Danish design in glass [and walnut], with two sliding white doors.
Link: Modern Danish Cabinet
January 2009
Dining Tables & Trends
Available in a range of woods, this dining room suite is both flexible and stylish.
The extendable table seats up to 12 people - from Wharfside.
Link: Dining room suite
January 2009
Classic Danish bureau
Classic Danish bureau in solid teak with fielded panels and a drawer under the leather flap - from Wharfside.
Link: Classic Danish bureau
October 2008
It's a Plum choice
Shake up your home this autumn with the pick of the season's purples.
Damson, lilac, cassis, thistle or fig: there is no getting away from the colour purple this autumn. The catwalks were awash with purple power and it's time to take this powerful hue inside our homes too. 'Use purple wisely and you can make a wonderfully vibrant room.'
Link: Plage dining tables
June 2009
A Very Special Quality
Danish modern furniture has an enduring appeal, and it fills the huge showrooms of Wharfside, which has been in business over 40 years.
Directory Jonathan Stewart, son of the original founder, believes he knows why his furniture has been so consistently in demand: "It's got this very special quality," he said. "The style is markedly modern yet it's not going to date. There's also the high quality materials and construction, and the superior finish."
Indeed, Danish furniture has had a reputation for advanced design for nearly 100 years, Jonathan adds. In the 1920s, manufacturers and architects worked together to create a new Danish furniture aesthetic. It spawned many innovative manufacturing techniques, including steamed bent wood, bent tubular metal, and a widespread use of glass, metal and upholstery. "Since then, Danish furniture has consistently excelled in design and quality".
Stock at Wharfside includes dining tables and chairs, sideboards, upholstery, sofas, coffee tables, recliners, wall units and bookcases, and furniture for bedrooms. Wharfside can also kit out the home office. Most of these products are in wood or upholstery. Timber is sustainable, and the company uses only natural glue and wooden hinges, and has eliminated the use of metal, particularly from its bedroom furniture [this refers to Team7 furniture].
This friendly company is still very much a family business. Jonathan's grandfather was an apprentice cabinet maker in Hackney in London's East End in the very early 1900s. He taught Jonathan's father everything he knew, then apprenticed him to an upholsterer in Shoreditch in the 1930s.
Mr Stewart senior started his own upholstery company after he was demobbed from the army in 1946. In 1965, the showroom arrived at its present site in Buttesland Street, N1. The company also has a showroom in Leatherhead.
"I am so proud to continue in so fine a tradition," remarks Jonathan. "Factories we work with still exercise the same time-honoured craft skills they had way back then. The result is furniture you can be proud to own, made to order just for you."
Many of the staff at Wharfside also still have the old skills they learned from their own fathers, such as polishing, cabinet making and upholstery. "I take delight in using these craft workers to adapt, re-model or repair furniture for customers," Jonathan says.He has had many callers at the showroom tell him about the furniture they bought from his father back in the 1960s. Apparently, it is still in daily use and looks as good as when they took delivery over 45 years ago.
Link: Naver Danish Modern Dining tables
June 2009
The Kitchen Magazine
Snack with family and friends gathered around the retro-look solid walnut Panda table, suited to a neutrally toned kitchen or to alleviate an ultra-bright design. It is shown with matching chairs with leather seats, at Wharfside
Link: Modern kitchen table
March 2009
The Bedroom Magazine
Solid Beech throughout, with accessories such as shirt racks with glass fronts, leather handles on drawers and sensor-controlled interior lighting, this Team7 wardrobe interior [is] from Wharfside.
"For me it's all about a place for everything and everything in it's place," says Jonathan Stewart from Wharfside. "My client may well have more jackets and suits than cocktail dresses so I'll usually 'stack' these shorter pieces one above the other, installing a clever gizmo whereby you can pull down the top row to get to the one you want. Also consider small drawers with separate cubby holes for underwear and pop-socks, big deep drawers for cashmere - they need to breathe - and don't forget to give yourself lots of space for shoes; you can never have enough space for shoes."
There's no need to stop at storage, either. "I like to see a chair so you can sit down to put on your Jimmy Choos; a shelf to lay out jewellery and a large, well-lit, but very flattering mirror, " continues Jonathan. "Don't let the area become cramped. Allow for about 50% more clothes than you've got now. And if you're running out of room for next season, like any good gardener you'll need to learn how to prune."
Whether you install a system yourself or hire a closet design company, the possibilities for your walk-in closet may be limitless, but the thought process remains the same: identify your storage needs, assess your lifestyle and review the options available. Remember, if there is more than one person using the closet then both their needs must be met.
Link: Team7 wardrobe interiors
November 2008
The Bedroom Magazine
When space is no object, a luxury dressing room is the ultimate investment. In solid beech and teamed with sensor-controlled interior lighting, this well-organised fashionista's paradise ensures you'll never misplace a pair of shoes or favourite shirt.
Link: Team7 wardrobe interiors
April 2008
The Bedroom Magazine
Maintain a streamlined scheme and keep designer outfits organised with this sliding Team7 Valore wardrobe in solid cherry wood, with glass panels.
Link: Team7 Valore wardrobes
April 2008
Their style - Your house
Be inspired by this sleek Notting Hill home and create your very own designer looks [with Wharfside's] solid wood dining room table.
Link: Contemporary Dining tables
November 2008
Tutti Chaise Longue
Designer sofas with sleek low backs are all well and good, but they're not always the most comfortable of seating solutions - unless, of course, they're the Tutti Chaise Longue. This innovative piece solves the aforementioned problem by introducing moveable back and arm rests to proceedings, allowing the sofa to be transformed into a more comfortable configuration whenever you feel you can get away with compromising its minimalist aesthetics. Both two- and three-seat sofas are available, as are corner bed layouts.
Link: Sofas (Call for details)
November 2008
Coffee Table
Coffee tables simply don't come more impressive than this beautifully designed Assisi from Wharfside, which features copious amounts of storage space within its circular top, accessible via the tambour doors set into its perimeter. Designs in solid oak, walnut, cherry and beech are available, all of which stand upon 'X' frame legs.
Link: Modern Coffee Tables
October 2008
Team7 Cubus Bureau
For a desk you can rely on to get the job done we suggest Team7's Cubus bureau. Shown here in walnut, this sturdy unit features copious amounts of cupboard space (enough for a few folders, a printer and more, we reckon...) and a slide-out desktop that reveals yet more storage space beneath. Unobtrusive when not in use, the Cubus can be seamlessly integrated into a multi-purpose living space.
Link: Team7 Home Office desks
October 2008
Team7 Cubus Media Unit
New from crack Austrian design squad Team7 is this, the latest version of the award-winning Cubus media storage unit. Aside from providing more than enough room for the kit and library of a dedicated A/V enthusiast, it also packs atmospheric indirect lighting and, if you so desire, an infra-red (all-seeing) 'magic eye'. Pictured in walnut, the unit can also be selected in oak, cherry, beech, and alder, with a choice of glass panelling.
Link: Team7 Cubus media unit
October 2008
Team7 Media Swivel Unit
If their Cubus media unit [see above] strikes you as a little over the top, then you might want to consider Team 7's slightly humbler but nevertheless impressive media swivel unit. Stylish enough for use in combination with the latest flat-panels and equipped with plenty of storage space, it's a great choice for homes in which space is at a premium.
Link: Team7 media swivel unit
July 2008
Some Fine Wood Furniture...
Hailing from Austria, Team7 produce some of the finest wood beds your hard-earned money can buy. One of them is this, the Sesam bed, which has been crafted from solid walnut. Boasting a simple slatted headboard, the design would suit a variety of interior styles.
Link: Team7 Sesam bed
April 2008
Wharfside Team7 Valore
This light and airy bedroom includes the striking Valore bed from Team7. Available from Wharfside, the design can be selected from alder, beech, beech heart, cherry and walnut, and fitted with a horizontally or vertically slatted headboard.
Link: Team7 Valore bed
April 2008
Wharfside Team7 Lunetto
Constructed from solid heart beech wood, award-winning manufacturer Team7's Lunetto strikes a happy medium between the traditional and the modern. Entirely metal free, the pictured example can be fitted with a leather or wooden headboard as desired.
Link: Team7 Lunetto bed
November 2008
Wharfside
A brand new and exciting collection of kitchen benches, chairs and dining tables from Wharfside features stunning colourful leather benches and smooth solid wood tables.
The newest collection from Wharfside is the Percy dining tables and benches. Featuring curved contemporary kitchen benches in any colour from red, white or bright bold colours like pink and purple complemented by wooden or mdf coloured tables.
Link: Percy bench Dining tables
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