Ashton & Coleman Furniture
Matlock’s latest retail shop, Ashton & Coleman Furniture, may be new to Matlock but they have been busy building the foundations of their business for almost 10 years. Starting the business partnership in late 2014 combining two separate joinery businesses run by Simon Ashton and Peter Coleman.
Settling on Ashton & Coleman as a business name wasn’t as easy a choice as you might think. Wanting to build a brand name they considered many alternatives, all of which seemed like a gimmick.
After great deliberation they settled on the name Ashton & Coleman which aligns perfectly with their general ethos of keeping things simple. Their brand name exudes a quality that you find in all of their products and the use of their names brings a personal touch that sets them apart from the larger national companies.
There are 4 very simple but important reasons to consider Ashton & Coleman Furniture the next time you are looking to revamp or improve your home.
1. Value For Money. In a market that has over the last twenty years slowly pushed independent companies to one side by offering cheaper products, customers are now realising that they have lost one of the most important factors, ‘value for money’. As you might expect, buying a hand-crafted solid wood bed that’s made in Derbyshire and delivered and installed by professionals won’t be as cheap as a flat pack self assembly bed that’s mass produced in a factory and posted out by courier. However in many cases the actual price isn’t much different to some of these brands. The message that Ashton & Coleman are spreading is that as conscientious human beings we shouldn’t simply be looking for the cheapest products, we should be focussing on value for money. The simple fact that their handmade beds have a lifetime guarantee says it all.
2. Choice. The element of ‘choice’ means that you can have one of their stunning dining table designs made exactly the size that you need and if you want to team it up with a sideboard or console table that compliments the dining table design or a tailormade cabinet that fits your vinyl collection in it, you can have that too. Many companies only offer a small amount of table sizes and they certainly don’t have other pieces of furniture in that range in adaptable sizes or layouts, generally because these pieces are bought from overseas manufacturers. Almost all of us have similar yet different needs in our home, and furniture for your home isn’t, and never has been, a one size fits all market.
3. Sustainability. As we all know, the climate change issue isn’t going to go away. If we don’t change the way we live, it will simply worsen, and we can make a big difference if we all make little changes to the way we choose to spend our money. Ashton & Coleman furniture is designed and built to last forever, not one lifetime, forever. This means that if the whole nation slept on Ashton & Coleman beds, no more beds would need to be made, and through responsible reforestation the trees used to make Ashton & Coleman beds would simply keep replacing themselves again and again. Problem solved. It couldn’t be simpler. Adding to that, the fact that all of the wood shavings produced during the manufacture of their furniture are turned into wood briquettes that they use to heat their premises and you have a truly eco friendly business model that they intend on improving still, one day hoping to use an electric vehicle for their deliveries.
4. Wellbeing. Last but not least we have ‘wellbeing’. Today we are very much at the beginning of what is becoming a mental health revolution. The digital world we live in gives us so much, but also takes something from us that we cannot see or measure. The human race for the vast majority of its existence has been immersed in and connected to the natural world in a variety of different ways and in recent years the technology boom has taught us that we have become very much disconnected with nature.
Bringing furniture and products made from natural materials into your home along with plants, reconnects you with nature in a way that is so deep it’s actually hard to describe the way it makes you feel, and what it’s doing to your general health and wellbeing.
Ashton & Coleman Furniture is a business steeped in traditional values yet simultaneously drives forward with a modern ethos and outlook. They currently run their brand new shop at 66A Dale Road in Matlock which showcases a few of their best selling products from leather sofas, beds and mattresses, dining tables, benches and chairs with additional homeware products from chopping boards and stools to coat hooks, wool throws and cushions, to hand blown glass pendants and recycled glass lamps and shades.
Recently adding gifts such as bottle openers, a candle company’s products from Yorkshire and picnic blankets. Their workshop and showroom in Two Dales being much larger comprises many more bed designs and mattresses with additional dining table sets and a variety of wardrobes and cabinetry.
For more information visit their showrooms or their website at www.ashtonandcoleman.co.uk. Any questions email info@ashtonandcoleman.co.uk or call 01629 259304.
