At J&B you can always count on us to give you the best quality possible at the lowest price point possible. The general standard of construction and material quality throughout our range is simply a cut above the standards of the Irish market due to our well-cultivated connections with the most innovative Continental European Manufacturers and Suppliers. But you would not know this from our strenuously minimised prices on the consumer’s end, and the economies of scale with which this premium Furniture can be produced in these EU markets.

Nevertheless, a new primary Sofa or Twin Bed of good quality is for most homes a significant purchase, one where you want to be sure you’re getting extremely high value in return. The goal of this article is to make clear the value of upgrading a Sofa, Bed, or other room-defining unit with J&B, and show that getting this right is not just beneficial, it is perhaps the most important interior design factor in how a room feels, how good it will look, and how relaxed and fulfilled you will feel coming home to it after a long day.

 

Beds

The Bed is, of course, the centrepiece of a Master Bedroom. Usually placed in a central location while generally being one of the largest objects filling out the space, a Bed is not just a natural nexus of focus for its utility, regular usage, and size, but as a unit of furniture Beds offer designers an incredible canvas, with so many opportunities for decorative visual impact and flair. This combination of centrality and decorative style potential makes getting the right Bed for your Master Bedroom essential, an opportunity to harmonise and upgrade the whole room’s aesthetic you cannot afford to pass up. If a bed isn’t up to standard or isn’t quite right however, a great deal of effort that may have been put into the rest of the room’s design can be let down and diminished.

One design style that works fantastically on beds and that is often opted for is an aura of refined, regal elegance, often with soft, calming dominant colours and a nicely judged constellation of tasteful decoration. Curving, flowing lines are also often used, and this general design philosophy is excellently represented by some of the stunning units pictured below (The Taylor Bed, Windsor Ottoman Bed, and Kilkenny Mink Bed from left to right.)

But as we said, large Twin Beds are an excellent canvas that lend themselves to a wealth of creativity, representing the opportunity to energise and transform the interior design profile of a whole room. Have a look at the Beds below (The Paloma, Lauren, and Safina Ottoman).

They all certainly draw from the classiness and delicate refinement of the design trend we’ve already discussed, but they also diverge from it in enticing ways, such as the Paloma’s sleeker and graphically sharp headboard, or the wonderfully soothing recessed lighting cavity of the Safina. Every design decision makes the unit perfect or at its best in a slightly different combination of environments, which is why it’s so important to make sure you have the ideal Bed to make your room as perfect as it deserves to be.

 

Sofas

Sofas, naturally, play a similar role in setting the tone in Living Rooms as Beds do in Bedrooms. Not just the tone, but at a deeper level the sense of space, the texture, the impression of how the room is used on a day-to-day basis.

Certain Sofas excel in terms of having an elegant and refined appearance. They work well with more densely decorated rooms, drawing the space in around them and making it feel more warmly intimate. These designs often take advantage of flowing lines, curves, and a somewhat higher level of visual detail, much like the more sinuous and elaborately decorated Bed designs, to make rooms feel mature, sophisticated, and often distinctly cozy. Have a look at just a few examples of Sofas that lean in this direction (The Rocco 3 Seater Sofa Bed, Louie 2 Seater, and Rocco Corner 3 Sofa Bed)

On the other hand, many Sofas embrace a sleek, cleanly minimalist and modern design trend. This utilizes pared-down visual detail, geometrically neat silhouettes, and low to the ground profiles. The result is something that makes a room feel bigger, brighter, and very modern. Rather than drawing the room in, it creates a sense of freeing space, possibility, and cutting edge, confident style.

Have a look at a few more Sofas exemplifying this broad design sensibility (The Regge Corner Sofa Bed, Eco Modular Sofa Bed, And Loff Modular Sofa Bed). It may be exactly what you’ve been looking for to complete or build on your Living Room’s style.

As you can see, your choice of Sofa will have an enormous effect on your Living Room, and it’s the turning point around which the entire comprehensive style, atmosphere, and impact of the room will revolve. As such, if you were to invest in making just one item of furniture as perfect as possible for you and your home, it would probably be the Sofa.

 

Accessories: Building on your Investment.

We’ve talked about the importance of centrepiece furniture in setting the tone for a room, tying it together, and being an integral instrument in making it as excellent an environment as it should be. But as a corollary, we’d like the point out J&B’s value to the other side of the equation, the less major, less central pieces of furniture that build on the centrepieces and fill out a room into a cohesive and fully comprehensive aesthetic identity.

J&B offers a range of matching Furniture Collections. The idea here is to be able to offer a large number of units that are superb, highly functional interior design assets in their own right, but which also reward customers who opt for more than one. They build on each other, eagerly synergize so that a room decked out in units from the same range inherits that unmistakable, distinct identity in concert with its other design strengths. When these units of storage, display, and functional tabletop furniture are paired with the correct centrepiece furniture, the result is a room that any visitor to your home will find arrestingly stylish, professionally designed, and highly memorable.

Consider, just for broad examples, the Oliver Collection, Tulla Collection, and Eva Collection, pictured left to right.

See how each one has such a holistically consistent and self-reinforcing look. But the wrong centrepiece, the wrong Sofa or Bed or perhaps in a Dining Room a Dining Table, a centrepiece that doesn’t match aesthetically or perhaps isn’t up to the same strict standards, can let it all down and spoil the effect. For example, think of the Lauren Bed again.

Just as one example, the Lauren as pictured would work very well with the Eva Range in a Bedroom. The more vibrant but still appropriately dark green of the bed forming an apt central note to the subtler green and rich wood of the Eva units. And in terms of craft, all that furniture cleaves to similarly high quality, material, and craft standards. Nothing is out of place; everything supports the rest.

The Lauren might not work as well with the Oliver range, however, because the vividness and maximised sleekness of that collection, attractive and high-quality as it is, simply represents a different kind of style.

You Don't Need to Break the Bank

As crucial as it is to have the ideal centrepiece needed to make sure a room is perfect for your unique aesthetic sensibilities, goals, and preferences, people are often deterred by the idea of paying all at once. But this is often an unwarranted concern. Hesitancy is understandable, but we find customers frequently don’t realize the extent and convenience of financing available. Customers are charged 0 interest on items below 500 euro, and affordable interest above, spread out according to your convenience. Rather than a single lump sum, you could pay for your home transforming Sofa, Bed, Wardrobe etc. in fortnightly or monthly payments. A €1000 Sofa, for example, could be paid off over time in instalments of as low as 50 euro a week. So drop in, get in touch, or just browse our website if you’re considering a major upgrade in your home’s look. We’d be delighted to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.