Altrincham is ten minutes from the showroom, and it is the town whose housing stock varies most across the shortest distance: Victorian and Edwardian villas around the Devisdale and Hale Road, terraces closer to the centre, and a good deal of newer development around the Stamford Quarter and the old goods yard.

That range means the work varies too. A tall Victorian villa usually needs its proportions worked with rather than against: high ceilings want full-height curtains and lighting planned in layers rather than a single pendant, and original features are worth restoring where they survive. Newer apartments have the opposite problem: regular rooms with no character to build on, where the scheme has to supply it.

Because Altrincham is the closest sizeable town to the showroom, it is the one people most often visit from on the way to something else: dropping in with a photograph, looking at two fabrics, coming back a week later with a paint chip. Projects here frequently start as one room and grow from there.

The showroom is at York House, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon WA14 3BA, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm. More about the showroom.

Period villas and new apartments

In a tall Victorian or Edwardian room the proportions are the asset, and the job is to use them: full-height curtains hung close to the cornice rather than to the window frame, lighting at more than one level, and furniture with enough presence not to look marooned.

A new apartment has the opposite problem. The rooms are regular and there is no architecture to work with, so the character has to be introduced: texture on the walls, a rug that defines a seating area, joinery that gives a flat wall some depth. Both are interesting, and they are not the same job.

Ten minutes from the showroom

Altrincham is the town people most often call in from on the way to something else. Dropping in with a photograph, looking at two fabrics against each other, coming back a week later with a measurement: that is how a lot of Altrincham projects begin, and it is a better start than a formal consultation.

It also means samples do not need posting and a decision does not have to wait for a delivery. See the showroom.

Recent work from the studio

A few rooms from recent projects. They were not all photographed in Altrincham, but they are the standard of finish the work is held to, and every piece in them was chosen in the Bowdon showroom.

Living room with velvet seating and a sculptural copper table
Light living room with a corner sofa and garden windows
Living room media wall with a backlit geometric panel
Living room with full-height glazing and a wall-hung television
Period living room with a chandelier and a mirrored fire surround
Formal living room with a fireplace and a glass chandelier
Living room in pale tones with a chandelier and bay window
Living room with a navy sofa and bespoke display joinery
Living room with wall art above a long low sideboard
Living room with a linear fire set into a panelled wall
Living room with a fire and an armchair facing the garden
Open living room with a stone coffee table and wide windows

Rooms we design

Every one of these is designed, supplied and installed for Altrincham houses from the showroom in Bowdon.

Questions we get asked

Do we need an appointment?

No. It is a retail showroom and you are welcome to walk in, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm.

Can you help with just curtains?

Yes, and it is one of the most common starting points. See curtains and blinds.

Do you work on apartments as well as houses?

Yes. Newer apartments often need more design input rather than less, because there is less architecture to build on.

Recent projects across Cheshire

None of these is in Altrincham, but they are the kind of work the studio takes on and the standard every job is held to.

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