The Langham Journal — guides to beds, furniture and your home
Practical guides to choosing, measuring and living with furniture: bed sizes and upholstery fabric, planning a slat panel wall, composite fencing and decking, dining table sizing and mirrors — plus a closer look at every piece in the bed, dining and panelling ranges.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
The Torino Range: Bedroom, Dining and Living Furniture That Lines Up
What the Torino range covers across the bedroom, dining room and living room, the size each piece is listed at, and the measurements to take before you order.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Roma Mirrored Furniture: What to Check Before You Buy
What is in the Roma mirrored range, the sizes of every piece, how reflective furniture behaves in a real room, and which other Roma pieces are not mirrored.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
The Lucca Range: Living and Dining Furniture, Size by Size
What the Lucca range covers, the size each piece is listed at, and the measurements that decide whether a table, TV unit or sideboard works in your room.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
The Lewis range: dining tables, chairs and bar stools that match
Lewis runs from the dining table to the TV stand in one frame. Which size suits your room, how many chairs fit, and how to match the island stools to the chairs.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
The Chelsea range: a pedestal dining table and the chairs that suit it
Chelsea tables stand on end legs or a pedestal, not corners, so chairs sit anywhere along the edge. Which size seats eight, and how to match the stools to the chairs.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
The Milan range: black ceramic tables, gold-legged chairs
Milan runs to a 1.1m round table, a low-backed chair and a sofa that arrives in three boxes. But the tables are black and the chairs gold: a deliberate contrast, not a match.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Crushed diamond and mirrored accessories: how to use them without overdoing it
Mirrored furniture and crushed diamond effect pieces put light back into a room — but only with a plan. Where they work, how much sparkle a room takes, and what to pair them with.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Choosing a wall mirror: size, shape and where to hang one
Most mirrors that look wrong are the right mirror at the wrong size or height. How to size one to the furniture beneath it, and which shape suits each room.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Recliner sofas: electric or manual, and getting one into the room
Electric or manual recline, how the Montana and Rose suites differ, and how to measure the route into your room before you order.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
How Many Slat Wall Panels Do You Need? Planning a Feature Wall
Panelling is sold by the pack. Here is how to turn a wall measurement into a panel count using the coverage figures on the listings, plus the trims and lighting the wall also needs.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Slat Panel TV Walls: Pairing a Panelled Wall With the Right TV Unit
Panel thickness, slat pitch and the width of the panelled block against the unit beneath it. How to plan a slat panel TV wall, and the units that sit well under one.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Acoustic Slat Panels or PVC: Which to Choose
Felt-backed acoustic slats and PVC boards go on the same walls and suit different rooms. An honest comparison, including the panel named Acoustic that has no felt in it.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
PVC Ceiling Panels for Kitchens and Bathrooms: Coverage and What to Order
A pack of PVC ceiling panels covers 6.96m². How to turn a ceiling measurement into packs, which way to run the panels, and how many trims to order with them.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Composite fencing for a Scottish garden: what a run actually needs
Boards, posts, post fitting kits and trims: how a composite fence run goes together, what each pack covers, and how to count a 10.8m boundary bay by bay.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Planning a composite deck: boards, clips and trims explained
Composite decking comes four 290cm boards to a pack. Here is what goes with them — fitting clips, edge trim, screws bought separately — and how to count a deck.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Outdoor wall panels and composite cladding: ideas for garden walls, sheds and balconies
Eight composite panel series in 180cm, 240cm and 290cm lengths, where cladding works outside, and why you should read the panel listing rather than the trim's name.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
What Size Dining Table Do You Need? Seats, Clearances and Extending Tables
How much table each person needs, how much clearance to leave behind a chair, round versus square versus long, and when an extending table earns its place.
04 Oct 2026 · Guide
Dining Chairs and Bar Stools: Matching a Set Without It Looking Matchy
Pairing chairs with a table, mixing chrome, gold, black and oak-effect legs on purpose, what a kitchen island needs, and what knockers, stitching and KD mean.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 15T Walnut: matching walnut across the panel range
Walnut slats at 3.5cm with 1.5cm gaps, four 240cm panels a pack. Matching one walnut panel to another is the real risk, and the listing does not solve it.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 15F Dark Grey: choosing between the grey slat panels
Dark grey slats at 3.5cm with 1.5cm gaps, four 240cm panels a pack. How this grey differs from the others on the same profile, and how to measure for it.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 15E Black: panelling the wall behind a television
Black 3.5cm slats with 1.5cm gaps, four 240cm panels a pack. Why black suits the wall behind a screen, and what to settle about brackets and cables first.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 15B Light Grey: panelling one wall of a grey room
Light grey slats, 3.5cm wide with 1.5cm gaps, four 240cm panels a pack. How a grey panel behaves next to painted plaster, and why one order beats two.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 15A Oak: the 5cm slat repeat, measured out
A 3.5cm oak slat with a 1.5cm gap repeats every 5cm, twelve times across a 60cm panel. The arithmetic that decides where the joints and the cut land.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 82 Trim: a 2 x 1cm section and four board codes
At 2 x 1 x 240cm this is a slim trim section for Panel 82 walls. Four finishes, each named for a board code, ten lengths to a pack, and no photograph on the listing yet.