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 · Product
29 metres in a pack: finishing 73 and 83 panel walls
Ten lengths of 290cm gives 29 metres of border. The finish codes name the exact panels each one suits, and the listing puts the same section on decking edges.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 82T Walnut: matching walnut across the panels
Walnut appears in several panel profiles here and no listing promises that any two of them match. If your wall turns a corner, that is the sentence that matters most.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 82E Black: panelling a media wall or bed wall
Black panelling usually goes behind a television or a bed, and both of those bring fixings with them. Settle the bracket and the cables before the wall is covered, not after.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 82B Grey: setting out cuts before you buy packs
Panelling goes wrong at the cuts, not on the open wall. Set out Wall Panel 82B in pieces of 15cm first, decide where the part piece lands, and the pack count follows.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 82A Oak: one centimetre thick, and where it shows
A panelled wall grows by the thickness of the panel, and at 1cm the 82A is at the thin end. That centimetre turns up at your skirting, your sockets and the back of your door.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 81 Trim: five finish letters and a square 2.5cm edge
A 240cm trim for Panel 81 walls with a square 2.5cm section and five finish letters, each tied to a board code. Pick by the letter on your panels, not by eye.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
SG-Monaco Table (2m): the room a 200 x 100cm table really needs
One size, 200 x 100 x 75cm, on two U-shaped pedestal legs. A 2m table needs about 350 x 250cm of clear floor, so measure before you fall for the photographs.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
MB White Marble Dining Table (1.5m): what 150 x 90cm seats
One size, 150 x 90 x 77cm, on a single pedestal rather than four legs. Here is the seating arithmetic, the floor space it needs, and the figures the listing leaves out.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wooden Frame Mirror 80 x 160cm: measuring up the smaller size
At 80 x 160cm this is the easier of the two framed wooden mirrors to place. Here is what the size does in a room, the three finishes offered, and the details to confirm.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wooden Frame Mirror 100 x 200cm: will a 2m mirror fit?
At 100 x 200cm this is a full-height mirror, offered in Champagne, Dark Silver and Gold. Here is how to check your wall and ceiling take it, and what the listing does not say.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Roma Small Sideboard: 100cm of wall, 40cm of depth, measured
Listed at 100 x 40 x 80cm with two doors and two drawers. What 100cm of wall and 40cm of depth mean in a real room, and how it differs from the large sideboard.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
SG-Lewis Round Table (1.3m): legs, seating and the floor it needs
A 130cm round marble top on gold legs rather than a pedestal. That one difference decides where chairs can sit, so here is the arithmetic and what to measure.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
SG-London Coffee Table: pedestal base, 120cm top, legroom
A 120 x 60 x 45cm top on a U-shaped pedestal base, with a marble or ceramic option. What the listing confirms, what it leaves open, and what to measure.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
SG-London Dining Table: why a U-shaped base changes the seating
Two sizes on a U-shaped pedestal rather than corner legs, which is what lets chairs sit anywhere round the edge. Here are the figures and what to measure first.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Bentley Dark Grey Chair on black legs: fit, velvet and checks
Velvet back and seat in dark grey, on black legs, listed at 48 x 60 x 93cm. The all-dark version of the Bentley, measured for a real table.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Decking Fittings (80pcs): what the clips do and how many to order
Eighty clips to a pack, sliding into the groove in the board edge and screwed down. What the pack holds, what it leaves out, and how to work out how many you need.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
RX Red/Grey Chair: reading 70x47x106cm before you order
A dimensions-only listing: 70x47x106cm, wooden legs, red and grey. What those figures mean at a table, and the questions worth asking before you buy.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Rose Brown E-Recliner Sofa: power, sockets and clearance
An electric recliner in three widths, all 95cm deep. Where the power has to be, how much clearance a recline needs, and one contradiction in the listing.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Milan Compression Sofa: four 104cm sections, three boxes
Four modular sections at 104 x 104 x 38cm, 30cm back cushions, and three boxes with their weights and volumes listed. What you can build, and what to ask.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
G-Paris Grey Shimmer Sofa: sizing the 3+2+1 to your room
Three units at 216cm, 171cm and 104cm wide, all of them 82cm deep. What those figures do to a floor plan, and what the listing leaves for you to ask about.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
MS085 Circle Coaster: 10cm round, 24 to a pack, what it suits
A round mirrored coaster with a crushed-diamond surface, 10cm across and supplied 24 to a pack. What that size covers, what it matches, and what the listing leaves out.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
MS086 Square Coaster: 10 x 10cm, 24 to a pack, round or square
A square mirrored coaster with a crushed-diamond surface, 10 x 10cm and supplied 24 to a pack. What that size covers, how it differs from the round one, and what the listing leaves out.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 07M Cream: a flat PVC board, not a slat panel
A flat tongue and groove PVC board rather than a slatted panel: 0.7cm thick, four 240cm panels per pack. The listed figures, the trims it names, and what the listing does not claim.
04 Oct 2026 · Product
Wall Panel 63T Walnut: corners, cut edges and pack coverage
Walnut PVC with a tongue and groove joint, 25.5cm wide once fitted. Corners are where this type of panel is won or lost, and the listing names the strip for them.