Chester ThomasBespoke Furniture

Bespoke Furniture — Derbyshire

Furniture built for one house. Yours.

Kitchens, wardrobes, media walls, bars and cabinetry — drawn for your rooms, built in our Derbyshire workshop and installed by the team who built them.

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Full-height fluted media wall with an inset fire, LED-lit display shelving and green velvet sofas beneath a skylight

Designed

Measured surveys and drawings for your rooms — not a catalogue layout adjusted to fit.

Built

Machined, assembled, sprayed and finished in our own workshop in Coton in the Elms.

Installed

Fitted, scribed and adjusted on site by the people who built it, then walked through with you.

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Bespoke media wall in Solihull with book-matched marble television surround, inset fireplace and oak display cabinetry with integrated lighting

Featured Project

Bespoke Media Wall in Solihull

Media Wall — Solihull, West Midlands

The client wanted the television to sit within the room rather than dominate it. Our answer was a symmetrical, full-width installation combining fitted cabinetry, open display shelving, integrated lighting and a statement centre — one architectural feature rather than a set of separate pieces.

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Why Chester Thomas

Our own workshop

Nothing is subcontracted out as flat-pack. We control the materials, the machining and the finish.

Built to the building

Sloping ceilings, chimney breasts and out-of-square walls are designed around, not ignored.

One team throughout

The people who draw and build your furniture are the people who install it.

Straight answers

Clear drawings, agreed finishes and a written quotation before work begins.

How it works

Our full process

  1. 01

    Consultation

    We visit the space or meet at the workshop, talk through how the room needs to work, and agree a realistic budget before any drawings are issued.

  2. 02

    Design

    Measured drawings show exactly what is being built: cabinet sizes, storage layout, sightlines and how the furniture meets the building.

  3. 03

    Materials & Finishes

    Timbers, paint colours, worktops and ironmongery are sampled and agreed, so nothing is decided from a photograph alone.

  4. 04

    Manufacture

    Everything is built in our Derbyshire workshop by the people who will install it, which keeps the detailing and the quality consistent.

  5. 05

    Installation

    We fit, scribe and adjust on site, protect the rest of the house while we work, and walk the finished furniture through with you.

Recent work

  • Sage green fitted media wall with lit walnut bookshelves flanking a recessed television
  • Interior of a fitted wardrobe with walnut shelving, adjustable shoe racks and integrated LED lighting
  • Close detail of stitched cream leather cabinet doors with a brushed brass recessed handle rail on dark oak cabinetry
  • Bespoke media unit in pale ash with brass shadow lines, backlit television panel and oak slatted wall detail
  • Bespoke dressing room with high-gloss black and ivory drawer fronts, stone tops and open display shelving
  • Fitted boot room in grey painted tongue-and-groove with solid oak bench seat, coat hooks and oak shelf
  • Bespoke wine wall in walnut with individual bottle racking, display shelving and integrated LED lighting shaped to a sloping ceiling
  • Run of floor-to-ceiling fitted wardrobes in cream shaker style with slim brass bar handles and a stepped cornice
  • Hand-painted green shaker kitchen cabinetry housing an American-style fridge freezer and built-in double ovens with brass handles
  • Bespoke bedroom media wall in matt black and walnut with a glass-fronted linear fire, floating drawers and recessed LED lighting
  • Bespoke kitchen during installation with an oak-panelled island, flush induction hob and olive green tall cabinetry housing ovens and a fridge freezer
  • Freestanding oak bookcase with adjustable shelving and integrated vertical LED strips, photographed in the Chester Thomas workshop before delivery
  • Bespoke media wall with stone-clad centre panel, recessed television, inset linear fire and LED-lit walnut bookcases either side
  • Bespoke hallway feature wall with backlit amber onyx panels, brass trims and a black marble diamond-lattice antique mirror centre panel
  • Fitted cream wardrobes with brass-framed bronze glass doors, LED-lit interiors, hanging rails and internal drawers
  • Bespoke black stained oak cantilevered staircase with inset brass tread strips and a frameless glass balustrade with timber handrail
  • Curved black home bar with LED-lit bottle and glassware shelving, marble counter, brass tap and integrated glass-fronted bottle fridges
  • Bespoke media wall in smoked oak with a gold-leaf television surround, three-sided glass fire below and LED-lit display shelving either side
  • Hand-painted panelled library wall with an upholstered reading nook, LED-lit bookshelves, cupboards below and a brass rail with a sliding ladder
  • Full-wall run of smoked oak living room cabinetry with panelled doors, fluted drawer fronts, dark stone tops and LED-lit shelving either side of a doorway
  • Bespoke media wall in dark oak and bronze with a gold-framed television panel, LED-lit display shelving and a long inset log-effect fire
  • Full-wall black painted bar with oak wine racking, LED-lit mirrored shelving, marble-effect counter and panelled cupboards below
  • Corner run of fitted wardrobes in cream and dark oak with brass inlay handle rails, a glazed LED-lit shoe cabinet and curved open display shelving
  • Long freestanding sideboard with woven grey textured doors, brushed brass handles and a black frame, set against a polished plaster wall
  • Media wall with a textured stone-effect centre panel, recessed television, long inset log-effect fire and LED-lit walnut shelving either side
  • Oak display unit with LED-lit open shelving, glass shelves either side and a central shelf run with a socket built in

Where we work

Our workshop is in Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote. We install across Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands, and travel further for larger projects.

Areas we cover
  • Derbyshire
  • Swadlincote
  • Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  • Burton upon Trent
  • Lichfield
  • Sutton Coldfield
  • Four Oaks
  • Birmingham
  • Solihull
  • Leicestershire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Staffordshire
Angled view of a navy painted drinks wall with lit oak wine racking, open shelving and panelled cupboards beneath a marble-effect counter

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Call 07542 822456 or send us the details of your project and we'll arrange a time to talk it through.

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