Why is HL Holland Antique Designs furniture made in England?
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We make our furniture in small workshops scattered around the English countryside. The look and feel of our antique reproductions can only be achieved by using craftsmen who have lived with and worked around antique furniture for most of their lives. Our Cabinetmakers, French Polishers and Leatherers are all highly skilled craftspeople, many of whom started their careers restoring English antique furniture. Since we want our furniture to have the look of well cared for antiques, we choose our craftsmen based on their lifelong contact with traditional furniture making methods, antique furniture and because of their background in the English culture that reveres the historical approach to life.
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Can HL Holland Antique Designs make custom furniture?
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Almost 40% of our furniture is customized in some way. Since our furniture is built by hand, we can make just about any modification you can think of on our standard pieces. For example, making our 2101 Farm table in a larger size, adding a leaf to it and changing the top from rectangular to oval is easy for us. Modifying our desks and writing tables so that they can house a computer is as easy as submitting a rough sketch of what you need. Or, we can make a completely custom piece from scratch using your ideas, sketches or photos. We can also do something as simple as changing the wood species on most pieces. For instance, the 2101 Farm Table in Cherry can be made in oak, or the 9815 Country Italian Commode in Walnut can be made in mahogany.
On our furniture with leather tops, we can easily change the color to the traditional English leather colors- brown, green and black.
Call us for a custom quote!
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Where do your designs come from?
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We get the inspiration for our furniture designs from many places. Our founder and head designer, Leslie Holland, has been in the antique furniture and decorative arts field for over 40 years. His father and grandfather were Interior Designers with flourishing businesses, starting at the turn of the century. He has seen and purchased thousands of pieces of antique furniture over that time. Likewise, his son Harry who is now co-owner of HL Holland Antique Designs was raised in the family business and was exposed to the fine furniture and interior design industry at an early age. We draw on this background of knowledge to make sure that our designs always have the finest details and authentically correct proportion and scale. We like to think that it is in our blood!
We also count on our craftsmen in England for design advice. For most of them, their life’s work has been recreating the finest furniture available. They have a wealth of knowledge that we tap into every day as we go about the tasks building our furniture.
Our customers are some of our best contributors of design ideas and keep pushing our creative limits further.
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Is HL Holland Antique Designs furniture available for immediate purchase from the Baker Knapp & Tubbs showrooms and Baker stores?
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Our furniture is available for immediate purchase from the Baker stores and Baker Knapp & Tubbs showrooms. Like purchasing from an antique shop, you can buy our furniture and literally take it with you. When you have a project that needs a beautiful, unique piece right away, remember that you can have a piece from the HL Holland Antique Designs line immediately.
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Is the entire HL Holland Antique Designs line shown in the Baker Knapp & Tubbs showrooms and Baker stores?
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The HL Holland Antique Designs line is constantly expanding, and we keep a changing assortment of pieces on display in the showrooms. As pieces are sold from the floor, we restock them with new pieces so the HL Holland Antique Designs areas are always a little different. Like an antique shop, you will probably not see the same pieces every time you visit the showroom. But, unlike an antique shop, you are able to order a piece from our line even if that piece is not shown in the showroom.
This Web site is an excellent place to see our full line. We have made it easy for you to search through the line and find the piece you need, and if you can’t find what you are looking for, let us know- we will probably be able to find it for you!
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What are your ship times?
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Our average ship time for either custom items or standard items that are not in stock is approximately 22 weeks from the time the order is placed until the piece arrives in our Atlanta warehouse. However, there are ways to shorten this lead time if you are in a hurry:
Our most popular pieces are almost always in production in England, so the lead time may be much shorter than 22 weeks on standard items.
In addition, we keep backup stock in our Atlanta warehouse on the most popular items.
Also, all of our furniture in the Baker Knapp & Tubbs showrooms and Baker stores is available for immediate purchase. Because of this, pieces that are in other Baker Knapp & Tubbs showrooms and Baker stores are also available for you to purchase immediately. Call us if you have any questions about the current inventory of HL Holland Antique Designs furniture. |
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