MANILA, Philippines - If you’ve seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sex and the City, and Amélie, you’ve probably daydreamed about someday owning your own unique space like Holly’s lush pad, Carrie’s iconic studio apartment, or Amélie’s quirky bright bedroom. A pen, a piece of paper, and your imagination would send you randomly creating sketches. But how do you let this dream space come into fruition?
SB Furniture, Asia’s chicest and greenest furniture brand, does the job, as it brings you home solutions through its newly official service—the Furniture Layout Consultancy. With the steady hand of one of SB Furniture’s in-house design specialists, the service brings your ideas to life by turning your rough sketches into actual blueprints.
Consulting with a design specialist to carefully lay out your space and pick key furniture pieces allow all factors to be taken into consideration — including aesthetics, safety, functionality, and practicality — which is what the Furniture Layout Consultancy puts forward.
“Urbanites go through that tough point of adorning their homes — tailoring them the way they envision them to be, but also needing to work within their budgets,” says Ma Ann de Jesus, marketing manager of Abenson-SB Furniture. “This is why we want to help our clients weigh in these factors by giving them a clear vision of what would work for their homes through the Furniture Layout Consultancy, which we offer free of charge.”
The process starts with a bare floor plan. “A client needs to hand in a basic floor plan to allow our in-house design specialist to properly study and take accurate measurements of the place,” explains de Jesus. “A customized plan can easily exceed a budget if a client lets his fancies run amok. But with the guidance of our in-house design specialists, the whole process of choosing and laying out the right furniture pieces can run smoothly, as all needs and likings are integrated into one master plan.”
Meanwhile, the end product of the service is a presentation of a full 3D furniture layout, which will be given to them and executed once the client decides to proceed with the purchase. Nonetheless, the Furniture Layout Consultancy, which De Jesus reiterates as a “free-of-charge” service, is just the icing on the cake of SB Furniture’s home solutions.
“All the brand’s pieces in its lines are modular, meaning they can be moved around, and shuffled to suit your taste,” says De Jesus. To add to this, SB Furniture utilizes advanced technology, high-grade fittings imported from Europe, and non-toxic particleboards or MDF from recycled wood chips that ensure high-quality craftsmanship in its pieces to simulate exquisite and healthy breathing spaces for the family.
The E1 (European Standard Class) Seal on each of its modular and knock-down furniture signifies three very important things—that SB Furniture: Is guaranteed safe for you and your family; does not cause irritations and allergies brought about by harmful chemicals present in substandard brands, and has no foul odors, such as those caused by high concentrations of formaldehyde, which is commonly found in low-cost wood panels. “Each piece is also crafted using RSS (Reinforced Structure System) and FSS (Firm Structure System), which are innovations that guarantee strength and durability to last for years,” de Jesus adds.
As the brand successfully infuses all these characteristics into its exquisite collections, let the steady hand of an experienced designer guide you through the process of choosing the right pieces and putting the puzzle pieces of your breathing space together. With SB Furniture, whether you are downsizing, restructuring, or completely moving to a new area, putting together your home has never been this effortless.
S.B. Furniture is available at Bonifacio Global City, 552-3913; Makati, 889-4223; Ortigas, 632-9101; San Fernando, Pampanga, 045-435-0015; and Quezon City, 724-2591.