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The Journal.

Notes on furniture, materials and living, from the studio.

Bespoke Furniture Belongs on the FF&E Schedule
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Bespoke Furniture Belongs on the FF&E Schedule.

How to specify bespoke furniture in a Dubai fit-out: FF&E schedule columns, fabric and fire performance written…

Contract-Grade Is a Threshold, Not a Word
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Contract-Grade Is a Threshold, Not a Word.

Contract-grade upholstery for architects: abrasion tiers, cleaning method, colourfastness, fire performance to the relevant standard, and the…

Care Begins at the Thermostat
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Care Begins at the Thermostat.

A CEO-grade owner's guide to caring for bespoke upholstery in Dubai: humidity and AC targets, fabric-by-fabric behaviour,…

Naming Every Layer
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Naming Every Layer.

Nursery and children's furniture: how to ask for evidence layer by layer, distinguish textile certification from whole-piece…

Sun and Salt Air Set the Palm Specification
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Sun and Salt Air Set the Palm Specification.

Furnishing a Palm Jumeirah apartment: how Saint Objets specifies upholstery, frames, finishes and delivery around sun, salt…

Booked in a Photograph, Tested by the Season
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Booked in a Photograph, Tested by the Season.

Furnish a short-let that photographs and lets well: Saint Objets on the exact pieces, fabric specs and…

One Scheme, Two Kinds of Making
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One Scheme, Two Kinds of Making.

Can one studio deliver a full scheme, sofa to rug? What Saint Objets makes in-house, what it…

Two or Three Directions, Never a Catalogue
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Two or Three Directions, Never a Catalogue.

How designers present bespoke furniture to clients: a tight edit, a structured reveal, and the moment choice…

Palettes Drift Without a Retained Sample
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Palettes Drift Without a Retained Sample.

How to hold one material language across a whole building: a named finish schedule, retained control samples,…

Furniture Runs on Two Clocks
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Furniture Runs on Two Clocks.

Sequence custom furniture against a construction programme: lead times in days, milestones mapped to site stages, final…

Five Lines Do Most of the Work
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Five Lines Do Most of the Work.

What a designer needs to brief a made-to-order furniture studio: dimensions, use, upholstery, budget and lead window.…

Every Element Carries a Tolerance Band
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Every Element Carries a Tolerance Band.

Saint Objets builds furniture to architectural drawings in Dubai: dimensioned to your setting-out, tolerances agreed, toxic-free, made…

Ask What You Cannot See
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Ask What You Cannot See.

Ordering a custom sofa? The essential questions to ask on materials, fabric performance, safety and made-to-order timing,…

A Floor Model Was Decided Months Ago
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A Floor Model Was Decided Months Ago.

Saint Objets makes each sofa to order in Dubai, designed in Paris, in toxic-free, hospitality-grade fabrics chosen…

The Total Tells You the Least
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The Total Tells You the Least.

Reading a furniture quote before you commit: what Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai, lists so…

Some Studios Make, Others Only Sell
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Some Studios Make, Others Only Sell.

What to look for in a bespoke furniture studio: Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai, made…

Longevity Is Settled Long Before Delivery
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Longevity Is Settled Long Before Delivery.

A well-made sofa should last decades, not seasons. Saint Objets builds made-to-order pieces in Dubai with hardwood…

Furnishing a Home Is a Sequence
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Furnishing a Home Is a Sequence.

Furnishing a home? Invest first in the sofa and bed. Saint Objets, a French studio in Dubai,…

Coherence Is Not Sameness
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Coherence Is Not Sameness.

Keep one style across a whole home with Saint Objets: French design, made to order in Dubai,…

Start with the Shell, Not the Catalogue
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Start with the Shell, Not the Catalogue.

Plan furniture for a new Dubai villa with Saint Objets: a French studio, made to order, toxic-free…

One Gesture Leaves a Stronger Memory
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One Gesture Leaves a Stronger Memory.

Furnish a boutique hotel room guests remember with Saint Objets: French made-to-order furniture, toxic-free materials and hospitality-grade…

Hospitality Grade Is Behaviour Under Pressure
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Hospitality Grade Is Behaviour Under Pressure.

Hospitality-grade furniture is specified for repeated use. Saint Objets builds made-to-order furniture in Dubai with performance upholstery…

Designers Move from Selecting to Co-Authoring
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Designers Move from Selecting to Co-Authoring.

How interior designers collaborate with Saint Objets, a French made-to-order furniture studio in Dubai: from spec sheet…

Turnover Punishes Seams, Joints and Legs
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Turnover Punishes Seams, Joints and Legs.

What survives high-turnover rentals: frame, upholstery construction, exact fabric performance and a specification built around repeated guest…

A Short-Let Is Photographed Before It Is Lived In
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A Short-Let Is Photographed Before It Is Lived In.

How to furnish a short-let that photographs well and survives guest turnover, from proportion and palette to…

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