From Sketch to Installation
Bespoke Furniture Isn’t Just About Looks
When your venue demands furniture that fits perfectly, flows seamlessly, and reflects your brand, off-the-shelf pieces don’t always measure up.
At Inside Out Contracts, our bespoke furniture design process ensures that every detail, from proportion to finish, is created with your objectives in mind. From the very first sketch to the final installation, each stage is a true collaboration.
Every decision is shaped around your interior design goals, helping to transform not only how your space looks, but how your guests experience your brand.
1. Briefing & Detailed Specification
Every great project starts with a conversation.
We begin with your vision. Whether you’re an interior designer, architect, or venue owner, we take the time to understand how your furniture needs to perform within your space.
You might arrive with detailed plans or simply a creative idea. Wherever you are in the journey, we’re here to collaborate. Together, we’ll review your layout, objectives, and ideas to form a clear brief that sets the design direction.
2. Concept & CAD Development
Where ideas take shape.
Once your brief is set, our design team begins to bring your ideas to life.
Through detailed CAD drawings and 3D models, we explore the shape, scale, and function of each piece, helping you visualise exactly how it will live within your space.
This is an iterative and collaborative stage. We refine every dimension, curve, and join until it feels just right, from seat heights and leg angles to fabric choices and finishes.
“At Virgin Hotel Shoreditch, our early CAD prototypes helped achieve the perfect balance of comfort and contemporary design, ensuring visual harmony across the space.” Commented the design team at Inside Out Contracts
3. Realistic Visualisation
Here’s where your design begins to feel real.
We create high-quality renderings that show each piece in full colour, material, and texture. This is the moment where the concept becomes tangible. These visuals allow you to make confident decisions about fabrics, finishes, and tones before production begins.
Our designers often explore several material combinations until the perfect palette emerges, ensuring your finished furniture aligns beautifully with the interior scheme.
4. Augmented Reality (AR) Model
See your design in your space — before it’s built.
For clients who want to truly visualise the design in situ, we take things a step further with Augmented Reality (AR).
Using your phone or tablet, you can walk around your virtual furniture in your real space, viewing it from every angle and understanding its scale and flow.
This immersive experience helps clients gain total confidence in their choices and often speeds up the sign-off process.
“In one recent project, our AR preview allowed the venue owner to reconfigure seating arrangements the same day: saving days of redesign time and helping the final layout come together much quicker.” Design Team at Inside Out Contracts
5. Manufacture
Where craftsmanship and creativity meet.
Once designs are approved, it’s over to our makers.
Every bespoke piece is handcrafted in the UK, combining traditional joinery with modern precision engineering. From curved banquettes to marble-topped tables, each element is built to withstand the demands of hospitality while maintaining its aesthetic integrity.
We stay closely involved through every stage of production, ensuring each seam, stitch, and edge reflects the concept we developed together.
“It’s where ideas literally take shape. The moment your design leaves the screen and comes to life in the workshop.” Derek Bennett, Production Director
6. Delivery & Installation
The final reveal.
Then comes the most rewarding moment — seeing it all come together on site.
Our production team coordinates delivery around your schedule, ensuring every piece arrives safely and on time. We remain involved right through to installation, because for us, that’s not the end of the process — it’s the moment your design becomes real.
Video of Manufacture and Installation of Banquette Seating
Collaboration at the Core
Bespoke design works best when everyone’s talking.
That’s why we collaborate directly with architects, interior designers, and project managers to ensure our furniture integrates seamlessly into the wider design scheme.
Our CAD drawings, technical specifications, and AR previews make it easy to understand how each element interacts with lighting, flow, and sightlines, ensuring perfect cohesion from the first concept to the final install.
Real Projects, Real Transformations
Every bespoke furniture journey follows the same creative, collaborative path, a process that has shaped some beautiful and award-winning interiors.
Talk to Us About Your Project
Whether you’re refining an existing plan or starting from scratch, our team is here to help you shape your space through bespoke design.
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Inside Out Contracts
Building 16, 42 Creek Road, London SE8 3FN
Sales: +44(0)20 8305 3130
Production: +44(0)20 8305 3136
Design: +44(0)20 8305 3139
Company No. 02841010
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