We'd rather put the money into your sofa...
You may have noticed something unusual about Schplendid – there’s no glossy showroom. No marble floors…. No mood lighting or scented candles….No salespeople in matching blazers pointing earnestly at mood boards.
Well, that's entirely on purpose.
A lot of brands put the showrooms first and the sofas second. We’ve done the exact opposite: we’ve taken every ingredient that makes a sofa great and super comfy and durable – the frame, the springs, the stuffing, the fabrics – and spent the money there.
The honest truth about the furniture industry is that showrooms are incredibly expensive, and they make your sofa more expensive too. Every square foot of glossy flooring needs to be paid for, usually by adding more and more pounds to the price tag.
We really don’t want to do that, ever.
Where the money goes instead
Instead of spending on showrooms, we channel every penny of overhead into the sofa itself. That’s why Schplendid sofas have:
And because we operate on a fixed, finite margin (rather than the usual fabric-multiplier model), you get all that at a sensible, affordable price, without cutting corners somewhere.
So yes: no showrooms. But you get a sofa that’s been made properly, using the very best version of every single ingredient.
What we offer instead of showrooms
We don’t believe you should pay lots extra just to test-sit something in a swanky showroom. So here’s what we offer instead:
Free delivery
Straight to your home, with no hidden extras.
50 days to try it at home
Sit, flop, sprawl, snooze, read, and watch telly. If it’s not right, we’ll collect it for free. No quibbles or questions.
No “theatre”
Just transparency, good materials, and sofas made the way they used to be – but at prices normal humans can afford.
But if you do want to see the sofas…
Having said all that, we do have a “showroom” of sorts – although showroom is a very generous word for it.
It’s our warehouse in the Cotswolds. True, it’s got concrete floors and lacks frills. But If you’d like to come by, we will happily make you a cup of tea, let you sit on everything, and talk you through the making of each model. It’s relaxed, friendly, and utterly un-showroom-like… which is exactly the point.
We also have a couple of sofas dotted around London, including at our office.
So if you'd like to try a sofa given all that, just get in touch and we’ll make it happen.
In short…
We’re not here to put on a show, we’re here to build something that lasts. If you’d like to see how that feels in real life, come to the Cotswolds and say hello. (Here's how.)
Otherwise, stay cosy at home – and let us bring the Schplendidness to you!
See also:
The unique, radical pricing model that makes Schplendid sofas affordable
Why Schplendid Don’t Do Sofa Sales (and Never Will)
Why we do returns completely differently (free within a 50 day window!)
Why We Don’t Have Showrooms (And Why That’s Good News for You)
We'd rather put the money into your sofa...
You may have noticed something unusual about Schplendid – there’s no glossy showroom. No marble floors…. No mood lighting or scented candles….No salespeople in matching blazers pointing earnestly at mood boards.
Well, that's entirely on purpose.
A lot of brands put the showrooms first and the sofas second. We’ve done the exact opposite: we’ve taken every ingredient that makes a sofa great and super comfy and durable – the frame, the springs, the stuffing, the fabrics – and spent the money there.
The honest truth about the furniture industry is that showrooms are incredibly expensive, and they make your sofa more expensive too. Every square foot of glossy flooring needs to be paid for, usually by adding more and more pounds to the price tag.
We really don’t want to do that, ever.
Where the money goes instead
Instead of spending on showrooms, we channel every penny of overhead into the sofa itself. That’s why Schplendid sofas have:
Solid beech hardwood frames (the good stuff)
Eight-way hand-tied coil springs – a disappearing craft that almost no other sofas use today.
Coconut husk, lambswool and cotton instead of nasty petrochemical foam.
Goose down cushions (ethical and absurdly comfortable)
Beautiful linen and velvet fabrics woven in Tuscany; no polyester, no chemical sprays.
And because we operate on a fixed, finite margin (rather than the usual fabric-multiplier model), you get all that at a sensible, affordable price, without cutting corners somewhere.
So yes: no showrooms. But you get a sofa that’s been made properly, using the very best version of every single ingredient.
What we offer instead of showrooms
We don’t believe you should pay lots extra just to test-sit something in a swanky showroom. So here’s what we offer instead:
Free delivery
Straight to your home, with no hidden extras.
50 days to try it at home
Sit, flop, sprawl, snooze, read, and watch telly. If it’s not right, we’ll collect it for free. No quibbles or questions.
No “theatre”
Just transparency, good materials, and sofas made the way they used to be – but at prices normal humans can afford.
But if you do want to see the sofas…
Having said all that, we do have a “showroom” of sorts – although showroom is a very generous word for it.
It’s our warehouse in the Cotswolds. True, it’s got concrete floors and lacks frills. But If you’d like to come by, we will happily make you a cup of tea, let you sit on everything, and talk you through the making of each model. It’s relaxed, friendly, and utterly un-showroom-like… which is exactly the point.
We also have a couple of sofas dotted around London, including at our office.
So if you'd like to try a sofa given all that, just get in touch and we’ll make it happen.
In short…
We’re not here to put on a show, we’re here to build something that lasts. If you’d like to see how that feels in real life, come to the Cotswolds and say hello. (Here's how.)
Otherwise, stay cosy at home – and let us bring the Schplendidness to you!
See also:
The unique, radical pricing model that makes Schplendid sofas affordable
Why Schplendid Don’t Do Sofa Sales (and Never Will)
Why we do returns completely differently (free within a 50 day window!)