Design & Luxury Furniture News — furniture lead time

Custom designer furniture typically costs 15 to 30 percent more than a comparable ready made piece and takes 6 to 8 weeks to arrive, while ready made furniture is usually cheaper upfront and can be delivered within days. The gap in price mostly comes down to made to order labour and materials, and the gap in time comes down to the fact that nothing sits pre built on a shelf waiting for you. Once you understand why those two gaps exist, the decision gets a lot easier, because it stops being about which option is better and starts being about...