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Case Study: Chilterns Crematorium
We love supplying Crematoria furniture at Alpha Furnishings. Helping a local one is even nicer. Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham chose the A1L chapel chair from Alpha over 20 years ago. When the time came recently to update and re-order the chapel, Chilterns Crematorium turned again to Alpha Furniture for supply of an up to date chapel
Selecting The Right Tables
Café, dining and meeting tables come in all shapes and sizes, with folding tables often the preferred choice. Selecting the right combination of these variables is critical in a successful project. Before even thinking about the numbers of people to be seated around tables, it’s best to start with the practicalities. For a multi-use space
How To Get Your Village Hall Chair Decision Right
When it comes to setting up a new community centre or village hall, or simply replacing existing seating, selecting a chair for a community centre or village hall can be very challenging. Chairs will not only serve as seating, but also play a significant role in creating a welcoming and comfortable environment. Any choice of
Stacking Chairs: Flexible and Versatile Furniture
Alpha Furniture’s extraordinary range of stacking chairs is meticulously designed to offer unparalleled versatility and adaptability. Our selection includes not only stacking chairs, but folding chairs, folding and flip-top tables, and much more. Allow us to introduce you to the star of the show – the LAMU chair, recently delivered to the Chalfont library, setting
Trolleys vs Dolleys – Which Option is Right for Us?
Alpha have been selling practical stacking chairs for many years and have innovated as the market has evolved. Where once stacking to 4 high was considered enough, it now doesn’t cater for many venues where stacking to 8, 10, 25 or even 60 is required! Folk are moving chairs more frequently than ever these days,
High Stacking Chairs FAQs
More and more customers are turning to high stacking chairs as the solution for their multi-use space. They have all but replaced padded folding chairs as the go-to stackable chair when storage is tight. Alpha has a large range of high density stacking chairs. These offer varying levels of comfort, weights, options, and finishes. Alpha’s
Which Fabric is Right For Me?
Which chair fabric to choose – how clever should we go? A commonly asked question among our customers, regardless of their venue type and sector. No wonder, when there seems to be so many options: Standard fabrics – usually 100% polyester, or often 30% wool tweed Treated fabrics – with added stain protection Vinyl or
Theatre Seating to Transform Your Balcony
Beccles Baptist Church had enjoyed Alpha’s lightweight stacking chairs, our aluminium AR2BW. They then turned their attentions to the balcony, which still had the original pews in situ. This was a challenging area with irregular steps, curves and planking. However with a site visit from Alpha Furniture and our theatre seating manufacturer, due measurements were
Case Study: Beccles Baptist Church Auditorium Seating
Alpha Furniture just received a very warm thankyou from Tom at Beccles Baptist Church following the installation of their new auditorium seating. Three years ago Alpha supplied the church with our lightweight stacking UK made Aluminium chairs for their ground floor worship space. The church has since embarked on replacing the pews in their curved
Getting The Church Chair Right: FAQ’s and Frequently Neglected Questions !!
Most folk who end up being the ‘chair project manager’ find that the process proves more complicated than they had first imagined. Of course, even after accepting they will never please everyone, there are still multiple considerations along the way. While colour decisions should involve only a few people and any chair is a compromise