Hotel furniture guides for every room: sizes, heights, spacing and lighting.
Guides on the heights, sizes, spacing and lighting that make a hotel bar, restaurant, lounge or bedroom work — with the UK standards behind them and links to trade suppliers.
Which part of the hotel are you furnishing?
Four areas · thirteen guides
Hotel Furniture Supplier is an independent reference for anyone specifying furniture for a UK hotel — owners, general managers, interior designers and fit-out contractors. Each area of the hotel has its own set of guides covering the dimensions that matter (bar counter and stool heights, table sizes per cover, aisle widths, lounge seat depths, bed and headboard sizes), the UK standards and regulations behind them (Approved Document M, BS 8300, BS 7176 fire performance, BS EN 16139 seating strength, SLL lighting guidance and BS 5266 emergency lighting), and the contract products that meet them. Guidance is written for hospitality use rather than the home, and every figure is cross-checked against the published standard.
Bar seating heights explained
Counter, stool, poseur and footrail heights that work together, plus the accessible section Part M expects.
Read the guide →Table sizes: casual drinks vs dining
Footprints for 2, 4 and 6, the space each cover needs, and the aisle widths between tables.
Read the guide →Bar lighting basics
Ambient, task and accent layers, colour temperature, and the emergency lighting a licensed venue must have.
Read the guide →Banquettes and booths, made to your drawings in Salford.
Forest Contract build bespoke fixed seating for hotels, bars and restaurants — a full build, or cushions to your own carcass. Trade only.
Approved Document M · BS 7176 · BS EN 16139 · BS 5266
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