About Hotel Furniture Supplier
A plain-English reference for anyone specifying furniture for a UK hotel: owners, general managers, interior designers and fit-out contractors.
What the site is for
Most of the questions that come up when a hotel is furnished are practical ones. How high should the bar be, and which stool goes with it? How much table does each diner need, and how far apart should the tables sit? What size bed fits a standard double room once the headboard and bedside tables are in? What does the fire-safety standard for contract upholstery actually require? The answers exist, but they are scattered across British Standards, Approved Documents, professional guidance and manufacturers' catalogues. This site collects them area by area — bar, restaurant and dining, lobby and lounge, bedrooms — and puts the dimensions, the standards and the products in one place.
How the guides are written
Each guide gives the working dimensions first, in millimetres with imperial equivalents where they are commonly quoted, then the UK regulations and standards behind them, then the practical detail: common mistakes, a specification checklist and a short set of questions and answers. Where a figure comes from a published document — Approved Document M, BS 8300-2, BS 7176, BS EN 16139, the SLL lighting guides, BS 5266 — the guide says so and links to the publisher. Where a figure is contract-industry practice rather than a standard, the guide says that too. Guides carry the date they were last reviewed, and the resources page lists the bodies and standards referred to throughout.
Who operates it
Hotel Furniture Supplier is operated by Forest Sofa Ltd, a UK upholstery manufacturer. Its contract division, Forest Contract, is the site's featured supplier: where a guide points to a product category — bar stools, table bases and tops, tub chairs and sofas, beds and headboards, bespoke banquette seating — it links to the Forest Contract range, and the enquiry form on the contact page is answered by their team. For fitted and bespoke joinery — fitted bedroom furniture, reception desks, bar fronts and back bars — the site's featured joinery partner is Hafferty Interiors of Manchester.
Beyond those two, the site does not link to furniture suppliers or retailers. Outbound links go to government publications, standards bodies and industry and professional organisations, so that a reader can check any figure against its source. Nothing on the site is paid placement.
Using the guides
The guidance is general and written for hospitality use in the UK. It is not a substitute for the Approved Documents, the standards themselves, or advice from an access consultant, fire-risk assessor or building-control body on a specific project. If you find a figure that looks out of date or a standard that has been revised, please tell us through the contact page.