Furniture Buying Guides

Discover everything you need to know about buying, maintaining and making the most from contract furniture for business, commercial and domestic use.

Our experts at Trent Furniture have a wealth of expertise and love to share it with you. From choosing the right contract furniture for your bar, to our complete guide to catering for sporting events, if you have any questions relating to buying or maximising furniture usage, we can help!

If you would like to speak to our expert team and discuss your bespoke furniture needs you can contact us online, or call us directly on 0116 2989 906 & 0116 2989 909.

Free Contract Furniture Guides 

Here you can access some of our most enjoyed contract furniture guides, tips and advice articles.



- Furnishing Cafes, Bars, & Holiday Parks

Discover free business resources including expert articles on the latest trends, practical advice, and inspiration for furnishing, decorating and refurbishing pubs, cafes and more.



- How to Bring More Customers to Your Restaurant in 2017

A comprehensive 2017 business guide for eateries and restaurants. This B2C guide includes low cost marketing strategies, wifi offerings, and practical tips for getting diners to your establishment in 2017 and beyond. 



- The ultimate café furniture buyer’s guide

"Taking you through everything that a cafe business owner needs to consider, this ultimate cafe furniture buying guide, is your one-stop information resource for buying your next cafe furniture."



- How to design and run a successful restaurant - Comprehensive guide 

"To get you started, we’ve put together this helpful guide, which will help you make those initial decisions on theme, design and furniture style, while also providing tips on how to attract customers. 
Let’s get started!"

- How to choose pub furniture

 "Bar furniture has to put up with more mistreatment than most - not only because it often sees heavy usage, but also because it has to cope with spillages and being knocked over, not to mention being dragged around by customers or by staff clearing the dancefloor..."

More free business guides:

- Expert tips for buying club furniture

 "... there are some common benefits to buying club furniture that you might not find so easily when buying chairs and tables for other establishments."

- The ultimate hotelier's buying guide

 "Hotel furniture has possibly a more central role in ensuring customer satisfaction than is the case in any other hospitality-related discipline..."

- Restaurant furniture buying guide

 "Restaurant furniture has to provide you with the best of both worlds - somewhere comfortable to sit for an extended period of time, tables at the right height to serve food on, yet also a formal dining environment that's visually appealing too..."

- Choosing the best table top tips

 "With a range of top finishes to choose from in the Trent Furniture collection it can be difficult to know where to start but our buying guide below should help to point you in the right direction..."