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Yarwood Leather is one of the UK’s leading leather suppliers, celebrated for their premium materials, their ethos around sustainability and their CRIB-5 safety standards. As a result, we’ve been in a partnership with them for over 15 years, as they’ve been providing us with beautiful real leather and authentic faux leather that we use to upholster our footstools and cube seating.
We pride ourselves in handcrafting seating that’s made with high-quality materials, which also comply with safety laws and are well-suited to a variety of domestic and commercial settings.
Choosing Sustainable Leather For Cube Seating
Yarwood Leather carefully selects where they source their materials in ethical and sustainable ways. Leather is a natural by-product of the meat industry that would often otherwise be disposed of, but its durability and long lifespan means that the need for a replacement is less likely.
Yarwood Leather’s hides are locally sourced in the UK and Ireland, giving full traceability back to where they get their materials from. Knowing exactly where your leather originates from is essential when it comes to sourcing them sustainability, as you need to know if this place contributes to unethical farming practices, deforestation or other harmful environmental impacts.
Since Yarwood Leather knows that their leather is sourced from ethical places, you can be assured that our footstools and cube seating collections are made with consideration and care to the environment. This is one of the major reasons why we partner with Yarwood Leather, for their efforts in choosing responsibly sourced and high-quality materials that satisfy our customers.
CRIB-5 & Fire Safety Laws
Not only does Yarwood Leather ensure that their fabrics and materials are responsibly sourced, but they also take extra caution when it comes to meeting fire safety standards. Their materials have been tested with IMO Part 8, which is a furniture fire safety test that ensures materials don’t react when exposed to a series of common ignition sources.
They also carry out other assessments such as the smouldering cigarette test and a butane flame test, ensuring that furniture doesn’t react or develop flames when exposed to smouldering cigarettes, matches and lighters.
The importance of safety in areas such as offices, buildings, universities and hospitals - essentially any buildings populated with staff members, patients or students - is crucial to both Yarwood Leather and us at Footstools Direct. Their thorough investigation in ensuring that their materials meet fire safety standards is a shared value in providing peace of mind when purchasing our furniture.
To learn more about what’s involved in fire safety tests, take a look at some of our other guides where we have more information on this topic.
Luxury Leathers: Different Leather Types To Choose From Yarwood Leather
Yarwood leather supplies a wide selection of premium rich and buttery leathers, available in a wide variety of colours to suit the needs of various businesses across different sectors. Let’s take a look at what makes their leathers so special:
Faux Leather Options
As one of the UK’s leading leather suppliers, Yarwood Leather has an extensive collection of Faux Leather that looks and feels just like the real deal. Available in a selection of colour tones, they can suit all kinds of environments, whether commercial or domestic. Some are created with an aged, distressed look for an authentic finish, while others have a smooth surface with a buttery feel. No matter the style, they all have several things in common: they meet CRIB 5, Cigarette & Match and IMO Part 8 safety standards.
Not only does our faux leather meet fire safety laws, but they also feature some other practical benefits such as their anti-bacterial properties. Their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial features makes the leather even more practical for educational settings and environments within hospitality, making the cleaning process easier each day. This makes our cube seating for schools really hygienic in areas where coughs and colds can easily spread!
Real Leather Options
Yarwood’s luxurious curation of real leather materials are suited to all kinds of environments, whether it’s seating for bowling alleys, breakout areas in educational settings, restaurant areas and so much more.
Much of Yarwood Leather’s are described as “pull-up,” meaning they’re made with a high concentration of oils and wax which allows them to age beautifully without cracking. As a part of their natural composition, the textures, patterns and surfaces of each piece of leather is different, making each piece unique.
Environments For Leather Cube Seating
Yarwood’s Leather is truly designed to stand the test of time, making our cube seating durable solutions for a variety of environments. Let’s take a look at some examples of locations in which our seating can be used.
Healthcare Settings
Our cube seating, handcrafted with Yarwood Leather’s materials, make perfect seating solutions for healthcare clinics and hospital settings. Their anti-microbial, stain-resistant and anti-fungal properties make them ideal for areas where hygiene and cleanliness is essential. We also have a selection of blue shades, which are typically favoured in healthcare environments.
Hospitality Sector
In bars, restaurants and hotels, our Italian Leather cube seating can make convenient seating solutions. Their stain-resistant properties make the cleaning process all more easier, especially in these kinds of areas where spillage risk is high.
Gyms & Leisure Centres
Leather cube seating makes a great addition to welcome visitors in reception spaces within gyms, spas and leisure facilities alike. Ideal for locker rooms and changing areas, the versatility of the cube seating means that can be easily arranged for these areas.
Retail & Commercial Settings
Cube seating can totally transform how welcomed customers feel within a store. Yarwood’s luxury leather materials mean that our cube seating can withstand the wear and tear of high traffic areas in retail environments, perfect for the use of shoe zones and fitting areas.
Educational Settings
Due to the flexibility of our cube seating, they’re largely favoured in educational settings. In areas such as schools, colleges, libraries and universities, cube leather seating provides an excellent place for students to learn, work together and take a rest between exams.
Yarwood & Footstool’s Services
Yarwood offers a number of services, including embroidery and debossing. With these services, you can create custom seating with your brand’s designs and logos beautifully embossed or embroidered on the leather, making them unique to your business.
Here at Footstools Direct, we can also customise your seating with our selection of premium footstools, featuring your brand's logos or designs to support your company’s marketing as you welcome guests into your business.
Discover High Quality Cube Seating Today
Now you know where we source our leather from, we hope you feel reassured that you’re purchasing from a company that values safety, quality and sustainability.
Get in contact with us today if you have any more questions about our products and services - our friendly customer service team is always here to help!
