From floor plan to container
What actually happens after you send drawings, who does what, and how long each step takes. No step here is aspirational; these are the intervals we quote against.
Step one: what you send, and what comes back
Send whatever you have. Dimensioned plans are ideal, a sketch with a few numbers works, and a photograph of the room with the wall lengths written on it works better than most people expect. If the counter or the tables are already specified, send those dimensions too — they decide the seat heights.
Inside 1 to 3 working days you get back a drawing pack: the models proposed, the seat heights, the finishes, the quantities against each zone of the room, and a written quotation. Where a dimension looks wrong we say so rather than quoting around it, because a stool built to the wrong height is a problem that arrives by container.
Step two: the sample
The physical sample is built in 15 days from approved drawings, in your fabric and your finish. There is no sampling fee and one revision is included. The point of the sample is not decoration: it is where seat height, seat depth and back height get settled against a real counter, and where a fabric that looked right on a screen turns out to be the wrong weight.
Step three: production
Bulk production runs 15 to 30 days after sample approval, depending on quantity and on how many models are in the order. Mixed models, mixed finishes and mixed seat heights can go through as one run, which is normally how a full fit-out is ordered.
During the run you get progress photographs at agreed checkpoints rather than on request, because a photograph at frame stage catches a problem that a photograph after upholstery does not.
Step four: pre-shipment check
Before packing, every unit is checked for dimensions against the approved drawing, material and finish against the approved sample, hardware and fit, and assembly where the item ships knocked down. This takes about 2 days and happens before the container is loaded, not after.
The written inspection sheet goes out with the shipping documents. If something is out of tolerance we say what it is and what we are doing about it, rather than shipping and hoping.
Step five: packing and shipment
Export packing is carton and timber frame where the item needs it, with corner protection on upholstered pieces. We quote EXW Foshan or DDP to your address — those two, and nothing in between.
Documentation is issued in the names you need for import, and we will work with your forwarder if you have one already.
What we ask of you
- Measured dimensions, not guessed ones. Counter top height and wall run length at seat height are the two that cause the most rework when they are approximate.
- One decision maker for approvals. Sample approval is the gate that starts production, and it needs to be someone who can say yes.
- Notice on site access. Long banquettes that cannot turn a stair need to be split at drawing stage, not on delivery day.
Where the time actually goes
The intervals above are workshop and office time. What extends a project is almost always the gap between us issuing a drawing and a decision coming back. On a well-run fit-out, the furniture timeline is shorter than the joinery and the bar build; the risk is the approval sitting in an inbox for two weeks.
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Send a floor plan, get a priced layout back
Tell us the counter length, the number of covers and the look you want. We come back with stool counts, heights, finishes and a written quotation — usually inside three working days.