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How to choose the best luxury front door

How to choose the best luxury front door Your front door is not only focal point of your home but it sets a scene as soon as you walk in, as well as being a security element to your house. As well as the aesthetics the performance and functionality are just as important. You may want your exterior door be a large feature itself and be the statement to your home, however you might like an understated look that minimal. […]

A luxurious home away from home in Antigua

Located in the Eastern Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Sea lays Antigua. With crystal clear blue seas and sandy beaches to look onto, Villa Papillon is the only place you would want to stay. This newly built property on the South West Coast of Antigua is 8000 sq ft and set across 5 different floors, featuring 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, a spacious open plan living area, outside bar, 2 dining areas, an infinity pool with terrace, a […]

Open Position: Account Manager

SWD Bespoke are seeking to appoint an ambitious individual looking to join our high-end door company with a strong reputation. As a family-run business we are looking for a highly motivated industry trained and experienced individual wanting to build a career within our company. The role requires someone who can work full time in our head office in West Molesey, Surrey. Experience within the door, furniture, carpentry or design industry is essential. Your role will be sales focused and will […]

Bespoke Walnut Internal Doors

Amongst the most popular types of door are our Walnut internal doors, mainly for their truly traditional and sophisticated appearance. Walnut has many practical and physical properties, and is recognised worldwide as the ‘aristocrat of fine hardwoods’. The grain of walnut wood runs characteristically straight, and many favour this uniform look in their furniture. The straight grain retains that traditional look and feel but with a somewhat ‘neater’ appearance to it. Walnut boasts a variety of colours that range from light […]

Sliding Door Cage Systems – The Advantages

SWD’s fitting teams have installed most of the cage systems that are available on the market. Sliding door cage systems over the last few years have become more and more popular. So what is a cage system? A cage system is a complete kit which includes the top track, the guide pin and the framework for the pocket itself which is boarded over and then plastered. The alternative to a cage system would be just to build 2 walls with a […]

Introducing SWD Bespoke

We’re thrilled to unveil our refreshed brand identity which reflects the evolution of our company since it was established as Solid Wooden Doors in 1999, streamlining all the services we now offer. We have always made it our mission to grow with intention and keep ahead of the market and trends. SWD Bespoke consists of four autonomous brands, each with a focus on enhancing the doors and hardware in projects of any scale. Whilst each brand is individual, the same […]

SWD celebrates the Evening Standards ‘Best Luxury Home’ of 2019

2019 has been an exciting year of growth and continued excellence for SWD, not least for the recognition given to one of our luxury projects in the Evening Standard New Homes Awards. Judged by readers, the awards champion inventive design, hi-tech features and quality finishes. Winner of ‘Best Luxury Home’ was Wellington House in Surrey, introduced as a “French Provincial-inspired mansion” with a “lavish, meticulously crafted interior with Art Deco and midcentury modern flourishes”. The new build residence is set […]

The Advantages of SWD Door Sets

Door sets, what are they exactly? A door set is when along with the door leaf the frames and often the architraves are also supplied. More importantly the frames and the doors are all machined with the hinges and the locks and latches. If you are not familiar with doors being supplied in this way, then you definitely must live in the UK. In mainland Europe and most other countries in the world, this is normally what people are used […]

London Design Week 2018

London Design Week 2018 is comprised of over 100 events, one of which turned the exclusive Chelsea Harbour Design Centre into a buzzing hub for creatives, designers and innovators alike. SWD Bespoke attended the visionary event for the 8th year in a row since opening its doors in the Design Centre in 2010. The event offers a glimpse into the collections and designs of neighbouring showrooms with ample opportunity to meet the designers too. This gave attendees a behind-the-scenes look […]

A Family Business

Tony Cope established SWD Bespoke in 1999 and it has since grown into one of the most reputable bespoke door companies in the UK. This is not only down to the quality and craftsmanship of each product but also to the input and expertise of Tony and his family. Tony and his wife, Beverley, live in Surrey with their three children Olivia, Charlotte and Alex. Over the years all of them have been involved in the growth of SWD. Charlotte […]

Security Just Got Stylish

The new Integra E-key fingerprint scanner is the latest feature for high security doors. Ensure your home is kept safe and secure in the most stylish way possible with the elegant design of an E-key which is processed with the best materials to ensure a perfect finish. At SWD we can install this slim and sleek design to blend perfectly into your desired high security door with a stainless steel mount. The E-key isn’t just nice to look at, it’s […]

12 Questions With Tony Cope CEO of Solid Wooden Doors

Tony Cope owner and driving force behind SWD takes half an hour out of his busy schedule to answer the following questions 1. How did you get into the Door industry? Well, that’s a long story … My interest probably started when I was at school in Windsor and I took woodwork at A level. At the time I wanted to be a furniture designer but there weren’t many jobs going in that field. So, I went to art college […]

Fire Door Safety Week 25th September – 1st October 2017

Fire door safety week, which runs from 25th September – 1st October 2017, aims to raise awareness of the critical role that fire doors play in protecting property and saving lives. Now more than ever, fire door safety should be taken seriously with only three months since the devastating inferno at Grenfell tower which tragically killed at least 80 people. More than one third of fire-related fatalities from April 2015 to March 2016 (where the cause of death was known) […]

Made To Measure Doors – Unusual Door Sizes With SWD Bespoke

Unusual door sizes – Cant find your size? Renovating, self-building, a property developer or an interior designer? You might just find yourself in need of doors of a different or non-standard size. At SWD doors all of our doors are made to order. We are proud to be able to offer faster lead times on all of SWD bespoke doors than other bespoke joiners and European manufacturers. We understand that in today’s homes you’ll find a range of modern home designs […]

Latest SWD Project – Bespoke Internal Doors For Luxurious Modern Developments

A recent project by SWD was supplying three luxurious modern developments in Epping, with each plot using a different bespoke internal door model to showcase and make each home unique. The bespoke internal doors we supplied are all fire rated FD30 with a thickness of 45mm. Fire doors are heavier and more substantial providing enhanced performance with improved sound and thermal insulation. The models used and shown below are 1004, S800 and 850. Bespoke Internal Doors Sophisticated, clean, luxurious finish […]

European Oak Bespoke Front Doors

What is European Oak and why we use it for external doors The ‘genus Quercus’ (Latin for oak tree) with more than two hundred separate species produces the true oaks. Most of these are found in the northern hemisphere, where in temperate regions they may form pure stands, or may be dominant species in mixed woodlands. While in warmer countries they tend to occupy the mountainous areas. Most of the true oaks are trees but some are shrubs. The trees, […]