Interior fit-out sourcing in London: how one showroom covers beyond furniture

What does a full fit-out actually include?

A full interior fit-out is more than furniture. Even for a single apartment it typically covers: bespoke and loose furniture, joinery (wardrobes, boiseries, doors), textiles for curtains, upholstery and wallcoverings, decorative and architectural lighting, bathrooms and brassware, paints, architectural hardware, and stone and surfaces on floors, walls, worktops and vanities. Every one of those categories has its own supply chain, sample process and lead time.

How does one showroom cover all of it?

At Faura, each category is represented by brands the team specifies day to day:

• Furniture and cabinetry — Laura Meroni, Longhi, Turri, Rugiano, Bonaldo, Cantori, Bizzotto, Bamax.
• Textiles — Dedar.
• Lighting — Delta Light for architectural lighting, DCW Éditions for decorative pieces, Tom Dixon for a design-led catalogue.
• Bathrooms and brassware — Antonio Lupi and Gessi.
• Paints — Little Greene.
• Architectural hardware — Joseph Giles.
• Stone and surfaces — Margraf, Florim, Cosentino, Alabastro Italiano.

The point is not to be a supermarket — it is to let a designer resolve a whole scheme in one working session, with cuttings and finish boards drawn from every category in the same room.

How do I run a fit-out sourcing visit?

1. Share the plan and a room-by-room brief in advance.
2. Ask the host to pre-stage references per room — for a bathroom, that might mean Antonio Lupi vanities, Gessi brassware, Margraf natural stone and Florim porcelain side by side.
3. Work room by room rather than category by category, so decisions in one room inform the next.
4. Leave with cuttings, memos and a written schedule per room.
5. Book a follow-up client-facing appointment to present the scheme with all the materials in one place.

What about the installation side?

Product supply is only half the picture. Faura introduces members to vetted contractors in the disciplines that typically finish a scheme: tiling for stone and porcelain, decorating and painting for wall finishes, electrical for lighting circuits, and smart-home installation for integrated controls. Introductions are made on request; the designer or project manager stays in the lead relationship with the contractor.

Why does consolidating help the project?

Consolidating a fit-out through one trade account simplifies the paperwork (one purchase order structure, one point of contact), simplifies logistics (delivery windows coordinated to the site programme), and reduces the number of separate sample libraries the designer needs to visit. It also makes client presentation easier — the whole scheme sits in one appointment, in one room, on one written schedule.

Where does the residency fit?

For members of the Faura residency, the showroom also doubles as a working London base — a place to meet suppliers, present schemes to clients and use the sample library between appointments. That closes the loop: the same address that supplies the fit-out is where the designer runs much of the scheme.

To scope a full-fit-out visit at Faura's Westminster showroom, book a private appointment — or read the finishes and materials guide for how the non-furniture side of a scheme is handled.