Furniture & FF&E Sourcing for Interior Designers, Direct from Foshan
Quick answer: Designer-led sourcing works when the design schedule, revision log, finish approvals, shop drawings, samples and site interfaces stay connected. The designer owns design intent and approvals; suppliers own manufacturing details; the local coordinator tracks questions, evidence and handovers. Every change should name the decision owner and update the controlled document.
Your drawings, your finish schedule, your brand. Our factories, our inspectors, one delivery.
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What clients say
They came for the prices. They stayed for the process.
Homeowners, designers and project buyers on what it was actually like to source furniture through a local team in Foshan.
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Honestly, I expected a tour guide and got a project manager. Grace walked us through Lecong in two days, kept every quote in one spreadsheet, and the container turned up with nothing broken. We'd budgeted for a few disasters. There weren't any.
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We're a small studio and can't fly to China for every job. Sent the FF&E list on a Monday, had three priced options per line by Thursday. The QC photos before the balance payment are the part my clients love.
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The sofa we wanted was about a third of the London showroom price in the same fabric. What actually sold me was Luke measuring the frame at the factory before they upholstered it. You don't get that from a website.
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I was nervous about paying a factory I'd never met. Everything went into one quote, deposits went to company accounts, and Wolina sent photos every week. Boring in the best possible way.
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Our 42-room hotel needed a model room before we committed to anything. They arranged the factory visit and the sample room, and caught two spec mistakes I'd missed on the schedule. Worth it for that alone.
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Three suppliers, one container, one set of documents. That sentence alone saved me weeks of emails.
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How do interior designers source furniture from China?
Send us the FF&E schedule or drawings. We match each line to vetted Foshan and Dongguan suppliers, return an options sheet with trade pricing, sample the materials, manage production and QC, and deliver one consolidated shipment to site.
Do interior designers get trade pricing?
Yes. You see the factory price as quoted plus our stated service fee, with no hidden markup. You decide the client-facing price and your margin.
Can you make furniture from my shop drawings and finish schedule?
Yes. CAD, PDFs or reference images are enough to start. We produce shop drawings where needed, sample finishes, and approve a first article with you before the run.
How long does custom furniture from China take?
Typically 4–10 weeks in production after drawing and sample approval, depending on category, plus 3–6 weeks of sea freight. Showroom stock ships in 1–3 weeks.
Is there a minimum order for custom or white-label pieces?
No hard minimum. Single custom pieces are welcome; full FF&E packages are where the process shows its value.
Do you work white-label?
Yes. We stay behind your brand, sign NDAs as standard and can join client calls as your China team when useful.
Can you use customer's own material (COM) fabrics and leathers?
Yes. Ship COM to our Foshan warehouse or nominate a mill; we confirm yardage per piece before you order it and log every roll against the item code.
Can a project ship to more than one site, or in phases?
Yes. Hotels and multi-site projects are labelled by floor or site and shipped in phases to match the fit-out schedule.
Which FF&E files can a designer submit?
A dimensioned schedule (Excel or your own FF&E tracker), CAD or PDF drawings, and reference images are enough. We log each item against a shared project register so nothing is lost between revisions.
How should RFIs and submittals be tracked?
We keep one RFI log per project — question, owner, due date and response — rather than scattering it across email and WhatsApp. Shop drawings and samples go through the same register with a clear approval status.
Who prepares and approves shop drawings?
Our team prepares shop drawings for custom pieces from your spec; you or your named approver signs off the dated revision before production starts.
What belongs in the installation handover?
Current drawings, item and room codes, finish references, the packing map, hardware information and an issues log — so the site team has everything without chasing you for it.
Start with one line item
Send a spec. Get options, trade pricing and a sample plan back.
A designer-led project needs one controlled FF&E schedule, an RFI log and a submittal register — each item traceable from drawing to site. We name the file formats, document owner and approval authority before work starts.
