{"product_id":"show-us-your-room-well-help-you-shape-it-30-minutes-free-consultation","title":"Show us your home. Leave with a plan - 30 minutes free consultation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBook a Free Consultation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe ran the Sofa Design Clinic through August, expecting it to be a fortnight. It went so well we extended it into September — and then the team sat down and decided something simple: why stop?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo the consultations are staying. All year, free, in the Douglas showroom or over video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou don't get stuck on whether you want a new sofa. You get stuck on the choosing — which frame, which fabric, which configuration, and whether any of it will actually work in the room you've got. Same with a dining table: which size, which shape, how many it really seats once the chairs are pulled out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's the part a website\u003cem\u003e can't solve\u003c\/em\u003e for you. It needs a room, a tape measure and somebody who does this every day and who cares. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThirty minutes, no charge, no obligation to buy anything at the end of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSofas, dining tables, chairs and armchairs\u003c\/strong\u003e — anything we make to order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWho you'll be sitting with\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOur design team start where the piece has to live: your space, and the character your home already has. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe'll tell you honestly what will work and what won't. If a frame you've fallen for is too deep for the room, you'll hear it — and you'll hear why, and what would work instead. That's more useful than being agreed with, and on something you'll own for a decade, it's the whole point of sitting down with someone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat your thirty minutes looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe start with your room.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dimensions, the wall it's going against, where the door and the window are, and where people actually sit. Everything else follows from this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen the shape.\u003c\/strong\u003e For a sofa: corner, modular, three-seat, chaise on the left or the right. For a table: length, width, and how many chairs it comfortably takes rather than how many it technically fits. We work it out from your room, then build the piece to suit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen you sit on things.\u003c\/strong\u003e Depth, seat height, back support, how a chair feels after five minutes rather than five seconds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen fabrics and finishes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Our swatch library is staged by mood and colour rather than supplier code, so you can hold them, carry them to the window, and see them against your own photos. Wood samples too, for tables and chairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou'll leave with a written sheet — model, configuration, fabric or finish, and your price held — plus swatches to take home and live with for a few days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat to bring\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe more you bring, the more we can do in half an hour. Nothing is too rough or too half-formed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhotos of the room\u003c\/strong\u003e — including the ugly angles, especially the ugly angles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRough dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e, particularly the wall or the space the piece is going into\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnything that fixes the colour\u003c\/strong\u003e — a paint chip, a curtain offcut, a cushion, a floor or wood sample. Anything in the room you already love and want the new piece to sit beside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA friend, your partner, whoever else gets a say. \u003c\/strong\u003eThat last one matters more than people expect. Deciding on a sofa alone and then selling it to someone at home is a much harder job than deciding together in the first place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHow to book?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eUse the calendar below to pick a date and time. Booking through the form means you get a confirmation in writing, so there's no confusion about when you're coming in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.podfurniture.ie\/products\/the-sofa-design-clinic-30-minutes-free-consultation?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=8f31119f5\u0026amp;_ss=r\" title=\"Free Interior Consultation at Pod Furniture Ireland\"\u003eSelect a date and time to book →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePrefer to talk to someone? Call us on \u003cstrong\u003e021 4898171\u003c\/strong\u003e or email \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:customercare@podfurniture.ie\"\u003ecustomercare@podfurniture.ie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and we'll sort it out with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pod Furniture, Unit 102-107-108 St Patrick's Mills, Douglas, Cork, T12 R261\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow long:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCost:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free, with no obligation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParking:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free for customers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free over €399 in the Republic of Ireland, including assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCan't get to Cork?\u003c\/strong\u003e We run consultations over video too — book the same way and let us know.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy book a consultation with Pod?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWe're small, and that's the point.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePod is family-run. We're not a chain, and we don't have a head office deciding what you should want. It means the person who sits down with you can actually make decisions — about the configuration, the fabric, what's worth spending on and what isn't. That's harder to find than it used to be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA designer who starts with your room, not our catalogue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first question isn't which sofa you like. It's what the space is doing — the wall, the door, the window, where people actually sit, and the character your home already has. The piece follows from that. It's a slower way to start and a much better way to finish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest advice, including when it isn't what you hoped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf a frame you've fallen for is too deep for the room, you'll hear it — and you'll hear why, and what would work instead. Being agreed with is pleasant. Being told the truth is useful, and on something you'll own for a decade it's worth more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFurniture built to last, from makers we know.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe work with a small number of European manufacturers — SITS, Furninova, Vilmers among them — chosen for how they build rather than how cheaply. Most of what we sell is made to order, so it's built for your room rather than picked off a warehouse floor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSit on it before you commit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDepth, seat height, back support, how a chair feels after five minutes rather than five seconds. 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