Schplendid is championing beautiful sofas, made the old fashioned way with materials that
will last a lifetime
There was a time when a really good sofa was made from things you recognised: timber, wool, natural fibres, feathers and springs. Schplendid thinks there was quite a lot to be said for that. Founded out of a frustration with throwaway furniture and eye-watering prices, Schplendid set out to do things differently. To simply spend as much as possible on the sofa itself, and as little as possible on everything else.
So Schplendid sofas are built on solid beech hardwood frames, with eight-way hand-tied coil springs – an old upholstery craft now rarely used. Inside you’ll find materials such as wool and coconut fibre, while wonderfully squidgy cushions are filled with 80% ethically-sourced Italian goose down. The fabrics are pure cotton velvets and beautiful Italian linens, without polyester or stain-repellent chemical sprays.
Schplendid has even found a more natural answer to fire safety. Every sofa sold in Britain has to meet strict regulations, commonly achieved using chemicals. Schplendid instead uses a naturally flame-resistant 100% wool barrier cloth, allowing its sofas to meet the standards without flame-retardant treatments.
Wool, timber, linen, cotton, coconut fibre and down: it turns out nature already makes rather good sofa ingredients. The result is a sofa designed to be lived on, snuggled into and kept for a very long time. Schplendid guarantees its frames for life, offers free delivery and a 50-day trial.
If a Schplendid sofa sounds appealing, then you’re in luck as The Simple Things has teamed up with Schplendid to give one lucky reader the chance to win a voucher worth £2,500, towards a sofa
in your choice of 21 fabrics. Simply enter our competition and you could soon be sitting pretty with a new Schplendid sofa.
For more information, visit schplendid.com or follow on Instagram: @schplendidsofas
How to enter
For your chance to win a £2,500 Schplendid voucher, enter our competition by clicking the button below and answering the following question by the closing date of 6 November 2026.
Q: Schplendid’s hardwood frames are made from which wood?
Terms and conditions
The competition closes at 11.59pm on 6 November 2026. One winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received and notified soon after. Subject to availability. The winner cannot transfer the prize or swap it for cash. Details of our full terms and conditions are on p125 and online at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.