№ 01 · Leather
The story of Africa leather
6 min read
Why our best-selling leather looks its best only after six months, and how Het Anker finishes it in Druten with wax and oil.
Read on (NL) →A leather sofa is rarely an impulse purchase. It is lived with for twenty years, moved between houses, rearranged around a new table or a new child. So we write, quietly, about what passes through our hands: where Africa is finished, why Het Anker works differently than HE Design, which leather belongs in a narrow city apartment and which belongs on a farmhouse floor. These are not product blurbs. They are notes from the showroom, the factory, and twenty-seven years of listening to customers.
Why our best-selling leather looks its best only after six months, and how Het Anker finishes it in Druten with wax and oil.
Read on (NL) →A Dutch family company since 1928, a 5,000 m² factory in Druten, and a stubborn preference for Italian hides.
Read on (NL) →A Rockefeller, a Summer and an Amare sit a few meters apart. Which is why comparing inside the church is so honest.
Read on (NL) →Africa for a warm interior, Toledo for a loft, Granada for a classical library. A short guide without jargon.
Read on (NL) →A certification few bother to explain. We do: what you are really buying when a shop carries the CBW shield.
Read on (NL) →No advertising, no promotions, just a quiet note when something new appears in the journal. Or come to the church showroom and feel the story for yourself.