September 2023 by Tracey
With a particular style in my head I trawled the internet for days until I found these dining chairs at Black?s of Sopwell. I called Ian and asked if he could send some colour swatches to me?Black?s is in St. Albans and we are in County Durham! I received the leather swatches within days and decided on a colour. I ordered the Dylan chairs for our new kitchen initially but during the house upgrade we agreed a new dining table would be nice too. Once again I spoke to Ian and we ordered a further 4 Dylan chairs and the Elements dining table. Ian is the best! He was so helpful and delivered all of our furniture personally. I cannot recommend Black?s highly enough. The delivery period is quite long but the furniture is of such a high quality and made to order so that is to be expected. Definitely worth the wait, we love, love love our furniture from Black?s!
April 2023 by James Channon
Such a shame the customer service lacks here - travel from a way to come here to purchase an item to be told I would have been better to shop online, rude customer service when taking payment struggled to pay cash and card here
October 2022 by Tasha R
Having searched for years for the right cabinet for out dining room we came across Blacks of Sopwell and found the perfect piece which we had made to our specifications, delivered and installed perfectly by Blacks. Thank you, we love it!Photos added to the gallery.
July 2021 by Jan Dixon
Fabulous service from Blacks of Sopwell. Fast response to all questions. Lots of samples sent. No hard sell. Competitive prices and excellent delivery charge compared to competitors.
February 2021 by Karen Davis
Well who knew such a fabulous place existed. I actually had my 21st birthday at Sopwell House way back when it was still a privately owned hotel. We had been carrying out lots of work on our new (old) house and one of the changes we made was to install a picture frame gas fire, to get the depth we had to add a fake chimney breast and the result was we were left with two slightly narrower than your average cabinet spaces. Whilst visiting St Albans we were told about Blacks of Sopwell as being a supplier/manufacturer of individual pieces of furniture. Well, truth be told I spotted a dining table I loved straight away but alas too late as I had already purchased a new table. However, they had several cabinets all which could be made to what ever size I wanted, a choice of wood and finishes. I chose a cabinet in Oak, the oak is fabulous, 30mm thick, the doors from the cabinet all cut from the same piece so the grain follows through the doors. I also chose a matching TV cabinet but had drawers added rather than open fronted as most equipment is now Bluetooth so does not need line of sight to operate. I made a slight change to the base of the cabinets which Ian was happy to accommodate for us. Since then we have gone back for a further piece of furniture, this time had a distinctive piece of shelving made with the same finish as the cabinets. Ian was very patient whilst we made our choices and confirmed the best finish to match in with our flooring. Highly recommend, fabulous furniture and fabulous service. Thank you Ian and your team.
February 2021 by Dan Levett
We've had our sideboard for couple of months and still amazed by its quality. It fits so well into our room and so glad we went with Blacks. Ian was so helpful making it right for us and really guided us through what would be best for our space.
February 2021 by Guy Gampell
beautiful hand made furniture and lovely household items
June 2020 by Sue Rowell
Blacks of Sopwell made us a hall bench seat with shoe storage to our exact specifications. It looks great, and is really good quality. Ian Black was really helpful in advising what could be done, and we are really pleased with the end result. Wouldn't hesitate to use them again. Highly recommended!
January 2020 by Michèle Austin
Interesting, quirky shop, housed in a barn.
January 2020 by Jackie McNicholas
Great place
September 2019 by Michèle Austin
Interesting, quirky shop, housed in a barn.
January 2019 by Erin Gordon
Very helpful and friendly staff,a pleasure to visit love going into their showrooms.
January 2019 by Anderson Roofing
Bought some great looking lights and can't wait to go back for some fantastic looking furniture...Ian was really helpfull and easy to talk to.......highly recommended
October 2018 by amelia smith
Amazing find! We had a bed made recently and the build quality is far superior to anything we could find on the high street. Beautiful home accessories too, well worth a look.
October 2018 by Paola Ruggiero
We ordered a tv cabinet from Blacks and we are very happy with it. The unit was adjusted to the size we required and Ian Black was extremely helpful in visiting to check the size of the space to ensure we had the dimensions correct. The finished unit was ready much earlier than expected and was installed by Ian. The finished product is high quality and looks great. We would definitely recommend Blacks and will be using them again.
