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Window seats in Temple Mills, Newham
Window seats for bays and under sash windows, with storage inside, designed for your room in Temple Mills. After a design visit and a written quote, it’s made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- A sash window with space beneath it going to waste
- Standard furniture leaving gaps in a bay
- A period room that needs furniture to suit it
Ask about window seats in Temple Mills
How we make window seats for Temple Mills
A window seat can be part of a larger piece of furniture. Bookshelves either side of a window, with a seat between, make a quiet place to read. We design the seat and the surrounding units together, so the lines and the finish match. It is worth talking through during the design visit in Temple Mills. We make window seats from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and people most often get in touch about a radiator under the window getting in the way and nowhere to keep blankets, toys or books.
In a home built since 2000, there are often spaces the builder left plain, like a recess, a landing corner or an empty cupboard. Around Temple Mills, many homes were built since 2000, and fitted storage can make spaces like that far more useful. The layout inside is planned to use the full depth.
You get the quote in writing, so there is time to read it properly and talk it over at home. It records the design, the materials and the finish we discussed.
- Location
- Temple Mills (E20, E15, E9)
- Area
- Newham
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- We visit, measure, then quote
- Made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by prior arrangement
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about window seats in Temple Mills
How do you fit window seats in a flat in Temple Mills?
At the design visit, we measure the way in not just the room. The furniture is made in sections that fit the stairs and lift, and put together in the room. It is useful to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
Is Temple Mills in the area you cover for window seats?
Yes. We cover all of Newham and the rest of London, and Temple Mills is part of that. We start with a design visit to measure the room and talk through what you need, and then we send a quote.
What happens when you come to measure?
It is a chance to measure properly and talk through what you’d like. We look at the walls, floors and anything the furniture has to work around, then send a quote in writing.
Who chooses the colour?
The choice is yours. Spray and hand-painted finishes both use the colour you’ve chosen.
How long is the fitting for a window seat?
The time the fitting takes depends on whether the seat has drawers, a lift-up lid or a radiator grille, and your quote sets out the fitting days. The seat is built in our workshop first, so the time in your home is spent fitting. We keep the room as tidy as we can while we work.
My walls are not straight. Is that a problem?
It is something we deal with all the time. We trim the edges to follow the wall and level the base, so it sits tight to the room.
Flats, conversions and lettings
Leaseholders should check the lease before anything is fixed to the walls. A lease can require consent from the building owner for alterations, and that is best sorted before fitting day. We cannot give advice on leases, so check it yourself or ask your managing agent.
We also make and fit furniture for landlords furnishing a let, often to make the most of a small or awkward room. The materials are the same as for any home: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray or hand-painted finish.
Fitted storage in Temple Mills
About 84% of the homes in the area around Temple Mills went up since 2000, and about 8% between 1945 and 1972, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. For carpentry, the era of a house is a useful clue to how square its rooms are and what its walls are made of. 4 conservation areas have at least part of their area less than a mile from the middle of Temple Mills. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. The Ultra Low Emission Zone has covered all of London since it reached the outer boroughs on 29 August 2023. It applies to every van that comes to fit furniture in Temple Mills. How the van gets to your door is planned during the design visit.
Near listed buildings like Gainsborough School, about 0.5 miles south-west of the centre of Temple Mills, older homes may keep original joinery that window seats can be designed around. If your own home is listed, check with the council before fixing into original features. For an older house near St Eleutherius, window seats can be scribed to follow a bay that is rarely square. Sutton House, about 1.6 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. If your own home is a period one, window seats can be scribed to follow a bay that’s rarely square.
Temple Mills is about 2 miles south-east of Plaistow, within the London Borough of Newham. We cover Temple Mills as part of our work across Newham, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Across Newham, we cover Temple Mills, along with the rest of the borough.
Every address in E20, E15 and E9 is covered for window seats. You will find streets here like Major Road, Forbes Lane and Keirin Road, and homes on each of them are within our area for window seats. Main roads around Temple Mills include the A106. If you’re just outside Temple Mills, we also cover East Village (1 mile south-east), Hackney Wick (1 mile south-west), Stratford (1 mile south-east), Maryland (1 mile south-east) and Fish Island (1 mile south-west). Across the rest of Newham, our area takes in Plaistow (2 miles south-east), Canning Town (3 miles south-east), Forest Gate (2 miles east), East Ham (3 miles south-east), Upton Park (2 miles south-east) and Greengate (2 miles south-east).
Near you in Temple Mills
We fit furniture in homes around Eton Manor Boys' Club, Mossbourne Riverside Academy and The Cow pub. Temple Mills has its own railway station: Stratford International station. Nearby you’ll also find Westfield Stratford City (a few minutes’ walk south-east) and V&A East (0.6 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Old Ford Island.
Could you do it yourself?
Off-the-shelf furniture can be a sensible choice. In a room with square walls and standard sizes, it can work well.
Where bespoke earns its keep is in rooms that aren’t square. Older London rooms tend to have leaning walls, sloping floors and alcoves of different widths.
Before and after fitting day
Because fitted furniture stays put, a little upkeep goes a long way. Here are a few tips worth knowing:
- Decide whether you’d like a lid, drawers or both
- Decide if the seat is part of a larger piece
- Choose a colour that suits the room
- Let us know about the radiator before we visit
When we’ve finished fitting, the seat and its storage are ready. New paintwork takes time to cure fully, so go easy on it to begin with. Avoid placing heavy objects on the painted surfaces while it hardens.
Open and close lids with care, rather than letting them drop. That protects the hinges and the paint. Avoid overloading drawers so they keep running smoothly.
How fitting day works
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections made at our workshop. The time the fitting takes depends on the size of the window and the design, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Newer blocks often have concierge desks, entry systems and rules on lift booking, so check them with the managing agent before fitting day. The furniture is built in sections that fit the lift and doorways.
- You contact us with some details about the bay or recess.
- At the design visit we measure each side of the bay, because walls in older houses are rarely square.
- We send a written quote.
- In our workshop we make each section of the seat from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
- We fit the seat in your home, trimming the edges to meet the walls and cill, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
Preparing the room
- Take anything hanging off the wall we are fitting to
- Point out meters, boilers and fuse boards near the furniture
- Let us know about parking near your home
Getting a quote
Every quote follows a design visit. We measure the space, check the walls and floors and discuss what you’d like, and the written quote comes after. Prices are quoted for your room, once we’ve measured and talked through the design. To arrange a visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
Advice
How it is made
Spray-painted finish
Spraying gives a smooth, even surface. It’s done in our workshop before fitting. You choose the colour.
Moisture-resistant MDF
Next to a cold window, a moisture-resistant grade of MDF is a good choice. It gives a smooth base for paint, and holds its shape in the bay.