Description
We are innovative, design led, customer focused, and constantly striving for the best practise possible. Who we are
With over 50 years’ experience, Basford Brands is a dynamic and innovative designer and marketer of homewares. Industry leaders in both custom made and readymade window coverings, Basford Brands has been the fastest growing window furnishings and homeware company in Australia and New Zealand. Basford Brands supplies most window furnishings destinations in Australasia, from independent specialist to multi store retail and is also considered to be the largest supplier of the market today.
With a rich history in design and development, Basford Brands has invested in state of the art technology for the design, manufacture, warehousing and distribution of homeware product through the Asia Pacific region, with a special focus on the Australian and New Zealand markets.
At Basford Brands, we specialise in the acquisition and development of brand based homewares. Whether it be our iconic soft furnishings labels, major retail home brand development, or the distribution of international heritage brands – Basford Brands offers a range of homeware solutions to meet its customers needs.
The Beginning
Basford Brands began its business life trading as Filigree Textiles and was once owned by the British Basford Group, established in 1967. The Basford Textile Group Limited was formed by the merger of four long-established family companies. From Scotland, Cleland Bros & Co.Ltd., Darvel and Henderson, Morton, Inglis & Co. Ltd.; Newmilns From Nottingham; Holmes & Baxter Limited, and J.B Walker & Co Ltd. This was one of the largest mergers in the history of the lace industry. Together they shared over two hundred years of lace-making experience, concentrated in the home furnishings market.
Filigree Textiles was the dream of one of the Basford Group’s members, Mr Austin Baxter. He carefully selected a site in Geelong, Victoria and arranged for a purpose built factory to be constructed during the late 1980’s. The company was officially opened in April 1990 by the then Victorian Premier, Mr John Cain.
The firm was originally known as makers and distributors of quality lace and sheers aimed at the Australian, New Zealand, South Pacific and Southeast Asian markets. Filigree became 100% Australian owned after a buyout in 1995.
The company continued to build and grow and in 2008, after purchasing several other home decor related brands, Filigree began trading under the Basford Brands group banner. In the middle of 2010 Basford Brands relocated to its current premises in Breakwater, Geelong, allowing immediate expansion and further room to grow. The new location is approximately double the size of the previous 50,000 square feet site.
The Future
Basford Brands will continue to develop its existing brand base, by offering effective on trend solutions for its customers. Basford Brands is always on the lookout for complementary businesses, brands and products to add to its portfolio to take advantage of its growth strategy.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Basford Team
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Season's greetings everyone! We hope you have a special time over Christmas, and a Happy New Year Just a reminder about our close-of-business dates for the end of 2016 and into the New Year. This page will not be regularly monitored during the break, so we suggest calling customer service on 03 5272 1888 for Australia or 09 574 3200 for NZ if you have any questions before our C.O.B. Thanks for such a great time in 2016. Next year we're back and better than ever! :)
Sorry for the delay, there was a system hiccup yesterday. We're happy to announce that the winner of our December Zaab cushion draw is Lee Dickson! Lee, please send us a message so we can send you our catalogue and try process your prize before our office break! To everyone else, this isn't the end! Our January draw is still happening, and we'll be back with more offers and great news in the coming year! Blessings to all in this positive time of year and best of luck for the January cushion competition :)
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Celebrating the Pantone Colour of the Year, in the style of their famous colour chits ( http://investorplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pantone-color-of-the-year-2017.jpg ).
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Hi Everyone! We hope you're anticipating your holidays. What could be better than winning some home furnishings to welcome in the new year? Get your pick of our expansive Zaab collection if you win our cushion collection draw. Our winners are chosen at random from our list of page fans, plus, everyone who shares our post now gets TWO ENTRIES! Winner for December will be drawn before C.O.B on this Wednesday night, so you'll get a despatch before we close up for the holidays! :D
How to use the 2017 Pantone colour of the year in your interiors
Do you think that Vogue have the right idea when it comes to bringing that special green into your interiors? Traditionally, designers avoid green as a 'difficult' colour - but maybe this is the accent you've been waiting for??
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Looks like 2017 is going to be fresh and zesty! Colour of the year: "Greenery", just announced! What do you think? (We think "Basford Green" is a much better name! ;) )
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Don't they look cute and cuddly....the marsupials are cool too!This is Matilda an 18 month old orphaned wombat, and she stole the show. Our New Zealand team joined us for a wee conference and our Christmas Party, we managed to have a quick visit to an animal sanctuary. Who said that the Dodo is extinct, they are pretending to be Koalas! Great to have all the NZ guys here.
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We've had our warehouse team working 'round the clock to get our orders out on time. The busiest time of year requires extra shifts to make sure all our orders are dispatched in time for Christmas installations and enticing storefronts!
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Did you catch our Kriss Kross cushion making a cameo appearance on the telly? This is one of our classic staple designs, so multipurpose, classy and modern. Zaab is definitely perfect for some Couch Time!
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Wow, our first competition draw! Rosemary, you're the winner!! Send us a message and we'll let you know the next steps to getting your choice of brand new Australian made Zaab cushions to you! Good luck everyone! For December, we'll be drawing the winner before Christmas. Every share of our original post now counts as TWO ENTRIES! Share the love this holiday season :)
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