Moving into a student flat ain’t glamorous. The walls were bare, but we built it piece by piece.

Forget glossy showrooms, so we grabbed second-hand. One mate found a sofa in Hackney. Everything mismatched, but that’s what made it home.

Old accent luxury chairs uk carry memory, and it doesn’t matter if it’s scratched. I’ve balanced takeaway boxes on a mismatched chair, and those seats carried us.

East London is built on mix and mess, and shops in the area thrive on it. I stopped by Smithers looking for nothing, and everything felt alive, contemporary leather armchair not plastic. we were broke students, but that chair still sits in the flat.

We’ve all shoved sofas through windows. It’s part of student life. Armchairs don’t mind if you fall asleep in them.

Modern stuff? Forget it, but old sofas age into character. Every scratch adds more story.

After exams and unusual sofa chaos, the dodgy landlord fades away, but that funky accent chair is legend.

Next time you walk past a market, ignore the fake polish. Take home something with scars, and let it shout Shoreditch every time you sit.