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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Emine Saner

How to turn your lounge into an Oxford common room

The senior common room sofa, from the Oxford Collection
The senior common room sofa, from the Oxford Collection

Here's your chance to decorate your living room in the style of an Oxford University college common room, without the hassle of turfing a future Tory frontbencher off the chesterfield first. The university has licensed its name to a Hong Kong-based company which has just launched the Oxford Collection, a range of furniture and accessories. How about a purple leather "senior common room" sofa (£2,700) with a matching footstool? A brown leather "tutor's chair" has the university crest printed on the back (£780) and the Radcliffe desk (£1,700) is clad in red leather – which must feel like working on a cow.

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