After traipsing around what seemed like hundreds of furniture stores trying to find a sofa we…read moreactually liked and could some how afford, Sofology (which used to be called Sofaworks) was a breath of fresh air. It's pretty big, and is quite sensibly arranged. In some stores I wasn't sure whether I'd seen everything by the time I'd left but Sofology is in no way confusing. It's just across one floor and, although the sofas are arranged in groups and in living room-style scenes, it's relatively open-plan. Wonderfully, every sofa collection is accompanied by an iPad which gives you all the details on the customisation available. So they might be displaying a two-seater in blue but you can use the iPad to see that three-seaters are available and to look at the range of fabric and hardware options. They also display all the sizing information and other helpful stuff. It took me a while to realise how helpful this was so we ended up doubling back a bit and looking at some options again. If you're shopping for a sofa then I recommend making use of the iPads right from the start. It's the most convenient way of displaying all the relevant information that I've seen. Of course, the do also have fabric books out - no tablet screen is going to be as good as a swatch. It wasn't long before we'd found something that fit all our requirements. At this point we quickly found a salesperson (apart from a "hello" at the door we'd been left to our own devices until now) who very efficiently told us everything we needed to know about the sofa. He processed our order in no time, making sure we were totally happy with everything we ere getting and now we can't wait for it to arrive. If we'd found this place first we probably wouldn't have needed to visit anywhere else.

Eigon is a really interesting, really different furniture store. They have designs which you…read morenormally don't see in furniture chain stores. If you have an individualistic taste in furnture thenEigon is the place to go. Sometime it seems to me to be like a wee haven of good taste in the dross of charity and pound shops that is Paisley High Street. It is very cramped for space but choc full of original and eye catching designs. Ranges of price so that you can but a very expensibe mirror or a gorgeous wee candle holder for a fiver.

After sales from this furniture group is appalling. All furniture arrived damaged and when I…read morecomplained the lady on complaints desk told me that SCS don't deal with customer complaints and told me to contact the manufacturer, and then hung up on me. It took several weeks and help from a legal team to resolve this issue. I would not recommend shopping with the SCS group.

This branch of ScS is pretty big and has a good selection of furniture, mostly sofas but some…read morecarpets, flooring and bed frames. However, I didn't feel like on the occasion we visited, I could have been confident in buying anything here. Maybe this isn't always true, but the pricing was really confusing. I think this is partly because they were in the middle of the sale. So you'd see something you'd like, it would have a huge price on it but that wouldn't be the actual price of the item - it would be a promotional price that only applied as a "multibuy" offer. It was unclear what other item you'd have to purchase to get that lower price. So, that was pretty disappointing. You don't want to see something you like and think it' in budget only to be find out that it's actually 50% more expensive than it appears to be. Furniture shopping is stressful enough without this nonsense. Then, it took us ages to get hold of a member of staff when we wanted to ask a question. To be fair, when we did they were very helpful, so I guess they get points for that. As I say, it might be better outside of sale season, but given that this branch is based on a huge complex with several other stores that all sell very similar things, it's really hard to recommend this as an option.

When I see or think of a Salvation Army charity shop I have a vision of the one next to byres road…read morethat is full of hidden gems, clothes, CDs & China. This one in Paisley is a tiny shop that sells mainly clothing, there is no furniture, due to lack of space, but there is a little selection of household items, books and CDs. I think you would struggle to find anything really old, any good finds may be only in the clothing.

Items seem to be well priced until you try to have the item delivered. Paid £127 for a coffee table…read moreand money was taken from my account but no receipt issued. Phoned customer services (Bilal)who stated it was an issue with paypal. Receipt issued with BT address stating delivery was free but on speaking to Bilal he stated that I would have to pay for delivery but he didnt know how much it was. Waited for two days with no reply. Phoned Customer Services again ( Bilal again )to be told that delivery was £40 !! Stated that it was a software problem which enabled me to make an order without paying delivery ? Found Bilal to be quite rude and he stated that I should have seen the terms and conditions on the front page Banner ( very small font which you have to click into and then read !!) He then stated what do you want, pay the delivery or cancel the order. No management available to take my complaint. Absolute cowboy outfit, avoid like the plague.

From the outside this second-hand furniture shop doesn't look like much--but nosey your way though…read morethe raggedy entrance, past the offices, and you will find yourself in an enormous vault of housewares. The quality and range of furniture here is excellent, and the prices make each item a fantastic value. Not only that, but it's run largely by volunteers with profits going to help the homeless. Although it looks modest and homely, (especially with Ibrox looming over it across the street), this really is a treasure trove of used goods that will spruce up your home *and* help a worthy charity! Other details: Cash only / Delivery for £15 / Close to Ibrox, Govan and on the 121, 89 and 90 bus routes

From the owner: Second Opportunities is a Scottish registered charity, set up to tackle the effects of poverty by…read moreproviding services, which incorporate the concept of recycling.

This is a pretty big store. It's is bright and airy and is split across two levels with plenty of…read morehelpful and attentive staff available. Of course, it mostly sells beds and mattresses but they do have a few other bits and pieces of bedroom furniture and accessories. I would have liked to have seen a greater variety of bed frames on display, but perhaps that's just my taste - they had quite a lot of divan style beds at the time and that's not really my thing. Other than that, I just found them slightly pricey but again, budget is down to the person shopping, right? If you're shopping for bedroom furniture it's worth dropping in to have a look around.

I had my first run-in with this place roughly ten years ago…read more I always thought it was pretty junky shop, but a quick stumble later over a length of plastic chain they had running through the legs of tables, I ended up owning a really ugly broken lampshade. I handed it back to the shop assistant (worst job title ever in this place) and vowed to never return to this store. My wife returned recently since we were desperate for some new lighting in the new house. She was trying to find out if they could order the items she had found in the catalog and had to listen to the asinine talk between two of the "un"assistants. If you hate yourself, wish to inflict pain on others, have an in-law that you want to punish with a really ugly item of lighting, or have too much time on your hands and want to be ignored by imbeciles. Head On By. Masochists, I have found your haven.

This is a fantastic shop with really helpful staff. I recently got all my lights there for my home…read morewhich is now featuring on my builders website as he loves the completed refurb of my home. The catalogues in store have a fantastic selection. I bought a range of lights from a basic cheap light for my son's playroom through to crystal chandelier at a four figure sum. I spent several hours in this shop just looking at the catalogues over a few days, before ordering and again, staff were friendly and not pushy. Everyone comments on my lights now. I have nothing but praise for this shop. Thank you