Wilkinson is a great store for everything you could need from soft furnishings to hardware. It has…read moregood parking facilities and is located just off the main shopping street by argos and aldi. Great prices and a great stock level. Well worth a look!

Wilkinson is brilliant! Has everything you could possibly want and a whole lot more. From cosmetics…read moreto hardware products and soft furnishings. Often have special offers on such as BOGOF. Generally cheaper than super markets. Well worth a visit.

This is a great little hardware shop, it is only small but stocks just about everything you will…read moreever need when it comes to hardware and things for your home. The staff are really knowledgable and helpful and will do there best to help in any way they can. They have helped me out on nemerous occasions when I have come in here looking for obscure sized batteries or DIY equipment. As well as DIY equipment they also sell such things as batteries, lights, kitchen equipment, household goods and they also cut keys. Their prices are really reasonable, often cheaper than the big DIY shops.

I have to say that I've never been dissapointed when I've been into this place. Service is superb…read moreand the range is enviable, am just amazed that they fit it all in! What does surprise me is how they manage to translate some of the customer requests into any form of sense?! If you've ever stood in the envariable, short but fast moving, queue to pay you'll have heard it :O) There's no hard sell here and they'll always be my preference as opposed going to some large faceless DIY store...and even if they are not cheaper (which they are in most cases!) when you take into account the fuel for getting to Weston or Bridgwater your better off going here instead....parking being the only problem if you want to buy anything large/heavy/awkward. Good luck to Darren/Phil/Kelly & Denise and hope they keep doing what they're doing! Mark PS: Why do pensioners HAVE to go shopping at weekends since they really should leave these days for those of us who work all week and who's time is precious & (mostly) we know what we want to buy..rest assured you won't see me shopping at weekends when I hit 66 :o)

M and R get my DIY vote. This family-run builders merchant and decorating supplier are well…read morestocked, reasonably priced and open late on a Saturday (most builders merchants close at 12 on a Saturday). I've brought a lintel, some silicone, a lock and lengths of wood from M and R. I've found them chatty and knowledgable. It's very easy to just drive in and load up your van or car, without attempting to find a place to park on the busy and double yellowed Cowbridge road. Two beautiful Alsatians guard the yard after dark and a caravan is tucked in the corner. I'm not sure who lives in it, it may be a fancy kennel for the Alsatians I fancy. M and R is great for both the professional builder and DIY enthusiast alike.

M&R Decorators Supplies is like a builder's arts and crafts store, or like walking into your mate's…read moreunreasonably large garage and digging out the supplies you want to borrow. With brown boxes stacked high, M&R is not your John Lewis of decorators' stores, but the wide selection seems to the main draw here, with massive vats of paint 10-year-old children can pile into, as well as a range of wallpaper, some priced as low as £3.99. They have everything here - Dulux and Johnson and Leyland trade paints, rolls of linoleum flooring, painting supplies, fence coating, poly filler and pretty much anything else you'd need to complete a house project. Early opening hours means you can get started early, but be aware they're closed on Sunday, so you'll have to save your browsing for the weekdays.

I discovered this fantastic little place thanks to my brilliant decorator (kudos to Barry). This…read moreshop is simple, unsophisticated, but utterly invaluable when it comes to decorating supplies. They stock wallpaper, paint, and tools, all of which aren't at all pricey, but trust me this is the first port of call for most Cardiff decorators. The gentleman in store is very friendly, will quite happily mix up paint for you, and is bothered when I ask dumb decorating questions (quite frequently I'm afraid). Apparently they've been around for over 100 years! This surely qualifies them as a real Cardiff institution.

When all price is 'on application', you know that you shouldn't be there. Well, not if you're a…read morestudent and have only wandered in because you see there's furniture inside and a) you like furniture and b) you still haven't found a coffee table. However, if I COULD afford this stuff I would probably fill my whole house with it. All of the furniture is absolutely beautiful and all of truly excellent quality. There are crystal lamps, for goodness sake. Also, they can offer individually designed pieces of furntiure. They also do things like curtains, so you can extend the beauty to your soft furnishings too. I'd also like to point out that I quite clearly didn't belong there. I was wearing my wellies (which were a little muddy), leggings and a ratty old jumper. Yet I was treated with respect and friendliness.

This beautifully put together interiors shop is run by designers Yvonne Jones and Andrew Burch who…read moreprovide a complete interior design service, from planning through to implementation. Inside the shop itself you find some classic furniture designs and some more contemporary furniture designs, all of it stylish and well-made - but be prepared to pay the price for quality. They also sell other interior design products and accessories, from soft furnishings such as cushions and curtains to lamps, vases and even fabric covered mirrors. If you have pockets deep enough, this shop has some unique products and is well worth a visit.

I went in this shop for the first time today. I was quite impressed with the layout as there it's…read morelots of different levels to the shop. On each layer it has a few sofas arranged as they would be in a home this helps to picture what they would look like. The sofas all look great quality and there is lots of different styles. I found the sofas to be a little expensive but thats in my opinion.

Wyatt's Home and Garden is just around the corner from Flowers With A Twist and Over The Rainbow…read moreGifts, making this area a very attractive proposition to prospective gift buyers of discernment! It is a pretty little shop offering everything for the country style home and garden, particularly retro reproductions of time honoured favourites like roll top baths and iron bed frames. Yes, despite having limited floor space, it manages to pack in some pretty hefty items! Like Flowers With A Twist this is a relatively new business in the area. Jane, who also owns another shop of the same name in Ledbury, this one's predecessor, opened the Pontcanna branch about three years ago. (Jane wasn't about when I called in recently to take some pictures... that's Jan in the pictures!) During my recent visit I managed to keep my purse in my bag... I'm always overcome by an incredible urge to spend money when I walk into this shop, and could quite easily spend a small fortune! I love everything from the pretty floral doormats, as well as the multi-coloured wavy modern ones, to the garden furniture, crockery and kitchenware and the beautiful iron beds. They intersperse the retro reproductions with the genuine articles. A sign out front invites you to come in and browse, and makes the distinction between antiques and second-hand items, both of which they stock. They also offer an interior design service.

This is a relatively new addition to the shops in the Pontcanna area, and it's been a long time…read morecoming if you ask me! A home and garden shop is exactly the kind of thing that Pontcanna-ites are into, and this shop is flourishing. For anyone who is a fan of the traditional country home feel, this shop is a must, and offers an excellent range of homely items and gifts. A very tempting little place indeed. This is the kind of shop that does well because the products on sale turn a house into a home. With the classic type of resident in the area being arty, Welsh-speaking and middle class, I really am surprised that we've not seen something of this ilk sooner. Although I'm personally more of a fan of collecting items that are personal to you, rather than mass produced items which you are told are personal to you, I can certainly still see and understand the appeal of this shop.

Richard Jones is a carpet and flooring retailer located on Broad Street, just a few minutes' walk…read morefrom the Barry railway station. Richard Jones carries rugs, laminate flooring, carpet (as you can infer by the name), and vinyl. The first things you notice when you walk are the massive rolls of carpet clinging to the walls, making you feel diminutive by comparison. This place definitely caters to both industrial and domestic customers, judging by the wide selection of flooring on offer here. The back wall is lined with rolls upon rolls of remnants, even floor-sized cuttings, so it's worth stopping by if you're not in the market for a flooring overhaul and just want a few pick n' mix pieces. The gentlemen who work here are really friendly and helpful, but equally happy to let you browse the showroom floor.

Best carpet shop ever! Honest, reliable and unlike the big conglomerates they know what customer…read moreservice and knowledge of the product is all about. My family have always used Richard Jones and will continue to do so. They won't rip you off. As the rating says Woohoo! As good as it gets!