This a small specialty shop carrying Annie Sloan paint, doing Annie Sloan workshops, and possibly…read moredrinking Annie Sloan koolaid. They sell furniture that has been painted with the aforementioned brand, lovely pieces for good prices. The owner can give you all kinds of tips on using the paint, ideas for how to wax or varnish, color tips, and possibly anything else you might need to know about painting. Tip: don't buy the brand brushes, which you wouldn't once you discovered the price tag. They have a few other home items, pillows and rugs, cute items that are sometimes well priced and in the instance of the rug that caught my eye (£500) a tad over my budget but likely handmade and quality and worth it. Good shop.

If you like solid oak furniture then you will love this place. We have spent a fair load of dosh in…read morethis place, the most recent purchase being a large sideboard, but I have to say that many of the pieces are actually pretty reasonably priced when you compare them to Sterling, John Lewis or even Marks and Spencer. Yeah, they do have crazy high range stuff, but overall, the mix is pretty good. I like how they carry ranges from British furniture makers, and they are happy to modify handles etc. when they can. They have 2 stores across the road from each other - the one that used to be a cookware store, if you remember that far back, carries more dining/kitchen pieces, whilst the one across the road is more bedroom furniture. They also have cool furnishings, lighting etc -a really great shop with an owner who seems to take real pride in the stock he carries, and who is keen to ensure that the customer leaves happy, which this one certainly did!

I went to this shop today (Sunday 11th November) and liked a lamp, and wanted to buy both the lamp…read moreand the shade it was displayed with. I asked the assistant whether they would consider offering a discount if we bought both items. He would not offer a discount - fair enough - but rather than being apologetic or offering any kind of explanation, the assistant said "it is only a lamp" whose cost - 218 quid - was clearly too little money for him to even consider negotiating on. I can only guess this is because this shop must make so much profit on its furniture that it is simply not even worth trying to sell a lamp for the pittance they apparently regarded the asking price as.

Just bought a new bed from Omni.This is a fabby shop... looks small ouside but huge inside .. it's…read morelike a tardis of fab furniture! I often love to browse here as they always have something that i don't see elsewhere.. better still is the fact that i don't get jumped on by pushy salespersons. So love my new bed and a great deal and the delivery men buit it for me soooper service !! Akok

Oh my word, I've found it!…read more This is it. This place is where I want everything in my dream home to come from. The Chanlon showroom is filled with lovely, hand-crafted examples of 18th and 19th Century style furniture, which have been made to look distressed and aged as if they have been in grand country homes for years. The influence is mainly English but you can see that Scandinavian and French styles come through in lots of the pieces in-store. Kitchens come in lots of customised styles and collections, including designs for smaller spaces and hand-crafted Oak fittings, ranging from £20,000 upwards. Expensive. Very. Chanlon also sell furniture for the bedroom, bathroom and study areas of your house, such as the beautiful four poster bed, at almost £6,250. This would be the ultimate in luxury! The pieces are beautiful but this beauty comes at a price, and a hefty one at that. I can dream though!

Good hardware stores are a rare breed these days. Good hardware stores that sell a range as…read moreextensive as Houseproud of Morningside are like dodo eggs. From compost to pans, screwdrivers to bird tables they have it all. Split into two parts, the left hand side sells all the things you'd expect to find in a hardware store and more. They have a nifty garden section, selling pots, trowels, compost, bird tables among other things. They also have the usual range of tools, light bulbs. All the things you'll ever need. The right hand side is dedicated to kitchen products, and they have a huge range. I bought myself a hand blender from there which, at £20, was a little on the expensive side but not too overpriced. Given this place is an independent shop in an affluent area of Edinburgh you can expect to pay a little more than you would in a major chain. However, the staff are engaging and helpful and the plethora of products makes it worth a visit next time you run out of tea towels.

I have always found that good DIY stores, outside of the major chains, are hard to find in…read moreEdinburgh. Houseproud of Morningside are the exception to this rule. Situated on Morningside Road in a visible on-road location, they stand head and shoulders above all others I have tried in the city. As DIY shops go, they stock pretty much everything you would expect to find. From paints to Polyfilla, screwdrivers to sandpaper, they cover all the bases. I've visited this store on two occasions. Firstly, I went to pick up some expanding foam to fill in mouse holes in the flat. Not knowing exactly what I was looking for, I asked the assistance of a member of staff. He helpfully pointed out to me all of the different things they offered, showing a range of prices and uses. He helped me to find the product that was ideal for what I needed it for, and didn't automatically go for the hard sell on the most expensive. The second occasion was to buy a bradawl - something that is like a screwdriver, but has a point on the end rather than a screw head. Whilst this time I didn't need help finding it, the shop assistant at the counter still engaged me in some light-hearted chat whilst I was paying. It's these sort of things that I really appreciate in a small shop like this. They don't view customers as more money for the tills, but engage with you as a person. I will definitely be using this place again, as it saves a trip out of town to one of the larger chain stores. This shop is a must for all your Morningside DIY needs!