This gorgeous homewares shop opened about 5 months ago but somehow I'd completely missed it in this…read moretime. It's got some really lovely bits and pieces - Glasgow road signs, vintage map wall art, luggage cases, Shetland wool blankets, chandeliers, furniture as well as wee decorative pieces. One of my favourite finds was a glass pineapple that has a silver coating and now sits on my lounge room table. I didn't realise but they also have a shop through in Edinburgh and an online store. With fantastic customer service and great, unusual pieces, I'll definitely be popping in more often.

The window displays are so beautiful here, it almost put me off because I was scared my…read more'clumsiness' would mean I would knock everything over! Anyway, needed a mother's day gift and I'm glad I went in. I was focussing on the unique candle scents, rhubarb and ginger or fig to name but a few, for the gift. These were so delicious I came away with one for mum and one for me. Other things that caught my eye were the range of blankets/throws and room diffusers. Staff here are extremely helpful and friendly (none of the pouncing/smothering approach some people go for) and a pleasure to do business with. If you need something lovely...time and tide. (Even if you are clumsy!)

The guy and I are once again shopping for furniture. This time, we're hoping to purchase two rooms…read moreworth in one go. So, after hearing an advert on the radio about Sterling Furniture, we decided to stop by on our way back in to Glasgow. This place is huge. To be fair, it's more than just a furniture shop, as it has a cafe, a fabric area, a home goods area with kitchen things, bathroom things, etc. and also a huge Christmas area, which I did my best to keep away from. First things first, because they're all about when you walk in, sofas! We are looking for two couches. Possibly a 4 seater and a three seater or maybe just a three seater and a two seater. We haven't really decided just yet, but we have the room for both, we just need to find something that we absolutely love. Unfortunately, we didn't find anything we loved, but a few possible contenders as 'other options'. We did, however, find a bedroom set that we absolutely fell in love with. An all hard wood sleigh bed, with matching side tables and two large chest of drawers. Goodness, it's gorgeous and grand and very adult looking. We basically closed the book on looking for anything further. I love how you're able to sit on beds, and open drawers (I am very picky about drawers, they MUST have dovetail joints, otherwise, it won't be purchased). Everything in this showroom is of high quality and meets our particular standards. The prices match the quality, and they're not the cheapest here at Sterling, but knowing that we'll be loving this set for many many years to come helps the blow of the cost. Another good thing about Stirling, right now they're having a massive sale and 0% interest free financing options, which is great! We left on cloud nine, knowing that we made the right decision about the pieces we want to purchase- only thing we needed to do was to go home and measure to make sure everything will fit. Huzzah, it will! The staff here are super helpful, always asking if everything is ok or if we had any questions. I really liked that they were helpful but not in an overbearing way. We still have our spare bedroom to furnish (swap out what we have for new stuff), so I'm sure we'll be back soon enough!

From the owner: As we've grown we've become more than just furniture. We have everything you need for your house,…read morehome and even garden. From home interiors and linens, to cookware, bathroom accessories and lighting, our extensive range of homewares is difficult to rival. At Sterling it's easier and more affordable than you think to give your home a fresh new look. You can also now re-energise with a refreshing coffee or lovely lunch in our cafés or a relaxing meal in our Butterfly Inn restaurant at Tillicoultry.

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.

Without a doubt, one of the weirdest - and awesomest - interior design shops I've ever stepped…read morefoot in. It's like an Aladins Cave, with crazy cushions, stately chaise's, and obscure objet d'art. Not to mention the lamps. They do sinceriously awesome lamps - from multi-bulbed (of different sizes!), glass dome encasements, to the brightly coloured giant miners lamps. If you're not careful, you'll miss that they have a downstairs too. We did, and the staff ( who were in no way pushing sales), pointed it out. Third is whet they have some great pictures, in a variety of styles - but I really liked a big pop art one. If I had loads of money, I could easily spend a fortune here! The stock for somewhere like this must rotate quite regularly, so I look forward to checking it out again in a few months time.

What a great selection of contemporary pieces, Bonnie could not have done enough for us and her Wee…read moredog Clyde was The Star of the show. The service was first class and she was very friendly and helpful, Bonnie also gave us local directions to a great coffee shop round the corner. "Sonny & Vito" We will definitely be back, Colin & Bill

Incredible range of wallpaper here in a really large shop in Gallowgate. Despite its name which has…read morevery poor connotations for people from India it's well worth a visit if you're after wallpaper at decent prices.

Visited the untouchables at glasgow cross to buy some wallpaper for my sons room and came hope with…read morea new leather sofa!!! They now sell sofas, very decent ones as well and great prices. Not just a wallpaper shop - pictures, mirrors flooring you name they do it. My wife went crazy, it cost me a fortune. She'll be back, don't know if I will!!!

I recently purchased a sofa from Phoenix Furniture. I am extremely satisfied with the service I…read morereceived from Javide from start to finish. He is extremely courteous man. My sofa was delivered on Friday 25th October with all due care. I would not hesitate to purchase from this shop again. Thank you.

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.

Just off Argyle Street, this is a large and comprehensive charity furniture store. All the stock in…read morestore is in very good condition, so you won't be finding the usual stained and broken furniture you might expect from other charity furniture shops. However, they raised the price accordingly, and some items seem greviously overpriced for where they are being sold. £60 for a second hand sideboard and a couple of hundred for a suite? No thanks. Yet, the smaller bits of furniture are usually more reasonably priced, and I picked up a gorgeous little sewing/bedside table here for £15. Definitely worth a look, even if it is just to scoff at some of the more expensive items.

Contrary to the glowing praise given by previous reviews i have to strongly disagree found the…read morestaff clueless ....most utems either shabby faulty Faded couches washing machines thst should be in the peoples palace! & tellys you.used to see in the barras in 2003!

DFS A day in the…read morelife of the sales team, read this like you're in Peep Show.... Salesman: (Thinks to himself) Fake tan? Check. Cheap suit? Check. Toothy grin? Check. Recession defying sales targets? Check. Underlying sense of despair? Check. Ready for work. Time to hit the shop floor. Salesman: (Spots punter and thinks to self: "Here he comes, this has got to be it. Come on pal, you know you want a sofa, I'll even chuck in a free poof. Just buy something. Please.") Says: Hello sir, my name is Davey, welcome to DFS. You've chosen the right day to come, we have many items on offer for you today, made to the highest standards with the finest materials. What is it you're looking for today sir?" Customer: (Thinks: "Christ, just fuck off, I'm just in the door.") Says: "Oh hi there, cheers for that pal. I'm just going to look about just now." Salesman: (Thinks: "Bastard. What does it take? You didnae just come out here to look around, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING NOWHERE. Put your hand in yer wallet ya dick and buy something.") Says: "That's ok, anything you're after in particular?" Customer: (Takes a deep breath and sighs, his shopping experience irreparably soiled.) Says: "Erm, not just now, I'm just looking at prices and things." Salesman; (Thinks- "For fuck's sake, just fucking buy something ya tight bastard, ma bairns haven't eaten in a week and I've got a nose-up on the cards this Saturday night.") Says-"No problem sir, if you see anything you like or have any questions, just ask. My name is Davey and it's my job to help." Customer: (Looks Davey up and down, then observes the bead of sweat on Davey's brow, revealing his underlying desperate need to make a sale. He gives a smile. Customer thinks to himself: "Not yet Davey. I'm going to make you beg before you see my readies. I own you. I FUCKING own you.") Says- "Oh right, cheers for that pal, I'm just going to look about just now." (Turns and walks away, grinning. Thinks: "See you soon Davey. Time for you to earn that 0.1% commission. Time for you to bend over and touch your toes.") In summary, not bad service, although these guys all remind me of the salesman from the Simpsons who can't sell anything and is constantly a nervous wreck. 6 weeks delivery time on a sofa seems a bit excessive though.

Oh dear, just along the road from Stirling Furniture is this lovely massive showroom of nothing but…read moresofas. Since we're in the market for new living room furniture, we decided to pop in and see what they had to offer. Loads of low- medium end range sofas for very reasonable prices. A few felt nice, but when thinking in the long term, we decided they wouldn't be contenders for what we're looking for. Loads of them would be perfect for a Uni flat or even a started flat, but not anything we're looking for. Even still, there are plenty of ideas here for people with all sorts of budgets. Since this is half of a major adult purchase for my guy and I, we really want to make sure what we buy we love and will be able to keep it for many years to come. We walked around this massive showroom probably about 10 times, hmming and haaing over different styles and patterns. I walked up to one and actually pointed out a tartan fabric cuddle chair (as they're so aptly named- a very snug fit for two people) and in a half joking way, suggested we buy it. What I didn't realise was that my guy had already decided that he was in love with the sofa in this set. Being a bit out of budget (our budget being almost as much as this one sofa), I took a picture of it to remind us of which one we loved and we moved on. It didn't take us very long to decide that we found what we were looking for and hurried back to the couch we fell in love with and had a sit down. We left feeling a little underwhelmed with service here, but I'm sure that speaks very little of how they really are. Every sales person we saw was completing a sale with happy customers, sitting on their future sofas. It was great to see, and meant that DFS must be doing something right. We weren't able to flag down anyone to help us, but we were able to go home and research sizes and measure and decided that the sofa we found comes in three different sizes- two of which we will be getting! I highly recommend this showroom for your sofa needs, there really is something here for every budget (and payment plans to boot).

Sorry Bo-Concept - but I really was not impressed…read more Yes, you have a lot of attractive furniture. Yes, some of your smaller homeware pieces aren't too overpriced (especially in the sale). But that's where my positives stop. First up, for a so-called upmarket furniture store, I thought this place was actually really grubby. A bit of floor mopping wouldn't have gone amiss, and you'd have been wise to have removed the used coffee cups from your £400 dining tables. Secondly, your staff were not welcoming. We were given some really dirty looks by a certain member of your staff, and that was even before I'd (quite loudly) complained about the aforementioned coffee cups. And thirdly - a piece of your pretentious £350 "artwork" (you know the type, where someone has typed out a lot of cliched so-called life advice on a canvas in different fonts) had a pretty serious spelling mistake in it. And don't try telling me that was intentional. Next time I want to spend a large chunk of my hard earned cash on some furniture - I won't be doing it here.

Ah, The Bo Concept. I've always gazed in those hallowed windows wishing for the day to come where I…read morecould spent 50 quid on a trendy cushion. Went in for the first time today because after reading those last wonderful reviews, I was overcome with morbid curiosity! Poe-faced Concept doesn't fail to disappoint on the arrogance front - although I wasn't given the cold, hard stare I expected from staff, I was largely ignored by them, which suited me fine since I could act like a fly on the wall and be left in peace. I obviously look poor - that's fine guys, it's entirely true! But you can't condemn a girl for dreaming! Since I've been subtly branded a poor working class girl, my cankered fingers had to surrepticiously reach for the price tag...I had to stop my jaw from dropping when I saw it was 150 quid for an EX DISPLAY lamp. Yes, that's right - Ex Display. Bugger off. Even if there ever comes a day when i have money to burn frivolously on items such as these, I doubt I would ever bother. Sure, they looked pretty but seriously, get real. If you were loaded, some trendy items in here may appeal - some of the stock is undeniably beautiful. Unfortunately, this place lacks the innovation and laid back vibe of Habitat, nor does it possess the charm and imaginative quirk of its West End rivals. It announces new arrivals in the window like we should roll out the red carpet for their overpriced (but, got to admit, nice) sofas - there's just something a bit off about this place. By all means go for a browse as they have some lovely stock but interior design competition has sprung up all over the place. So although Bo Concept may have been top dog a few years back, it's going to have to change its stand offish aura before it can attract a wider audience. And as Eleanor said, the richest people are quite often the least likely to flaunt it, so never judge a book by its deceptively dog-eared cover. You'll lose business if you do.