Homes and Bargains Articles is packed with info on where to find the best discounts on quality items for practically every aspect of your home.

This is the time to start planning where and when you're going to buy those luxurious items you've been wanting for your home, whether it's a fabulous sprung bed, gorgeous pure linen sheets or a funky designer leather sofa. The discounts being offered by some of the top designer furniture and home stores, from B&B Italia to Designers Guild, are so substantial that it really will have been worth the wait. Keep an eye out too, for final offers and extra savings as the sales get into full swing.

Designers Guild

 Fantastic fabric bargains: save up to 50% 

Designers Guild has cut up to 50% off Ralph Lauren, DG and William Yeoward fabric and wallpapers, plus one-off ceramics, furniture, glassware, towels, blankets and more. Save on stripes, weaves, faux suedes and cut velvets. Starts Saturday 6 January 2007. Designers Guild Homestore and Showroom, 267-277 Kings Road, London SW3. Call 020 7351 5775.

Viaduct

 Save up to 60% 

Viaduct is discounting designer furniture by up to 60%. A plan unit by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini is down 50% to £425 and a Boing chair by Tokujin Yoshioka for Driade down 60% from £2,010 to £800. Plus 10-15% off all new orders taken during the sale. From Saturday 6 to Saturday 20 January 2007. Viaduct, 1-10 Summers Street London EC1. Call 020 7278 8456.

The Oxo Tower

 70% off Bodo Sperlein white porcelain seconds 

Within the Oxo Tower there are at least 30 stores offering designer discounts, from lighting company Innermost offering 50% off its Lily table lamp to Bodo Sperlein's slight seconds of white porcelain tableware designs reduced by up to 70%. Saturday 13 January to Sunday 28 January 2007. Oxo Tower, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, SE1. Cal 020 7401 2255.

Geoffrey Drayton

 Save over £1,000 on a revolving sofa 

Geffrey Drayton has reduced its AC revolving sofa designed by Antonio Ciutterio for Maxalto from £3,845 to £2,690; a Womb chair and ottoman by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, in orange, from £2,630 to £1,841; B&B Italia’s Up5 (pictured) by Gaetano Pesce, from £1,796 to £1,345; and offering up to 50% off lighting and accessories and 15% off Vipp pedal bins. Saturday 30 December to Saturday 27 January 2007. Geoffrey Drayton, 85 Hampstead Road, London NW1. Call 020 7387 5840.

Roche Bobois

 Save 30-50% on furniture 

Make serious savings at Roche Bobois . Discounts include: 30% off this Osiris sofa, down to £3,745; 30% off the Ecrin Totale storage system made from Wenge wood and frosted glass with sliding doors (was £6,000, now £4,200); and 50% off Jeu de Cube designed by Luigi Gorgoni down from £10,900 to £5,450. From Tuesday 2 to Wednesday 31 January 2007. Riverside West, Smugglers Way, SW18 020 8874 9818 and 419/425 Finchley Road, NW3; 020 7431 1411 or see the Roche Bobois website.

The Conran Shop

 Half-price bargains include towels and bed linen 

Reductions of 50% off at The Conran Shop include double duvet sets with four pillowcases down from £130 to £65, towel bales (five towels) 50% off down to £40 and Venezia two-seater leather sofas down to £750. Other bargains include 25% off Royal VKB saucepans. From Saturday 6 to Sunday 21 January 2007. The Conran Shop, 81 Fulham Road London SW3 and 55 Marylebone High Street, London W1. Call 020 7589 7401.

Wawa

 20% off all sofas 

Small but hip sofa company Wawa is offering a 20% off all sofa orders and all interior accessories. From Sunday 7 to Wednesday 31 January 2007. Wawa, Ezra Street, London E2 (just off Columbia Road flower market). Open Sundays 10.30am-2.30pm or weekdays by appointment. Call 020 7729 6768.

Ligne Roset

 Save up to 40% on furniture 

Furniture company Ligne Roset is offering up to 40% off ex-display and clearance items, 10% off the entire range and 15% off any cabinet ordered from the Square range. Sale ends Wednesday 31 January 2007. For nationwide stockists call 08707 777 202 or visit the Ligne Roset website. 

Habitat

 Many items half price 

Habitat is offering 50% off homewares including: Genevieve bedspreads, now £60; Maddie trays, now £4.25; Berlin glassware, now £4.25 (carafe), £1.75 (glass); American Vogue pre-framed prints, now £20; Petit wall clocks, now £5; and Clarel bedlinen, now from £6. From Wednesday 27 December to Wednesday 31 January 2007. Call 08444 99 1111 or see the Habitat website.

 Up to 50% off homewares 

Liberty is offering discounts of 50% off Wedgwood Spring Green china, Villeroy & Boch Maxima glassware and Le Jacquard Francais table linen; 30% off Clarissa Hulse cushions and 30% off Kenzo homewares. Wednesday 27 December to Sunday 28 January 2007. Liberty, Regent Street, London W1. Call 020 7734 1234.

B&B Italia

 Save over £1,500 on a Charles bed 

B&B Italia is offering discounts of up to 70% off rugs, lighting and accessories. A Charles bed in black Kanu Hairy skin is down from £3,767 to £1,895 and large Atollo lights are reduced from £645 to £325. Saturday 6 to Sunday 28 January 2007. B&B Italia, 250 Brompton Road, London SW3. Call 020 7591 8111.

New Heights

 Madison bed reduced by £450 

Furniture company New Heights has knocked 30% off many new products including selected beds from the Madison furniture range, which are reduced from £1,495 to £1,045, and the childrens' range called Claypole. There are 17 stores; for your nearest, call 020 8452 1500 or visit the New Heights website.

Heals

 Champagne flutes down from £80 to £40

Heals has luxurious goose feather and down duvets down from £90 to £45 for singles and down from £180 to £90 for super king size; a Chrome bar chandelier down from £300 to £240, boxed sets of six Cross Swirl champagne flutes from £80 down to £40, dupion silk cushions down from £20 to £16 and Shaker cherry wood peg rails from £35 to £22. Other reductions of up to 50% on furniture, lighting and accessories. Sale on Wednesday 27 December to Sunday 28 January 2007. Heals , Tottenham Court Road, London W1. Call 020 7896 7555.