Package deal



If you are a buy to let landlord, take a look at The Think Tank Group. A fabulous business installing furniture packages on behalf of buy-to-let investors, the Think Tank Shop has its retail premises in Leeds, but also does a lot of work for London landlords. There is a huge choice of furniture, with minimum orders starting at just £95. The best-selling Gold package retails at £2,194.99 and includes a really comprehensive list of items for the kitchen, dining table, bathroom, lounge and bedroom. Moreover, prices include delivery, build and installation. Highly price competitive, this website is definitely worth a look. Call 0870 360 9600
www.thinktankshop.co.uk

Water works

A bathroom business that has been built up over many years, Venezia Bathrooms of Southgate has a huge choice of designer bathroom ware. But even better, it also has a website with special offers section where you can find famous names such as the ultra-stylish Villeroy & Boch at up to 50% off. Well worth a look. Venezia Bathrooms, 1-5 Hampden Square, Osidge Lane, N14. Call 020 8368 6463
www.veneziabathrooms.co.uk

Luscious leather

For some really impeccable contemporary leather furniture at what appear to be giveway prices, take a look at Hide and Stitch. Offering a range of top-quality cubes, tables, benches and footstools, upholstered in premium soft leather, Hide and Stitch’s prices start at just £85 for a 41x22x41cm footstool. Most items are available in a choice of five colours, and you can also have leather headboards made up.
www.hideandstitch.co.uk.

Oceans of bargains

Ocean is closing all its branches in the north of England, which is sad news, but that does mean that it is holding a clearance sale of those goods at its two London stores with up to 70% off. So, for ultra cool interiors accessories and furniture, trot off to Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, NW5. Call 020 7267 6415. Or Lavender Hill, 201-207 Lavender Hill, SW11. Call 020 7228 3671
www.ocean-furniture.co.uk

French connection



Vive La France hits London’s Olympia in January, bringing together hundreds of exhibitors to showcase the very best in property and interiors, travel and tourism, fashion, food and drink from regions all over France. And this year every visitor will receive a selection of exclusive free gifts including a SeaFrance return ferry ticket and a bottle of Kronenbourg 1664 (for over 18’s only). Tickets cost £14 in advance, £16 on the door. Call 0870 380 0144
www.vivelafrance.co.uk

Bespoke bedtime

Offering what it believes to be the largest range of bedlinen in Europe, Bespoke Bedlinens has a bewildering choice of cotton and cotton mix ranges in a multitude of colours. You can choose from fitted sheets, semi-fitted sheets, mattress and duvet covers, flat sheets, valances, pillow cases… and if that doesn’t throw up what you want, it also makes up practically any item in the customer’s own fabric, with lampshades to match if required! Prices start at £7 for a pillowcase and £29 for a fitted sheet.
www.bespokebedlinens.co.uk

Tools down

If, like me, you are a catalogue groupie, Toolstation’s new offering is a must. Containing details of over 8,500 DIY products and claiming to offer deals ‘for every trade’, you can order either through the catalogue or online. The Power Plus X 24 volt Impact Drill pictured is just £65 and delivery is free on orders over £40. Call 0808 100 7212
www.toolstation.com.

From Russia with love

For the most elegant Christmas table, take a look at the Volga Linen Company. Here you’ll find wonderfully luxurious linen for all occasions and rooms of the house, from bedlinen to table linen, towels and even clothes. Better yet, the website has a permanent special offers section where, for example, you can currently find an elegant natural linen tablecloth with black border for £82.50 (was £165) and matching placemats down from £15 to £7.50. The website also offers linen by the metre and a monogramming service. The Christmas sacks pictured below cost £25 plus £10 per name or £4 per initial for monogramming. Call 01728 635020
www.volgalinen.co.uk