This is a fantastic source for art supplies as well as an extensive selection of canvas and framing…read moreservices. The staff is very friendly and super helpful. Beautiful store with clean and organized supplies, extensive foil options was a great surprise! What a find, this place is a gem!

There's a recession on apparently, so i'm trying to channel my inner thriftiness by making a lovely…read morecloth bag. I dusted off the sewing machine and headed out to Soho to purchase some fabric. There are a few fabric shops on Berwick street so shop around for the fabric you want at the price you want. I've never bought fabric from a shop before, i've always gone to the market, and this place was a bit pricey at £3/m for undyed cotton. The place is an Aladdin's cave of fabric and the staff were helpful and asked what weight fabric i wanted. I hadn't a clue but they had some good advice for me. They even climbed over mountains of other fabric to get me the cloth i wanted. I'm going to keep shopping around for somewhere cheaper, but will go back if i'm in the area.

This is a fabric store with lovely fabrics and a fantastic variety. However, not only is it…read moreoverpriced, (for ex. you can get the same metallic leatherette/coated fabric at Borovicks for £22.00 a meter instead of £35.00) the staff here are EXTREMELY rude. To be honest, most of the fabric stores on Berwick St. have grouchy and sullen employees, but this place is the worst. I have shopped at the fabric shops on Berwick Street since 2013 and the rotten attitude of the staff at this store (in my experience) has been consistent. It has not mattered who has worked there, that's the funny part, I am not even speaking about one person. Everyone I have ever encountered there is rude. About two years ago I mentioned how unpleasant the staff were to another salesperson at MacCulloch & Wallis and he told me that he used to work there, agreed that the staff were unfriendly and in particular worked a woman who customers always complained about. The negative vibes this store gives off has discouraged me from shopping there for about a year or more. But today I thought I would go in, because it does have a great selection. However, once again the Berwick Street Cloth Shop vibe was moody. Therefore I have finally decided to write this negative review because of my final horrible experience. I was looking at fabric bent down while a sales person was busy organizing the rolls of cloth across from me. She accidentally hit me in the face with the end of the fabric roll. I stammered "oh sorry" and as she turned around to glare at me, she aloofly said "what, did I hit you?" to which I replied "yes". She then very (surprise!) rudely responded "sorry". So I said "I am sorry I guess I am in the way" to which she said "no it's fine". LIKE OBVIOUSLY IT'S FINE I AM A CUSTOMER. It's absolutely okay to accidentally bump into someone or hit them in the face, but to do so and not react until the person who has been hit says sorry to which you then glare back is too much. Literally comical. There are so many shops on Berwick Street, for price and value go to my favorite shop there The Cloth Shop. The selection is varied and the staff are much much much more friendly. Fabric shops should be enjoyable to enter and explore. No one should feel intimidated to go and ask for help or buy stuff. Lastly I feel bad for anyone who works there that is nice, because I have not met you and this review is focused on everyone being glum. But in my experience I have only ever encountered mean spirited people. Two stars, one for beautiful goods and the other for the one nice employee who maybe exists there.

This Paperchase store is a really large store and is one of three of the brand's flagship stores,…read morealongside my local store in Manchester and a branch in Glasgow. The location of this store is decent, it is on Tottenham Court Road and is basically right next to Argos, and opposite Superdrug and Natwest (or at least a few minutes walk away on the other side of the road) This store is quite large, but the selection of stock is merely average for a store of its size, even compared to other Paperchase stores, I didn't notice a lot of cool items which they didn't sell in other stores, for example in terms of lever arch folders, they all seemed the same with nothing new compared to other flagship stores such as Manchester, and more smaller stores such as Newcastle or Liverpool. The store is over three floors, there is a bookshop and Tinderbox Coffee Shop on the first floor and a Crafts / Magazine floor on the Second. The staff around the store didn't seem too friendly either. This store overall was quite impressive in terms of size but for everything else, it was just average. I'm struggling here, although the size of the store is impressive I can't help but feel some aspects with the feel of the store, the service not being great, the level of products not being as good as one would expect from the size of the store, and the unwelcoming nature as you enter the store, I sadly feel it deserves just two-stars.

As a stationery (come on guys you have to spell it right) addict, I have to limit the number of…read morePaperchase stores I enter for fear of finding another great note pad & hence forgetting where my important lists are ( you know the pad with the hearts on, the pink hearts, when my poor OH holds up my array of pads trying to find the one I've 'lost') So highlights of this store! 3 levels and a coffee shop Offers craft classes The hidden discount section, back corner of top floor Personalisation of note pads etc Friendly lovely staff And it stocks the full range & more! Any craft items that you may need or never realised you d need you ll find it here. Don't forget to also get a treat me card, so many discounts such as 15% off emailed occasionally, discounts on personalising pads and money off craft classes too.

A good card shop along Long Acre in Covent Garden, Scribber stocks some interesting, quirky and…read moreunusual greeting cards. They have a wide selection, so you can find something for every occasion.There are some small gifts too, and wrapping paper, so you can easily pop in here during a lunch break to get a small present for a colleague. That was how I discovered it at any rate, as calendars and agendas are pretty useless for me! The only thing is that its pretty small, so if you want some time to browse, it would be best to come during a quiet time. Three is a crowd - literally!

It's your mum's birthday and you need something funny, with pop out parts and lots and lots of…read moreglitter and possibly plays music. Done and done and done and done my friend. They have tons of cards to choose from for many various occasions and even some blank ones as well. And some wrapping paper choices and little gift bags. Also some small notebooks and little gifts to accompany your card purchases (if you happen to be in a hurry to have lunch with your mum and forgot to buy anything sorrymomI'llremembernextyearIswear!). Actually I specifically was looking for stationary sets (as I have run out of my teenager style hello kitty paper and envelopes) and wanted to upgrade to something more sophisticated that my pen pals would appreciate. Unfortunately they didn't carry anything like that but the lovely store clerk suggested I try another shop down the street that might carry some. Love it when stores try to be helpful even when they don't carry the item you're looking for.

I love all the Cass art stores, I've never had a bad experience. Charing Cross is quite a small…read morestore and usually very busy, or so I've found, possibly because it's right next to the portrait gallery. Staff are excellent and friendly, and very help when it came to choosing some different paper types.

This place rules. The prices on professional quality art supplies are great and the selection is…read morereally good, especially considering the shop's small size. They basically cut out the crap and sell the good shit actual artists want at a decent price. They do still carry nicer student watercolors (like Cotman) if you just want something to mess around with out in the city but professional level isn't what you're after.

I'm always a supporter of independent small businesses in central London and beyond…read more This art supplies store does seem to stock almost everything that I'm always looking for. S.R. Robertson's have a huge range of Caran D'Ache pens, pencils and artists materials. And retail staff are always very helpful and polite with their customers.

If you were to go back in time to a pre-Amazon and Walmart world, SRS would be your go-to for all…read moremanner of arts and crafts supplies. The storefront has a proper awning and a curated display of its many wares. Inside, the reception is flanked on one end by a counter piled high w pens and notebooks through which a staff member can be seen ready to greet you w a smile and readiness to assist. The aisles run to the ceiling and are stocked full of sketch, painting and drawing goods. The price may not be as competitive but you get a v personal touch that is rare in retail these days.

Really great art supplies shop, they have anything and everything you could want…read more Look out for their sales and special offers, they recently had 2 for 1 on tins of paint. They have a great stock of pencils, frames, paints, canvases, and art sets. They also have an amazing selection of fabric paints. A must visit if you're an artist, or just enjoy pretending to be Rolf Harris. Can you guess what it is yet?

I really love this art store. It's got everything you would need / want art wise…read more The whole shop is laid-out pretty well and the staff are really helpful and friendly. There are often deals instore and, I must say, there is a great selection of charcoals and pencils, which is what I always use anyways. I'd highly recommend this if you are at art school, an art buff or you just want to pick up a pencil and start drawing.

Next to the mother Cloth House based at 98 Berwick Street, more towards Oxford Street you will find…read moreall the cottons and weave of Cloth House 47. The shop is fresh and bright and always has an original display. Unlike to the other Cloth House on Berwick street, there I am always nicely welcomed. Of course the prices are nothing comparable what you could bargain for in Shepherds Bush. However, you know exactly what content the fabric is and you have a deep as well as wide selection. If you wonder what the big brown paper bags with the art deco face on it is - the brand mark of Cloth House unmistakable!

I'm not quite sure how a fabric shop can manage to be a little bit hipster, in a twee kind of way,…read morebut this place does. Berwick street is teaming with fabric shops, and this one definitely has a good range. Mostly natural fabrics, and delicious trims. You will want all of them, but, you quite possibly won't be able to afford all of them. This place is pretty expensive, it's really great for inspiration, and then making you feel sad that you can't make the really amazingly random things you've just imagined up out of the blue. The staff are lovely, and it's well lit, so you don't have to worry what colour things are going to turn out when you get them home. Stored well, and clean, it's very ideal, you just need good money to get everything that catches your eye!