This is a cute li'l shop. It actually used to be based in Maze Hill, and whilst there's nothing…read morewrong with Maze Hill, Greenwich Market is a much better location. It's full of cute and quirky homewares, and Maze Hill is full of nail bars and chicken shops. I'm so pleased they've moved closer to where the action and pretty things are. This is where you come when you want to buy a fancy cushion (I'm an interiors blogger, I always want to buy fancy cushions). It's the place you'll decide that you simply cannot live with that funk teapot, even though you don't drink tea. It's the perfect place for presents when you've just run out of damn present good ideas. You'll spend too much money in here, you'll wish you living room looked JUST LIKE IT and you'll come out skipping a little bit. All that smiling totally justifies spending forty quid on a cushion. Probably.

This store is middle age signed, sealed and delivered in one room. I don't even know what half the…read morestuff they sell is, but I found myself, literally minutes away from Christmas, neck deep in a credit crunch and scrabbling around trying to buy an £18 colander. They do sell lots of lovely house hold bits and bobs but until I have a house, Labrador and a child called Mimi Fifi Orchid Clooney (a girl can dream) I wont be buying anything from here. It's a personal thing, possibly connected to being a huge consumerist ass hole whilst having a huge problem with consumerism. For me, buying a £300 pair of shoes is wrong but necessary, where as buying two plain white enamel breakfast bowls for £16 seems ridiculous. I am aware that this statement is ridiculous in itself, in fact, I just don't want to talk about it anymore. I will say though, that this shop is lovely, but I prefer Ikea.

I've been meaning to visit Labour and Wait ever since I read an article sometime ago in The…read moreGuardian profiling couples who had started up new and innovative businesses in the East End, and the L&W concept really struck a cord. You can be assured the new shop in Redchurch Street sells the same functional products for the kitchen, home and garden as the existing shop on Cheshire St, however I believe L&W are moving from Cheshire St to Redchurch St in the not-too-distant future. For too long, consumers have been lulled into a false sense of security with large, "convenient" hardware stores such as Homebase and B&Q etc. who unfortunately have, over the years got away with cheap replicas of good quality homeware goods. L&W moves away from this methodolgy and focuses fully on sustainable goods made in enamel, stainless steel and wood, rather than plastic and throw-away alternatives. The shop is minimalist in style, but all the products are displayed in a creative and alternative way, which I'd liken a little to the layout of Muji stores. As most shoppers today, I am mindful of what I buy having an effect on our environment and planet, but love L&W's ethos. I especially love the enamel kitchen sets, glass jugs, butter dishes and stainless steel buckets and watering cans. True classics! Now, don't get me wrong, you can't get anywhere near the vast selection (though often poor and low quality) of hardware and homeware products from L&W that you get in chain hardware stores, but what you do get (as the blackboard outside the shop and web home page state!) is "high quality, traditional goods for the home", with the added bonus of browsing a low-tech shop and experiencing a low stress retail experience. Now that has to be worth a trip to Shoreditch any day of the week!

I love this shop as there are lots of interesting pieces of furniture, candle holders and other…read morebits for the home. It is my style exactly and I would rarely leave without buying something even just a small thing. Their storage solutions are very stylish and are a good addition to any home. The outside furniture is a pure delight and more like a piece of art rather than a piece of furniture - just as well I live in Ireland and the pieces would not fit on the plane with me.

Great people and amazing store that looks like it's out of a Harry Potter movie. Lots of art…read moresupplies

Remarkable place. An artist's idea of heaven. They should bottle the smell as a cologne.read more

I usually complain if I find yet another branch of an expanding chain pop up. But here Tiger have…read moregot it absolutely right. The affordable Skandi design items are well placed on this stretch of Westbourne Grove, providing a change from the more generic cheap and cheerful general stores. They stock everything from stationery and gift items to homewares and snacks. I picked up a pair of reading glasses for £4 which are not embarrassing to take out in public.

Oooh there are so, so many pretty things in this shop!…read more Some of it is just very expensive...and not that necessary...but there are also some really lovely items that are *possibly* worth paying a few extra pounds for. My husband and I popped in here to look at their "string" shelves. There aren't many places in London that stock them, so it was good to see it all set up. The staff were really sweet and helpful, and even gave us a string catalogue while we work out what colours will suit our flat... I really like mid-century and Scandinavian-esque designs...and while I'd prefer to get hold of vintage pieces...shops like twentytwentyone at least give me the option of ordering exactly what we'd like. Now we just have to save up enough cash to actually buy it all. Eep.

A lot of the stuff in Twenty Twenty One would look out of place in the average home. Although there…read moreare a lot of pretty and unique designs, I've never once felt my life lacking because I didn't have a neon orange vase shaped like one of the falling bricks in Tetris. Twenty Twenty One takes no prisoners in its drive to promote contemporary design. Nonetheless there are a few items in Twenty Twenty One which the more average soul might be interested in. I bought a small purse from here which was purple with red dots and very sweet. A few lamps and ornaments also caught my eye. Anything much larger than this however, was completely out of budget. Even the wooden duck in the window was £120. I would say that Twenty Twenty One is the perfect shop if you are a young, rich couple looking to deck out your first home in all the best designs. While there are a few items for the rest of us, this shop is likely to leave you feeling poor and uncool.

I first came across this shop at Victoria Station on my way to a course and I loved it. I could…read morebuy everything in the shop and everything I brought was in the sale which was even better. I would love to work there part time

The whole Oliver Bonas thing confuses me slightly. When I first saw the shop many years ago, I…read moreassumed it was a one off and I liked it, now they seem to be popping up all over the place. They do sell some nice things, but I feel that the vast quantity of shops they are opening, down grades them slightly. That may just be me being picky, but part of their initial charm was that it felt special and unique, now I cannot help but feel it is just over produced. Saying that, I still wander in on occasions but rarely am I moved to make a purchase.

Initially went in here thinking it was a furniture recovery and up-cycling place, but it wasn't,…read morebut kinda still felt like it. It is a lovely little shop that has been put together with a tasteful mish-mash of furniture and shop fittings from many different eras. Quite a wide range of products on offer here from cosmetics and men's shaving kits to hand made cushion covers and personalised stationery sets. This place is well worth popping into, even if it is just to look at the great decor of the shop itself :)

Classic *SIDN store for me. Very pretty, mostly too expensive for my salary…read more Accessories, stationary goods, art, housewares, skincare products. Sigh. At least a look around is in order when I'm in the neighborhood. *Shit I Don't Need. The kind of place where I want everything but don't really need anything and wouldn't spend that much money on myself but maybe on a present for a friend.