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.

Located within Birkenshaw Trading Estate, Sterling has a great range of suites. With leather suites…read moremore popular it has a more of these on the floor, however there are swatches of material if that is preferred to leather. Staff were helpful and there was a coffee area where customers can sit and look at swatches for various suites. Shop was fairly cluttered but definitely worth a look. Prices were fairly average with a few sales and deals available on older stock.

I remember when there used to be really bad ads on TV about 'Sterling, Tillicoutry, near Stirling'…read morewith Dougie Donnelly. It made it into a place I never ever wanted to visit! But recently we needed a new sofa so we paid this store a visit. I was a bit disappointed as most of the sofas were leather. Some of them were really good quality but a lot were just rubbish. There was a sale on, but nothing seemed to be especially good value. Sales staff were ok, they weren't too pushy although we were approached several times. I didn't buy anything but I suppose if you wanted leather then there might be something there for you.

Sales experience is good - after sales is just twighlightzone stuff…read moreBe very careful when ordering a sofa from these guys and read the fine print. I paid deposit in November, sales experience was pretty good to be fair. A month before delivery they started to phone up threatening if not paid in full, amount would be sent to debt recovery. I don't have my sofas yet, and I have already been told 3 different delivery dates. It's just crazy and I have zero trust in what these guys say. No they are trying to bully me with threats of solicitors. All this drama and have not even got the sofa yet

InStyle from Saveway Don't get Ripped-Off InStyle…read moreMy wife and I ordered a black leather suite from InStyle in January 2009 having spent £1400 of our hard earned cash we thought it would go perfectly in our new house. After 5 months it was finally delivered during which our new kitchen lino was ripped and a damaged suite with indented arm rests and uneven damaged back cushions is what formed our new suite. We complained immeadiately on the reciept and over the telephone the next day. Now 5 months later and a 2 technician reports later our suite in their opinion "has nothing wrong with it!" Our lino remains ripped and we have been advised the delivery companies insurance is still dealing with it. (Mr & Mrs Arshad, Glasgow).

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).

Situated in Birkenshaw Industrial Estate this shop offers one of the best ranges of suites in both…read moreleather and fabric. Staff were knowledgeable and helpful giving us plenty of time to test out suites. Downstairs is the leather section where various leather suites of varying styles and leathers were on show. A couple of material suites were at the front of the lower floor, though the rest were upstairs. Prices were average for the type of suites we were looking at, and there were options of deals available. An initial deposit can reserve a suite for several days giving time for people to check with family members.

I only went here because it was nearn the Sterling furniture centre and I thought it might be worth…read morea look as they advertise on TV and there was a sale on. But I thought that they were selling a pile of absolute rubbish. The suites were really poor quality and all the styles were rather similar. The leather looked fake in a lot of cases, although I'm sure it wasn't but perhaps just worse quality. The prices were fairly cheap but not cheap enough that I'd accept the quality that was on offer.

The store is fine and all the staff there were helpful. However the courier service they use is…read moreterrible. I kept on getting multiple messages saying the delivery dates had changed, then if they delivered a package it would just be left on my doorstep for anyone to take. I have also ordered 2 couches (2 seater & 3 seater) which were meant to arrive already, when they did arrive on the weekend it was just the 2 seater and they have no record of the 3 seater. Now I have to follow up and try find where my couches are.This is unacceptable! All of this was ordered online in your store.

I can't believe I only discovered this place on Christmas Eve 2015, but it will certainly be a…read moreChristmas Eve I don't forget quickly... Parking up, it doesn't look that impressive, but when you pass through the doors (of what I assume used to be a gigantic Homebase) you are blown away by the sheer awesome scale of the place. You can literally buy everything here, from greetings cards and stationary, to salted nuts and crisps, white goods and domestic electronics, and a huge selection of pet supplies. Top tip if you are visiting for the first time, either set yourself a budget or come with some specific things you want to purchase otherwise you might find yourself with a trolley, a huge bill and a very random selection of well-priced but potentially non-essential goods!

If you want to ooooh and ahhh at furniture then this is definitely the place for you…read more.. So for years Dwell have sent me their dreamy catalogue and for years I have happily sat ripping out items adding them to my home makeover mood board (it's a rather large board, their furniture is just gorgeous!). Then, when I decided that after 12 years I needed to grow up and have a table and chairs like a proper adult this was my obvious starting place. Sadly the fab table I wanted was too big for my space, sob, so I reluctantly chose one from elsewhere but I did settle on some gorgeous walnut and white padded dining chairs. The great thing about this shop is that they carry a large stock selection, much more than the Princes Square store, so I was able to go in and sit on said chairs to try them out for comfort. While doing so the staff were only too happy to assist, asking if I wanted the chair moved to a table so I could see what that would be like too. Decision made, these were definitely the chairs I wanted. Delivery to home incurred a hefty charge (the usual...) so I ordered for free store delivery instead as I live just a couple of miles away. The store phoned when they arrived in and even took them out to the car for me, such brilliant service! I may have also purchased an awesome (but completely unnecessary!) floor lamp in their sale on one of my visits and again, I didn't have to lift a finger as it was taken to my car too. All in, a great store located just off London Road with plenty parking, vast selection of furniture and home accessories, and great, friendly service. Not the cheapest of furniture but they tend to have 15 or 20% off full price items fairly regularly so keep an eye out for that :-D