Spring homeware sales: where to find discounts on outdoor furniture, fire pits and home accessories from online design stores
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London design stores have shut their showrooms but they are still trading by phone and live chat, taking online orders, giving virtual advice and delivering — safely — to your door.
They’re also offering a bumper batch of quality items at bargain prices for spring, to customers with the time on their hands to make carefully considered choices.
Home office essentials, storage and garden furniture are flying out, while bedrooms are getting revamped as shared households crave their own space round the clock.
Sofa upgrades ease the strain of all that non-stop TV watching and gaming. Cosy cushions, rugs and throws are the design equivalent of comfort food.
Several stores have newly expanded “clearance”, with big bargains on big-ticket items including sofas and design classics, although some stores can’t do two-man deliveries.
The large chains are also running offers.
At Heal’s, chief executive Hamish Mansbridge says: “We’re very much alive, taking orders, with a warehouse up and running.”
Deliveries are “safe” and free. “Customers have comfort as a top priority,” adds Mansbridge. “Anything from a couple of cushions to a new sofa.
“Desks and leaning furniture are good for home working, and we are all furnishing the garden.”
A mid-season sale has 25 per cent off Vispring, 20 per cent off Ercol, and 15 per cent off Tom Dixon, Anglepoise and Ligne Roset. Beautiful glass and china is half price.
Putting a positive, “feels good to be home” spin on lockdown, Homebase has a raft of bargains, typically offering 20 per cent off all garden furniture and barbecues, and some outdoor spas.
Deliveries from £6 to £12.50. However, some stuff is not available for delivery — look for the little green lorry symbol.
Find up to 30 per cent off indoor and outdoor collections at Habitat. Included in the mid-season sale are folding garden furniture for small spaces, plus ceramic and metal planters. Returns are valid for one month after stores reopen.
An “offers” section on the John Lewis website typically has 20 per cent off homewares and furniture. Brands include LSA, Tom Dixon, Le Creuset and Joseph Joseph.
Voile panels are half price and there’s 20 per cent off designer cushions, including William Morris.
Andrew Martin “can deliver and have remote design consultations and live chat”.
Find its biggest online sale ever, with up to 70 per cent off, at showroom@andrewmartin.co.uk.
There has been a spike in cushion sales, while wallpaper is doing well. The phone lines open until 9pm Monday to Friday (020 7225 5100).
“We’re fully functional and morale is high,” says Daniel Aram, managing director at Aram Store. “We can deliver but not large stuff.”
A skeleton in-store staff can do video advice sessions and send fabric samples (020 7557 7557; aramstore@aram.co.uk).
A storage promotion this month has 20 per cent off top brands including Glas Italia and Montana.
Danish hi-tech easy-dry Cane-line garden furniture is on special offer, while more cut-price clearance design classics have just come online.
At Chaplins, specialists in modern designer furniture and lighting, MD Simon Chaplin says: “We’re here to make your home a sanctuary.”
On offer are digital advice sessions, virtual store tours and a 15 per cent reduction on everything.
Stay-at-home families are ordering large dining tables and home entertainment systems (020 8421 1779; sales@chaplins.co.uk).
The Conran Shop says: “We’re alert, empathetic and operational.” Email (customerservices@conranshop.com) or phone (0344 848 4000).
Online, click “outlet” for reductions of up to 75 per cent on furniture and homewares, including chic half-price linens and ceramics.
There’s 15 per cent off outdoor furniture and lighting, plus a clearance section, at Twentytwentyone.
“We’re committed to our customers, and to the designers, makers and manufacturers we partner.”
Have a live chat on the website (or call 020 7288 1996 or contact via mail@twentytwentyone.com).
Sheridan Coakley at SCP, trading in Shoreditch since 1985, says: “Our warehouse, supply chain and website are in full tilt, and our Norfolk upholstery factory is working in teams for social distancing” (020 7739 1869; email info@scp.co.uk).
A new Quickship edit has chunky price cuts on ready-to-go larger pieces, mostly ex-display. A 15 per cent off promotion ends this Sunday.
Niche design store Aria can deliver some furniture and lighting within two days, and has big price cuts on ex-display Kartell, Magis, Ligne Roset and Fritz Hansen.
“We’re supporting local design, independent designers and British brands” (020 7704 6222).
Another Country says: “We must keep trading or the economy will collapse.” Get 20 per cent off and free delivery.
The spring sale starts today at Futon Company, the “experts in small space living”. Also get 60 per cent off clearance.
Hide your home work station with a slatted screen, down to £60 from £120, plus reductions on beds, sofa beds and storage.
Online store Wayfair has furniture, homewares and tech sale bargains, some with free next-day delivery.