Glasgow West End: Pat's Guide: Interior Design

Having raved on so much about the great buildings and architecture in the West End and having set up a section on Homes for Sale and Rent it seemed like the next step should be to guide you to some of Glasgow's best Interior Design Shops.

Interior Design Glasgow: Pat's Picks

KAS Interior Decorators - give your home a fresh start.
The Nancy Smillie Shop
Galletly and Tubbs
Flounce custom-made curtains and soft furnishings.
The Store - Furniture and Art Warehouse
The Coach House Trust Shop - Handcrafted furniture.

Another interesting new arrival in Glasgow's West End is Timorous Beasties, 384 Great Western Road. Stylish and audacious it is well worth a visit. Apart from creating an impact locally, Alistair McAuley's provocative textile designs have also earned them a place in London's Design Museum, Designer of the Year competition - to take place June, 2005.

You can read about more of my favourites below including Kensington Interiors.

The Store: Furniture and Art Warehouse - Anniesland

The Store has everything for the home, with floor upon floor of furniture, art, lighting and home accessories to keep you occupied for hours.

Other attractions nr. St Georges Cross

Include:

And So to Bed - bedrooms to fulfil your fantasies.
Olympian - very attractive lines in reclaimed pine plus new shop (March, 2003) with lovely leather suites and home accessories
Something Special - which has been offering special pine furniture for many years. Lots of lovely things for bedrooms and nurseries.

Kensington Interiors

109/111 Clarence Drive, Hyndland. Tel: 338 6798.

Kensington Interiors opened in October, 1999. Fresh from his achievement of receiving the UK Furniture Retailer 'Furniture of the Year Award' James Wilson, the shop's manager and Interior Design Consultant has high hopes for further success in Hyndland. Already the shop is attracting a lot of business from individuals, companies and hotels throughout Scotland.

Brigitte Forrestier - Montsoreau (furniture)

Kensington Interiors aim to provide a comprehensive and expert service - 'everything from floor to ceiling'. Their sources are from all over the world and James explained to me that they access exclusive designers from Europe, who don't have agents in the UK, and also deal directly with workers' co-operatives in India and China, which has led to them achieving a 'Fair Trade Award'.

Nono.East~West (wallpapers and fabrics)

James Wilson is part of the highly talented and experienced team the Kensington Interior Partnership has built up since it was established in 1996. He enjoys travelling to all the prestigious European Furniture Exhibitions in Cologne, Milan, Valencia and Paris (didn't mention the SECC ) to keep abreast of what is happening in the higher echolons of the world of Interior Design. Whether your choice is contemporary or traditonal you will be delighted with the service offered. Kensington Interiors have unique designs in fabrics, wallcovering, flooring, carpets, rugs, gifts and accessories and really fabulous furniture.

Nono - Pure (wallpapers and fabrics)

The shop is both stylish and welcoming with colours, textures which are unusual, tasteful and very appealling. Whether you are planning a complete house makeover, looking for some inspiration or buying the perfect gift it looks like Kensington Interiors could be your source.

More great Interior Design Shops

Designworks

38 Gibson Street, Hillhead, G12 8NX. Tel: 339 9520 It is just not possible to pass by this shop without having a really good look at the lovely window displays. Their showroom is spectacular and it is well worth stepping inside for a closer look at this mix of traditional and contemporary home adornment. Designworks operates at both a large and small scale: one prestigious contract is designing and supplying wall drapes for the Grand Hall Millennium project at Stirling Castle. I am more familiar with their smaller projects as I ordered three rolls of fabulous wallpaper from them which totally transformed our hall. The shop has been in Gibson Street since 1982 and are suppliers of many of the top names in design including the brilliant Designers Guild. Designworks is featured in "Homes and Interiors Scotland" - Issue 12. (interior design magazine of the year).

Cameron Interiors

458-462 Crow Road- Telephone 0141 334 9532 Provides a full design and installation service for swish bedrooms and kitchens.

Nova

The Old Church, 1228 Dumbarton Road, Scotstoun. Tel: 0141 954 7700 Specialist in bathrooms - huge selection of accessories.

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Comments

Can anyone recommend a local curtain maker. Looking for reasonably priced new curtains for tenenment flat. Would also consider secondhand, if anyone knows anyone moving house! Looking for curtains to fit window roughly 8.5ft wide by 9-10ft drop. Thanks

Sam Mackay | Sun Jan 06 2008

Can anyone tell me what has happend to Back street (Pine) that wa on Great Western Road near the tube station, the tel numbers are still listed on various sites but no answer on calling. Have they moved or ceased to be, and/or is there a store in Edinburgh?

Julie Mason | Wed Aug 15 2007

New build individual architect designed house of lounge, dining kitchen and five bedrooms need advice as rooms quite small

doreen petrie | Tue Apr 17 2007

i bought a gorgeous roll of WOODS wallpaper from design works from cole and son i have to travel around 25 miles for the wallpaper they do no t even offer a carrier back then when i get it home i see that it has been damaged with a hole in the wrapping which has penetrated through the layers and i will have to cut about 3 feet from the wallpaper before i even start great!!

huffy | Sat Mar 10 2007

i stay in the merchant city and a new furniture shop has recently opened on high street. its called 'home' and is definately worth a look. all the furniture is handmade and extremely individualistic in its design. if your looking for something unique then id recommend a visit. michael

michael joyce | Wed Oct 25 2006

I visited a baby furniture store on GreatWestern Road, not too far from Botanical Gardens but can't find their business card. This style of baby furniture was so different - looked as though it came from an Alice in Wonderland book. Not too many parallel lines and beautiful colours. Anyway, it's on the same side of the street as the Bot. Grdns. Can anyone help me find the name please?

Maureen Vallis | Wed Oct 11 2006

Thanks to Pat for her guide-Design Works is the client I want to approach for some furnishings, Kind regards , www.belfrage.co.uk

Rupert H |Belfrage,M.A | Wed Aug 30 2006

well-furnished interior design withgood layouts of furniture.

janani | Mon Apr 10 2006

how can we have info on our company updated (Kensington Interiors)

Alex Shanks | Fri Oct 07 2005

Christina, I'd be happy to have a chat with you or your student about your post as there are many different options in aiming for an interior design career, some of which are unlikely to be suitable for a disabled person, but it would depend on the nature of the disability and the interests of the prospective designer. The challenge for a disabled designer is that, whilst an employer can make provision for disabled access in the workplace, this wouldn't be possible out "on site", where he/she could be visiting anything from a private home to the building site of a new hospital. For example, I have a design business in the West End (The Landlord's Designer) where we design and furnish private homes for homeowners or property investors, so we are rarely office-based at all and have no control over access to the premises we work in. However, it's a broad industry with many types of "jobs" so there should be scope for working around a disability if the career is planned accordingly. As I said, I'd happily chat over the options if it's of any help. Career decisions are tough enough for young people to get right, no matter what their circumstances. Best regards, Connie

Connie Forrest | Mon Apr 25 2005

I work for OPENING, an organisation that assists disabled people find employment. One of my participants is interested in pursuing a career in interior design when he leaves school in June. PLEASE ADVICE. Has interor designing for instance catered for the access requirements of a disabled person;etc. Thanks. Christina Domingo Job Access Worker

Christina Domingo | Thu Apr 22 2004

After visiting the West End of Glasgow last week, I was dissappointed to find you had no reference to Boxwood in your Website. I found this to be a wonderfull shop, the type I wish to find in Austria. When we visited Boxwood they had just taken over the Gallery and were busy, but still found the time to talk us and help us with our requests. The service was excellent, and the staff friendly, but the best thing about the shop was delivery service. Our order was waiting for us when we arrived home in Zams 2 days later!

Sonia Reichmuller | Sun Oct 05 2003

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