Best dining tables, reviewed by an interiors editor From compact to extendable, Nicky Rampley-Clarke serves up the best dining tables Evening Standard · Sep 24
Sorry, but Rattan Feels 'Uninspired' These Days — Here's the Outdoor Furniture Material Designers Are Choosing to Sit on Instead Sorry, but rattan is out in 2026. But there is one material that is very much *in* with designers instead Livingetc · Apr 29
As a Room Decor Editor, I know how to spot a great rug – every one I like tends to sell out quickly, and this H&M design is my new top pick This designer-looking wool rug from H&M Home is truly my current obsession Ideal Home · Dec 27, 2025
ICYMI, There Was Lots of Lovely Homeware Releases in November — Here Are the Top 10 I Really Don't Want You to Miss Out on From designer collaborations to luxury glassware drops, these are the must-haves and musings that this month had to offer Livingetc · Nov 30, 2025
M&S's bubble plates are selling out fast – don't miss out on the biggest tableware trend of the year I've been seeing this bold statement shape everywhere Ideal Home · Sep 2, 2025
MADE.com's popular Avarna garden sofa has had a striped makeover – and people are losing their minds The brand has released its Avarna garden sofa with a new designer look – and it’s the cheapest we’ve seen a design like this Ideal Home · May 3, 2024
Wilko is the latest shop to be edged out by competition but it doesn't have to mean the end for the budget retailer By selling pick ‘n’ mix, stationery, garden tools and bird boxes, Wilko has spent the last 90 years transforming from a one-store business into one of the UK’s major budget retail players. It now has around 400 stores, but it has also become the latest high street shop to face… The Conversation · Aug 8, 2023
Retailers could be pushed to brink by cost of living crisis Retail experts say market could see consolidation Insider UK · Dec 28, 2022
Cost-of-living crisis to push more retailers to brink in 2023, warn experts It comes after an increase in retail collapses towards the end of 2022, with high profile insolvencies such as Joules and Made.com Evening Standard · Dec 27, 2022
Going, going gone: how Made, millennials’ favourite sofa-maker, wound up under the hammer It gave its customers low prices by making them wait. So why did the dream of affordable luxury end with a mountain of boxes in a Port Talbot warehouse? The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022
Made.com stock in vast warehouse of Nottingham firm John Pye as auction begins The auctions will be held several days Nottingham Post · Nov 26, 2022
The vast warehouse full of former Made.com stock a Welsh auction house is selling off for a fraction of the price The branch is expecting to sell off 30,000 items from the high end furniture store Wales Online · Nov 25, 2022
Made.com: symbol of the pandemic punt that popped post-Covid Founders, early backers and banks won big in the craze for buying online retailers but investors at THG, Deliveroo and Virgin Wines lost out The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022
Made.com’s unsecured creditors and suppliers to get under 2% of £187m owed Furniture customers, Thurrock and Islington councils, Facebook and Google among those losing out after retailer’s collapse The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022
The Conversation · Nov 22, 2022 How Made.com went from a pandemic-era business superstar to a failed company in just 18 months Formed in 2011, Made.com offered affordable high-end furniture online with the ambition to one day rival Swedish furniture giant Ikea. Fast forward 11 years and the British brand, which excelled during the pandemic and was valued last year at £775 million, has collapsed.
Nottingham Post · Nov 22, 2022 When Made.com stock will be auctioned by John Pye and how to bag bargains as big discounts expected More than 1,000 truckloads of Made.com stock is set to be auctioned for bargain prices
Nottingham Post · Nov 19, 2022 Made.com: Nottingham auctioneers to sell 1,000 truckloads of products after firm's collapse It has been called a rare opportunity for people to get bargains
Daily Mirror · Nov 16, 2022 Made.com customers given final delivery deadline - or items may never arrive Since the furniture retailer went into administration last week, customers have been given a cut-off to receive orders by November 25 - otherwise their items may not arrive at all
Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2022 Made.com customers given November 25 delivery deadline—how to claim The online furniture retailer, which was founded in 2010, went into administration last week
Birmingham Post · Nov 15, 2022 John Pye & Sons to auction off stock from failed Made.com furniture business 'It is John Pye Auction’s role to realise the best we can for all creditors of the company'
Nottingham Post · Nov 14, 2022 Made.com stock to be sold by Nottingham based auctioneer John Pye Thousands of furniture items will go on sale later this month
Chronicle Live · Nov 14, 2022 Joules clothing chain goes into administration with 1,600 jobs at risk Upmarket fashion retailer is the latest victim of the cost of living crisis hitting the high street
Manchester Evening News · Nov 10, 2022 Uncertainty over Made.com refunds after retailer goes from 'online IKEA' to a 'car crash' and hundreds lose their jobs The company had been valued at almost £800m two years ago
Birmingham Post · Nov 9, 2022 Made.com: From the 'online IKEA' to a 'car crash' as administration leads to hundreds of lost jobs despite Next deal Dr Gordon Fletcher, retail expert from the University of Salford Business School, has looked at what went wrong and what might happen next
The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022 Made.com goes into administration with nearly 400 jobs lost at online furniture firm Next has bought the struggling brand, which launched on the London Stock Exchange less than two years ago