Laura Ashley's website is really attractive and easy to browse, whether you're thinking of gifts and small accessories, crystal glasses and crisp linens or coffee tables, kids' bedroom storage, sofas or chairs. The site is extremely well photographed and there are often discounts to be found online that aren't available in the shops. You may well be surprised by what you can find here.

Heals offers contemporary styling and reasonable prices for every room in your house, from major furniture items such as beds and sofas right through to lighting, small accessories, bed linen, towels and toiletries. Click through to their clear website and pay a visit to the room of your choice or check out their garden furniture and accessories and storage solutions. They also have a wedding list service, interior design, kitchen planning and much more.

Myakka is a family run business, specialising in hand crafted, solid wood furniture, unique home accessories and beautiful soft furnishings. The furniture ranges are Shaker, Classic, Contemporary, Mallani and Thakat and include some really attractive trunk tables and sideboards. In the textiles section you'll find rugs and gorgeous Indian fabric cushions, plus gift ideas such as vases and bowls, incense burners and wooden tile boxes.

This is a cleverly designed website where you first select the room in which you're looking for your new furniture (living room, kitchen, bedroom etc), then select the item you need at which point you'll be offered thumbnails of everything in that range (and there's a really large choice). Once you've chosen (a table, for example) you can select your finish from those shown online. If this all sounds complicated it really isn't but there is a great deal to choose from for every room in the house so be prepared to spend a while.

Indigo is based in Matlock, Derbyshire and specialises in solid wood and leather furniture for bedroom, livingroom and dining room, some of which is made from oak beams recycled from factories and old mills. Perfect furniture, in fact, if you live in a loft or a barn. The excellent news here is that you can buy just about everything online and they're pictured it in such a way that you can see several views of each item. If only more people did that.

This is a large, internet based company (based in Hertfordshire) specialising in pine, oak and beech furniture for kitchen (tables and chairs) bedroom, dining and sittingroom. There's a wide choice of styles, from rustic and traditional to contemporary, Indian Jali, Edwardian, painted pine and Oriental and lots in between. They offer free two man delivery on orders over £500 to mainland UK.

This is an inspiring collection of beautifully handcrafted metal furniture and accessories created from an imaginative mix of metals, steel and finishes and designed by Adrian Reynolds in Shropshire. View his unique designs for tables, chairs, beds and lighting and then call to place your order. As each piece is hand made and most are available in different sizes you can't unfortunately order online.

Based in Gorleston-on-sea, this high quality furniture company (originally boat builders) specialises in superb pine, walnut and cherry, ash and oak furniture for kitchen, living and dining. Refectory tables, handpainted kitchen dressers and wardrobes and four poster beds are just some of the items available here, all beautifully photographed. Most prices are on application so be prepared for them to be high although whatever you select will be an investment.

Here you'll find furniture for every room in your house, from rustic French styling, to hand painted finishes and solid pine and oak. The range is excellent so expect to spend some time here. As well as all of this you'll also find genuine Lloyd Loom furniture from Spalding in Suffolk. This is available in about 27 different weaves and colours so you need to call them to ask for a brochure in order to see the different colourways. They deliver free of charge to anywhere in the UK on orders over £1000.

This is a family business based in Worcestershire offering high quality willow, rattan, iron and glass traditional and contemporary conservatory furniture. There's a wide selection of styles, including Lloyd Loom, Plantation, Heritage (very beautiful and classic) and Java and the ranges include sofas, chairs, dining tables and coffee tables. Once you've decided which style you want they'll help you choose the fabric as well, then you have to wait for about six weeks for delivery. Attractive garden furniture and Agos antique style garden planters and ornaments are also available through this website.

If your taste is for leather sofas and chairs of the highest quality you should have a look round this website, who’s creators have been in the business of making just that for over forty years. Most items, with the exception of their Italia range, are hand made in the UK, using solid hardwood frames, aniline leathers for the contemporary range and European hides for the traditional styles. They aim to deliver to you in between five to seven weeks and they’ll deliver Worldwide as well. You’ll also find study chairs, sofa beds and leather bean bags here.

Oka is a really beautifully designed and photographed website where you'll find some inspirational ideas for your home. Browse through their roomsets and pick out the individual items that would enhance your existing decor, or go for broke and buy them all. From throws, cushions, quilts and rugs to porcelaine vases and elegant furniture there's a wealth of items to choose from. Most items will be delivered within 14 days although you need to allow 28 days for heavier items.

With stores in London and New York, Marson and Langinger had the enviable reputation as the market leader in the manufacture of custom-made timber-and-glass conservatories, poolhouses and garden rooms. On their attractive website you can order from their range of furniture, lighting, garden tools, accessories, textiles, and Marston & Langinger's own-label domestic paint. Make sure you've plenty of time before you stop off here, there's a great deal of this beautiful collection to browse through.

There’s furniture here (plus home accessories) for every room in your house, from dining room and living room to bedroom and home office so have a good look round. There’s also a wide range of styles from modern to traditional although the emphasis is definitely modern. The strength of this retailer particularly lies in the amount of assistance they offer; you can call them for advice on any of their products and they also provide UK wide delivery using their own fleet of vans and trained drivers.

Shimu offers the simple elegance of classical Chinese furniture based on the clean styles of the Ming Dynasty, with each item being hand made by craftsmen in their workshop in Shanghai. They also offer a wide range of restored antique Chinese furniture. There are some quite large pieces here and also beautifully finished trunks and chests at not unreasonable prices, plus other small accessories. Allow 30 days for delivery and call them for overseas shipping.

You will, I know, have definitely heard of Ikea but you may have been put off from shopping their by the thought of all those crowds. Well now, depending on where you live, you can shop from this well priced Swedish retail experience without setting foot out of your door, and choose from their wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products. Check to see if they deliver to you now.

Sofa Workshop has been in existence since 1985. ‘We love sofas’, is their motto and they certainly seem to, with a very high quality range of sofas in all shapes and sizes and with a huge range of covers from casual fabrics, to leather and classic designs and prices from around £300 to over £1500. They also have accessories such as bean bags, cushions, throws and benches. With a five year guarantee and free UK delivery AND interest free credit available this site must be worth a serious look if you're looking for a new sofa.

Sean Cooper specialise in the copying of period designs, ranging from the mid 18th century to the early 20th century, using local skills and traditional hand made techniques. Frames are constructed from solid beech, with legs hand polished to a mahogany finish in most cases. and solid polished brass castors are supplied which, if required,can be given an antique or chrome finish. All models are shown in calico and can be covered in whatever fabric you choose. You'll find sofas, chairs, daybeds, ottomans, stools and scatter cushions and they also offer a renovation, restoration and re-upholstery service. You need to call them to order, send them your fabric and then wait for approximately six to eight weeks.