Thanks again for the info - we shall be heading for Portets as soon as we arrive and it won't be on a Saturday! We're looking for beds and sofas in the way of furniture and then all the electrical appliances, crockery, kitchenware and other essentials. I shall also look out for Depot de Vente's which sound ideal for looking for much of the furniture we need as we do indeed have very high ceilings and lots of space for very large furniture. Sadly Ikea have changed their policy about ordering on the internet and collecting from a store - we've just tried to do it and failed. They told us we had to order 15 days in advance which we did but then they came back with a 3 week delivery time - sadly too late for us to have a bed for our visit.