saddie Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Is there a furniture chain in France which has furniture of a reasonable quality and price? I have checked out Conforama, But and Fly - cheapand cheerful or cheap and tatty depending on your viewpoint. I then went to Mobilier de France, La Roche Bobois and Levitan. Lovely quality but ouch the price. I am only looking for some sort of biblioteque, living or such to put the hifi, cds, phone etc on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Ikea?[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddie Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 Sorry I should have added I don't like Ikea. I will probably suffer a virtual lynching for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Not by me, but as they do deliveries and have a good website, it was worth mentioning![:D]Have you looked at catalogues? I have bought some good solid furniture from La Redoute... and they always seem to have some form of price reduction going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 If you have a branch of Sesame near you could give them a try.Most of their stuff is pretty dire but they do have a small range of reasonably priced solid wood furniture and they normally have a bookcase or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Another quite good one is Atlas http://www.atlas-meubles.tm.fr/A lot of the stuff you see on their web site, and definitely the stuff in the publicité that comes through the door, is But-style c**p, but that's what seems to appeal to the French. When you go to the store they have some very good quality ranges, such as the 'terroir' range that doesn't even appear on line.If traditional or English-type furniture - i.e. solid wood tables, cupboards etc, and decent sofas, many with removeable covers, is what you are looking for then www.interiors.fr is worth checking. Not a big chain, but they do have stockists in most of France.Another alternative is the many small local furniture makers - we have a lot in Normandy and Brittany, and I am sure they exist in other regions. Most of their stuff is a bit over-ornate, and imitation woodworm holes seem to be compulsory, but because they make it themselves they will do variations on the standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Hi SaddieWhy don't you like Ikea ??Fascinated to know.Rgds Wilko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 www.alinea.fr Alinea - we were in there today in fact. Same style as of store layout and product as IKEA, but our impression is slightly better quality. They're a bit few and far between though.It so much depends what style you're after though - give us a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hastobe Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 [quote user="saddie"]Sorry I should have added I don't like Ikea. I will probably suffer a virtual lynching for that.[/quote]Ditto - horrible stuffKathie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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