The Range

The Range is one of the few British retailers operating at genuine department-store scale online, with a catalogue running to nearly 200,000 furniture and homeware products. Founded in Plymouth in 1989 by Chris Dawson, who started selling stock from a market stall, the chain has grown into a 200+ store operation across the UK and Ireland and a substantial online business that sits at the heart of the value-to-mid market.

The breadth is the point. Almost any household category we cover, The Range stocks: home textiles (around 12,500 listings), indoor lighting (9,700), Christmas and seasonal decorations (4,300), plants and seeds, sheds and garden furniture, mattresses and beds, kitchen and tableware, storage and shelving, art and prints, and the long tail of cushions, throws, candles and accessories that make up the seasonal stock cycle.

Three things make The Range worth checking before buying elsewhere. The headline prices on common items (£30 to £80 ready-made curtains, £40 cushions, £100 pendant lights) tend to undercut the equivalent high-street tier consistently. The seasonal sale windows (post-Christmas and August clearance) drop the £200+ furniture pieces into territory that's hard to match. And the volume of stock means you can fill a room from one delivery slot rather than chasing pieces across four retailers.

The trade-off is that the online range mixes own-brand and supplier ranges (VIDAXL, BELIANI, Bsspoke, NewEdgeBlinds among others), so build quality varies more than at a more curated retailer. Worth filtering by brand or reading the spec carefully on bigger pieces.

We list every The Range product available across the categories above. Filter by category, brand or price to narrow things down. Prices update daily.