our weekend with Hippo

Out with the old and in with the new.


And this past week has seen plenty of both.

All but a very few pieces remain of our Pine and Oak furniture displays, as we enter a new phase of our store's future as James Allen Bedrooms.

In its vacant position we are now proudly displaying a huge selection of beds and mattresses of all types.

We have 3' (single) mattresses starting from £49.99 and 4'6" (double) mattresses starting from £99.99, we have pocket sprung and we have memory foam, we even have memory latex, we have wooden beds, metal beds, divans and a whole host of headboards to choose from.

And we also have a new supplier.


As we launched Bedzzz, our brand new bed and mattress department, we felt that we needed to be showing the very best, and offering the very best choice to our customers, so we went direct to the country's most recognisable mattress brand, Silentnight.

And with a launch weekend planned, Silentnight sent a very special guest to our shop to watch over proceedings and ensure we were doing a good enough job.

Hippo was far too excited to stay in the shop though and could be seen dancing outside for the whole of Saturday and Sunday, waving to cars, making friends with children, getting plenty of attention from grown women and posing for loads of photos!

Hippo even went for a quick walk around Enfield Town and caused quite a stir wherever he went.

We know we certainly enjoyed our weekend with Hippo, and we're pretty sure that he was having fun too!

If you posed for a photo with Hippo, or just want to see what he got up to, head over to facebook where you can 'like' James Allen Bedrooms' and start tagging the photos of yourselves.

James Allen Bedrooms on facebook

and don't forget, you can also follow James Allen Bedrooms and Silentnight Beds on twitter.

- Glen

the final countdown

Well. the time is nearly upon us.


Within the next couple of weeks we hope to have all existing stock of pine and oak furniture cleared out completely, along with the few remaining rugs, light fittings and pictures.


Many customers have snapped up bargains over the last two weeks as we have been reducing prices, but there is still a little way to go yet to get the shop completely empty.


This means further reductions across the shop on all pine and oak furniture.


Yes, it is cliched, but everything really must go!


With our Pine and Oak department closed down and emptied out we shall prepare for a relaunch at the end of this month, with new stock, new displays and some very exciting offers and announcements due very soon.


So take a look at what we have left before it is all gone, and be sure to check back for more news on our new direction very soon.

- Glen