The Designer Rooms

The Designer Rooms is a Scottish high–quality homeware store, specialising in designer and contemporary furnishings and home accessories which was established in 2010 in the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. The company opened their first showroom in Ayr, before opening further showrooms across Scotland in locations including Irvine, Kilmarnock, Wishaw and Glasgow.

Establishment and growth
The company was founded by the Campbell family – Caitlin, Siobhan, Ryan and Carly – as a family business, and opened their first showroom in the costal town of Ayr, the largest settlement in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland. Since opening in 2010, the company has opened a further six showrooms across Scotland, with the latest showroom to open being located at the Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow. In 2019, it was estimated that The Designer Rooms was on course to turn over a profit in excess of $10 million (USD).

In October 2020, the Royal Bank of Scotland invested $1.11 million (£850,000) in the business through a loan. The loan was secured by the business in order to assist the company through the implications on the retail sector as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland. By 2021, the business had a projected turnover of around £17 million.

In February 2024, The Designer Rooms announced it would be closing its showroom in Irvine, North Ayrshire in order to merge with their showroom in Kilmarnock ahead of its acquisition of a larger premises within the Kilmarnock town centre. The Kilmarnock superstore will be the largest showroom to be operated by the company, with the 36000 sq. ft store located on Fowlds Street in the town set to undergo renovation works and due to open in the summer period of 2024.

Products


Each showroom within the company showcases its own unique collections across its store, with the products sold by The Designer Rooms being sourced from internationally. A uniqueness of the business is that most of the stock sold by the company are unavailable from other furniture retailers across the United Kingdom.

The Bedrooms
In June 2024, General Manager of The Designer Rooms announced that the company was opening its first concept store, The Bedrooms, located within Braehead Retail Park.

Showrooms


As of 2019, The Designer Rooms had a total of six showrooms across Scotland:


 * Ayr, South Ayrshire
 * Irvine, North Ayrshire (closed March 2024)
 * Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
 * Glasgow, Glasgow City
 * Wishaw, North Lanarkshire (closes July 2024)
 * Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire

By 2024, The Designer Rooms had expanded the business to open showrooms in Uddingston and Prestwick.

Each individual showroom is designed and merchandised by a team of specialists from across the United Kingdom, with the company stating that each showroom must "maintain the high end and consistent Designer Room standard". All Designer Rooms showrooms follow a similar structure to the companies other showrooms.

As of July 2024, both the Irvine and Wishaw showrooms had closed, with the Irvine showroom being merged into the Kilmarnock showroom when it opens a new unit at Fowlds Street in Kilmarnock. By July 2024, the company had stores in the following locations:


 * Braehead, Renfrewshire
 * Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
 * Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
 * Prestwick, South Ayrshire
 * Glasgow, Glasgow City (within Silverburn Shopping Centre)
 * Uddingston, South Lanarkshire