BoConcept – Glasgow

Ah, The Bo Concept. I’ve always gazed in those hallowed windows wishing for the day to come where I could spent 50 quid on a trendy cushion.
Went in for the first time today because after reading those last wonderful reviews, I was overcome with morbid curiosity! Poe-​faced Concept doesn’t fail to disappoint on the arrogance front — although I wasn’t given the cold, hard stare I expected from staff, I was largely ignored by them, which suited me fine since I could act like a fly on the wall and be left in peace. I obviously look poor — that’s fine guys, it’s entirely true! But you can’t condemn a girl for dreaming!
Since I’ve been subtly branded a poor working class girl, my cankered fingers had to surrepticiously reach for the price tag… I had to stop my jaw from dropping when I saw it was 150 quid for an EX DISPLAY lamp. Yes, that’s right — Ex Display. Bugger off. Even if there ever comes a day when i have money to burn frivolously on items such as these, I doubt I would ever bother. Sure, they looked pretty but seriously, get real.
If you were loaded, some trendy items in here may appeal — some of the stock is undeniably beautiful. Unfortunately, this place lacks the innovation and laid back vibe of Habitat, nor does it possess the charm and imaginative quirk of its West End rivals. It announces new arrivals in the window like we should roll out the red carpet for their overpriced (but, got to admit, nice) sofas — there’s just something a bit off about this place.
By all means go for a browse as they have some lovely stock but interior design competition has sprung up all over the place. So although Bo Concept may have been top dog a few years back, it’s going to have to change its stand offish aura before it can attract a wider audience. And as Eleanor said, the richest people are quite often the least likely to flaunt it, so never judge a book by its deceptively dog-​eared cover. You’ll lose business if you do.

There used to be a branch of Bo Concept in Princes Square but it closed a few years ago — I can only guess that this was due to the fact that their quirky overpriced furniture just wasn’t bringing in the goods.
This branch is usually rather empty and, like Katie, when I took a trip here I found it very unwelcoming indeed. To be fair, I had absolutely no intentions of buying anything as I don’t even have my own home yet but it’s always nice to go somewhere for some inspiration. However, it was quite obvious that if you don’t look like you’re going to buy anything the staff simply aren’t interested. More fool them as this attitude gets you nowhere! After many years of part time work in high end retail shops I’ve often realised that people who don’t look like they’re going to buy anything usually are the ones that don’t flaunt their cash and could probably buy and sell you one hundred times over.
The furniture is quirky in here, and they do have individual pieces but if you have style you don’t need to fork out so much money for an abstract plughole, and instead make you own trademark on your home with simple accessories.
If you are a trendy young professional who aims to impress with money then I guess you will lap this up.

Sorry Bo-​Concept — but I really was not impressed.
Yes, you have a lot of attractive furniture. Yes, some of your smaller homeware pieces aren’t too overpriced (especially in the sale). But that’s where my positives stop.
First up, for a so-​called upmarket furniture store, I thought this place was actually really grubby. A bit of floor mopping wouldn’t have gone amiss, and you’d have been wise to have removed the used coffee cups from your £400 dining tables.
Secondly, your staff were not welcoming. We were given some really dirty looks by a certain member of your staff, and that was even before I’d (quite loudly) complained about the aforementioned coffee cups.
And thirdly — a piece of your pretentious £350 «artwork» (you know the type, where someone has typed out a lot of cliched so-​called life advice on a canvas in different fonts) had a pretty serious spelling mistake in it. And don’t try telling me that was intentional.
Next time I want to spend a large chunk of my hard earned cash on some furniture — I won’t be doing it here.

Nice shop and layout well presented, and I enjoy browsing though the store, and trying them out like testing the chair, and testing the furnishing and their functions and what purposes they do, etc.
But I dont really like to even look at their price tags as they are too overpriced!!! Why is that? While I can get cheaper comparison to them!
It is a shame they are ripping our pockets off, but I dont actually buy anything in this store, just looks around thats basically about it!
But I do enjoy looking around for the design ideas, and to create something similar to my living room, using cheaper versions while they last.

A nicely presented store, just a shame everything is overpriced! A fun place to visit, just don’t look at the price tags