A novel idea from a Galway entrepreneur provides couch potatoes with the ultimate convenience ? the ability to buy a new couch from? their couch!

For people who are tired of spending their weekends trawling around furniture shops, furniture.ie provides the perfect solution.

The brainchild of IIA Internet Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, Richard Moyles, furniture.ie stocks over 2,000 products from 15 different retailers nationwide.

The website is an online furniture and homeware shopping centre with merchants such as Habitat, Instore, Irish Trading Company, Strawbridge and the children's furniture company, Treehouse, naming a few who are trading on the site.

Richard Moyles established the site in 2002 out of his conviction that, until then, finding home products required too much time and energy.

"Our vision for the future is to continue providing our visitors with an easy to use, consumer focused online resource to source products, services and inspiration for their homes," said Mr Moyles.

"We will continue to innovate, improve and listen in order to enable our visitors to create homes and living spaces that they will love".

Today, the website has over 13,670 members and gets approximately 75,000 unique visitors each month.

If the item you are looking for is not on the site, furniture.ie will go that step further to ensure that customers find their dream product. The site provides an e-Quest service, which will allow visitors to request the item they desire.

Upon receipt, the team at furniture.ie will send requests to suitable retailers in their Retailer Network and within days customers will receive quotes directly to their inbox.

Not only does furniture.ie find products, it also nourishes creativity and allows customers to 'Get Inspired' - a section of the website, dedicated to providing images, decorating ideas, and plans along with advice offered by an expert team of interior designers. Also, after purchasing the perfect bathroom suite or new kitchen, furniture.ie provides a solution to getting new sinks fitted or furniture removed by providing a directory of service providers.

A new addition is the furniture.ie community. This community allows members to share ideas, sell or giveaway unwanted products or discuss anything to do with your home. Seeking a cheap suite of furniture for your student flat or looking for that ideal corner unit, the furniture.ie community and team will endeavour to find your perfect items.

Log onto www.furniture.ie to see for yourself.

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