Welcome to At Home Furnishings, the North East's premier home furnishings store. We supply an extensive range of beautiful and stylish furniture and home accessories for the home, from sofas, dining, wardrobes, beds, rugs, pictures, cushions and lighting.

You can view part of our range online, but not everything is on our website. So why not visit us in-store at our stunning showroom for friendly professional advice (you won't get the hard sell here, just honest information to help you choose your perfect sofa, dining table or home adornment. Located on Portrack Lane, Stockton, we have two floors filled with beautiful, unique & quirky home furnishings. Not all items are always on display so it's always best to ring or message us to make sure we have what you are looking for before you make a special journey.

Our family-run company has been proudly serving the North East for over 140 years.

Our 140 year History...

At Home Furnishings is owned by Marcus & Ann Dicken, part of the Dicken family...

In 1878, Mr Harry T. Rodgers opened a small ironmongery business in Stockton, and in 1925 Alice Dicken, Great Grandmother to Marcus Dicken, the current Managing Director, took over the business. She opened a second shop, managed by her son Harry.

In 1960 Albert Dicken, the father of Marcus, entered the company, joining his brothers Robert and Terrence. They moved onto a 1 acre site in Portrack Lane, Stockton, which is now the site of the present Portrack Lighting Centre and At Home Furnishings store. They also purchased a 9 acre farm opposite and began to develop buildings which eventually formed the popular Dickens DIY Hypermarket, which attracted thousands of customers from all around the area, as this was the forerunner of today's large DIY stores.

In 1970, Dickens began aggressive TV advertising and, in 1976, ran the first 2 minute TV commercial (with a guest appearance from Marcus Dicken at 6 years old), still a rare event today.  View this advert by clicking here.

In 1978, the company was bought by the Montague L. Meyer Group and Albert Dicken remained as Chairman. 1980 saw the Shiremoor store opened by Noel Edmonds. Being the TV idol hosting Swap Shop, he attracted thousands of people, causing major traffic jams on all the approach roads. In 1982 Montague L. Meyer merged with International Timber and Albert Dicken purchased the company back in October 1983. The following year, the Washington, Tyne & Wear store was opened, the largest DIY superstore in Europe. Other promotions included a visit from Miss World, chartering Concorde and the Orient Express, and of course, twice being the shirt sponsor of Middlesbrough Football Club.

In 1988, Marcus Dicken joined the company and in 1991, Ann joined. Four years later they were married. 1993 saw another link with Noel Edmonds, but this time it was his sidekick Mr Blobby from Noel's House Party. Famous for their Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad January Sales, Dickens booked the mad Mr Blobby to open the sale. Mr Blobby incredibly had the Christmas number one, and again thousands flocked to see this unlikely pop idol.
Two more large Hypermarkets were opened in Darlington and Newcastle before, in 1999, B&Q made an offer the Dicken family could not refuse and bought the company in April 1999.

So, in 2000, Marcus and Ann started At Home Furnishings and opened their first store in Cannon Park, Middlesbrough before moving back to Portrack Lane, Stockton in 2007.

In December 2008 Marcus & Ann opened The Funky Rug Shop, Teesside's only dedicated specialist rug shop, in a unit next to their furniture shop.

In January 2010 At Home Furnishings re-entered the lighting market by opening the region's largest lighting store in the same retail park on Portrack Lane. Two floors of exceptional lights covering all styles and budgets. Lighting had always been a successful department for Dickens and an area close to Ann & Marcus.

October 2015 saw the opening of "Snug" a new bed & bedroom furniture department. To take the confusion out of buying a bed, after a year of research, they hand-picked a range of mattresses and bases from a select array of quality British suppliers to produce a concise range of comfort levels to suit almost everyone.

At Home Furnishings has been trading online since 2005. Our experienced team are happy to discuss your requirements either in-store, over the phone, or on social media.

In 2018 New Year honours list Albert Dicken was given an MBE from Her Majesty the Queen for services to Charity.