It's fair to say I am a pretty methodical shopper. I rarely buy on a whim. Instead, fairly early on each season I compile a wishlist and then, aside from the odd essential and usually well-considered purchase, I sit patiently and wait for the sales to arrive.

And when they do, the first thing I do is check out all the 'investment purchases' that have long been on my wish list that I wouldn't normally be able to afford - this season it's a Georg Nelson pendant light from Skandium, still not exactly cheap but enticingly reduced from £350 to £297.50. Some new bed linen with an indulgently high thread count is also up there on my list.

Many of the major homeware retailers have already launched their sales so yesterday I took a look around to see what I could find. Here's my pick of 20 of the best deals I came up with - all are heavily discounted, many by 50% or more.

The Saatchi Gallery's new exhibition Paper opens next week. Featuring 44 international artists the show aims to challenge our ideas and expectations about paper across a range of media. It includes work by Rachel Adams (above) who drapes remnants of furniture in delicate, crinkled paper to create large sculptures reminiscent of the human form when reclining or seated.