homewares and furniture
HOT: Melbourne Design Market, Federation Square carpark, Melbourne
I adore markets, whereas RM isn’t so much of a fan of the hustle and bustle (unless it’s a book market, but there’s not normally a noisy scrum of people at those). However, I did manage to drag him to one of my favourite Melbourne events – the biannual Melbourne Design Market at Federation Square [...]
HOT: Dogs Breakfast Trading Company, 245-247 Johnston St, Fitzroy 3065
I’m not sure why you’d call your stores such an unappealing name as Dogs Breakfast, but its name belies an appealing store if you’re into homewares and replica furniture. Unsurprisingly, I was browsing thoroughly aisle by aisle, picking up fabulous things like plastic microwave containers and sheet sets. RM flitted around uninspired until he spotted [...]
HOT: Lost and Found Market, 12 Smith St, Collingwood
RM has been very patient with my new found penchant for retro lamps, so off I dragged him to Lost and Found Market. This indoor market is smaller than Chapel Street Bazaar but runs on the same idea – stall holders have a small space to display their secondhand wares, ranging from clothes, accessories, furniture, [...]
HOT: Chapel Street Bazaar, 217 Chapel St, Prahran
Poking around a market is the perfect Sunday activity for me, and luckily RM was happy to indulge in my new-found passion for retro furniture. Chapel Street Bazaar, a treasure trove of unusual vintage everything, yielded not one, but two wonderfully restored and reasonably priced 60s lamps – a blue one for him, a red [...]
HOT: IKEA, Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Cnr Victoria St and Burnley St, Richmond, 3121
So it’s Easter long weekend, what are your plans? Facebook tells me that ‘Jane is going to Paris’, ‘Michael is heading to Munchen’, ‘Ev is eating mochi in Japan’ ‘Caroline is getting ready for Stockholm’ and ‘Isabelle is in the Alps’. And Jetsetting Joyce? She is going to IKEA. I’ve officially checked out of Life. [...]
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