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20 Best Home Decor Shops in Sydney [2024]

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Home Decor Sydney

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If you’re looking for some home decor inspiration, Sydney is the place to be! There are tons of amazing home decor Sydney shops, and we’ve put together a list of the 20 best ones. Whether you’re looking for furniture, accessories, or just some general home decoration ideas, these shops will have you covered. So without further ado, here are the 10 best home decor Sydney shops!

1) Chee Soon & Fitzgerald

Key ServiceSpecialise in Scandinavian and Australian modern design
Address173 Regent Street
Redfern
Sydney NSW 2016
Australia
Websitehttps://www.cheesoonfitzgerald.com/
Phone+61 2 8399 1305
Emailcontact@cheesoonfitzgerald.com
Operating HoursTuesday – Friday : 10am – 6pm
Saturday : 10am – 5pm
Sunday : 11am – 4pm
Monday : closed (or by appointment)

With designs from Georg Jenson, Artemide, and Marimekko as well as their own brand CSF, this Crown Street store is recognized for its modern decorative textiles, wallpaper, and lighting. They also provide a bespoke design service in store for a wide range of soft furnishings, including lamp shades, carpets, and cushions.

Key Differentiators:

  • Displaying the bold prints and vibrant colours of fabrics
  • Specialise in Scandinavian and Australian modern design
  • Sells Japanese grassweave wallpaper and Scandinavian studio glass

Customer’s Review:

Amazing fabrics and little treasures! The owners are so friendly and helpful and will have a good yarn with you. What a great source of beauty and quality!

Yonit Belnick

2) Great Dane

Key ServiceSpecialising in Danish Furniture
Address344 Oxford Street
Paddington NSW Australia 2021
Websitehttps://greatdanefurniture.com/
Phone+61 2 9326 0555
Emailpaddington@greatdanefurniture.com
Operating HoursMonday–Friday 10.00am–5.30pm
Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm

The Scandinavian design of the Great Dane is represented in Redfern with a blend of modern and traditional Scandinavian aesthetics, from furniture to accents and lighting. And Tradition, De Vorm, NUD Collection, and other creative designers are just a few of the many brands available to provide your home a Scandinavian feel. Slick, modern Scandinavian and Danish interiors, from hand-crafted wood furniture to oak and walnut work tables to lightweight metal, timber, and plexi storage.

Key Differentiators:

  • Eminent curator of designer furniture and lighting in Australia
  • Specialising in Danish Furniture
  • Unrivalled range of Scandinavian furnitur

Customer’s Review:

Love this considered design space! Couldn’t ask for more helpful staff.

Sophia Kondili

3) Clothfabric

Key ServiceMade by hand in Australia
AddressBlue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia, New South Wales
Websitehttps://clothfabric.com/
Phone+61 2 9360 2311
EmailJulie@clothfabric.com
Operating HoursMon to Fri 9 Am to 5 PM

Clothfabric features handmade pieces from local artisans who utilize sustainable materials. They start with a ‘surf’ tea cloth and ‘seaweed chalk’ cushions, as well as abstract wallpaper and floral bedding. ClothFabric is screen printed in 20-meter sections in regional NSW by hand using water-based commercial screen printing inks.

Key Differentiators:

  • Made by hand in Australia
  • Full range of designs and colourways
  • Has beautifully upholstered furniture, curtains, lampshades and stitching projects

4) Ici et La

Key ServiceSells vintage furniture
Address43 Bay St, Botany NSW 2019, Australia
Websitehttps://www.icietla.com.au/
Phone+61 481 533 284
Emailshop@icietla.com.au
Operating HoursMonday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday: Closed

Ici et La features striped textiles, deck chairs, French garden furniture and accessories, as well as other items from France. Each piece is hand-picked in France, so there’s always something new to choose from. Ici et la offers furniture and deckchairs for launches, events, advertising, and parties.

Key Differentiators:

  • Offer a making and upholstery servic
  • Sells vintage furniture
  • French-inspired furniture store

Customer’s Review:

We just bought these beautiful deckchairs of exceptional quality.

bin Li

5) Koskela

Key ServiceSpecialising in sustainable furniture
AddressSub Base Platypus
Building 10-08
118-120 High Street
North Sydney, NSW, 2060
Websitehttps://koskela.com.au/
Phone02 9280 0999
+61 2 9280 0999 (international)
Emailinfo@koskela.com.au
Operating HoursMonday to Saturday, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky, the proprietors of Koskela, have a goal in mind: to create ecologically friendly, long-lasting furniture that is also appealing. All of Koskela’s furniture is designed in their Rosebery warehouse store, which features wooden kitchen stools or a traditional timber base sofa constructed from salvaged timbers. They also have inspired wicker light frames, loom rugs, and a bright selection of recyclable polyethylene barstools for your patio or balcony.

Key Differentiators:

  • Design and manufacture all of their products in Australia
  • Specialising in sustainable furniture
  • Features wooden kitchen stools

Customer’s Review:

Excellent furniture & homewares store. I’ve ordered products multiple times and they are always delivered amazingly quickly even though I live interstate. I love their ethical and sustainable values as well as their modern furniture collection. Makes me feel confident that the products I buy are environmentally sound. Highly recommended.

Cecilia Wong

6) Living Edge

Key ServiceGives personalised service
AddressBuilding 7, 190 Bourke Road, Alexandria
Websitehttps://livingedge.com.au/
Phone1300 132 154
Emailinfo@livingedge.com.au
Operating HoursMon-Fri 9 am – 2 pm

Australian-based Edge offers a blend of classic and contemporary furniture, all made from superior materials. They take great pride in the most carefully chosen items, with a wide selection of pieces to choose from. The modern bathroom is often a focal point within the home and can act as a unifying idea for the space, with many architects and designers including Charles & Ray Eames, Mark Newson, Pierre Paulin among their list.

Key Differentiators:

  • Gives personalised service
  • Sells iconic and classic pieces
  • Offering a huge range of homed decor

Customer’s Review:

The quality of the customer service at Living Edge has been amazing. Todd Brain (from Melbourne) is very knowledgeable in 20th/21th century design and he has helped me a lot in choosing the right pieces for my interior space.

Ke Lin

7) In Bed Store

Key ServiceSells high-end linens, pillows, tea towels, and napkins
Address72b Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
Websitehttps://inbedstore.com/
Phone+61 2 9358 4245
Operating HoursDaily 10AM–5PM

In Bed’s main store is located a few blocks up from Jardan in Paddington, on Oxford Street. Walking into In Bed’s warm and comfortable cocoon is as relaxing and pleasant as stepping inside an In Bed tree house. In Bed is a leading online retailer of homewares, selling everything from duvets to dinner plates. In addition to high-end linens, pillows, tea towels, and napkins, the company offers a distinct eye for unusual and one-of-a-kind ceramics as well as cookingware and natural beauty items.

Key Differentiators:

  • Home-grown Australian brand
  • The company offers unique and one-of-a-kind items
  • Sells high-end linens, pillows, tea towels, and napkins

Customer’s Review:

Beautiful store with the most luxurious high quality fabrics! Love purchasing gifts from here!

Daisy Schuster

8) Seasonal Concepts

Key ServicePre-loved home decor
Address122 Redfern Street, Redfern
Websitehttps://seasonalconcepts.com.au/
Phone(02) 8399 2435
Emailmail@seasonalconcepts.com.au

Stumbling upon Seasonal Concepts in Redfern will feel like you’ve discovered an outdoor market. There’s a huge variety of interesting things, ranging from antiques and classics to a taxidermy peacock. Before someone else snatches them away, pick up genuinely one-of-a-kind, pre-owned goods.

Key Differentiators:

  • Pre-loved home decor
  • One-of-a-kind items
  • A range of antiques and classics

9) Vampt Vintage Design

Key ServiceVintage and retro home decor
Address488 Elizabeth St (3,506.47 mi)
Surry Hills, NSW, Australia, NSW 2010
Websitehttps://vamptvintagedesign.com/
Phone+61 2 9699 1089
Emailinfo@vamptvintagedesign.com
Operating HoursMON-SAT 10.30-5 | SUN 11-5

At their main shop in Surry Hills, you’ll find one-of-a-kind vintage and retro goods. You’ll discover items like a teak boomerang sofa table, ’60s futuristic chairs, an Art Deco drinks cabinet, and even Danish Tivoli pendant lights by the same Jorn Utzon who created Sydney Opera House.

Key Differentiators:

  • Vintage and retro home decor
  • One-of-a-kind items
  • Features furnitures in th 1960s

Customer’s Review:

What an awesome range of excellent mid-century modern pieces. Forget eBay, it’s all here. Reasonable prices too.

helen Bucknall

10) Workshopped

Key ServiceFeatures locally produced items
Address755 Botany Rd Rosebery, NSW, Australia 2018
Websitehttps://workshopped.com.au/
Phone+61 2 9146 4353
Emailinfo@workshopped.com.au
Operating HoursMon to Thur 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Workshopped, like an exhibition dedicated to up-and-coming Australian designers, has been promoting and selling locally produced homewares and home accessories for more than a decade. With some unusual, playful items like Takeshi Iue’s Japanese-style fruit bowl, which flaunts out like a flower and an item inspired by George Orwell’s 1984, in which your goldfish can have a little more privacy than the ordinary cylindrical glass bowl, inject some fun and exuberance into your home.

Key Differentiators:

  • Unusual and playful home decor
  • Features locally produced items
  • Injects fun and exuberance into your home

Customer’s Review:

I chose some lights from the website and ordered online – Raymond was very prompt to confirm the order and arrange quick delivery. The lights are lovely – great design, cleverly executed and exactly as represented on the website.

Melissa Lysaght

11) Opus 

Key ServiceFeatures beauty and skin goods
Address354 Oxford St Paddington
Websitehttps://opusdesign.com.au/
Phone(02) 9360 4803
Emailsales@opusdesign.com.au
Operating Hours9:30am – 5pm Mon
9:30am – 5pm Tue
9:30am – 5pm Wed
9:30am – 5pm Thur
9:30am – 5pm Fri
9:30am – 5pm Sat
11am – 5pm Sun

Opus, which is run by the Tourgelis family for decades, has been a mainstay of Paddington for more than 50 years. You’ll discover locally made items, beauty and skin goods, and foreign novel knick-knacks and doodads. The central feature is design, whatever it may be. Inner Westies may detect a resemblance between their lesser Newtown branch, Octopus.

Key Differentiators:

  • Locally made home decor
  • Features beauty and skin goods
  • More than 50 years of experience

Customer’s Review:

I really appreciate Kieran for helping me to secure my next role for me. He gives useful tips for helping me prepare the interview, and he also helped with followup for me quickly after the interview. Finally when I got the offer, he even helped me to get a better salary om the offer. Overall great experience to work with him, and definitely would recommend him for anyone.

Daniel Wu

12) Mud Australia

Key ServiceMinimalistic design with an artistic finish
Address7/3 Myahgah Mews
Mosman, NSW
Australia 2088
Websitehttps://mudaustralia.com/
Phone+61 2 8002 1762
Emailmosman@mudaustralia.com
Operating HoursMonday to Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 9am – 5pm
Sunday 10am-2pm

Mud is a leading Australian manufacturer of ceramic and porcelain homewares. When you’re ready for something more refined than mass-produced plates and bowls, this company founded in Sydney is the place to go. However, Mud can also help you with interior design features like light fixtures and vases. This brand is where minimalism meets an artistic finish. This company has stores in Marrickville, Double Bay, Mosman, and Surry Hills, as well as across the world.

Key Differentiators:

  • Manufacturer of ceramic and porcelain homewares
  • Minimalistic design with an artistic finish
  • Stores located across the world

Customer’s Review:

In love with this tiny store in Surry hills! Those pastel colour ceramics will bring all the boys to your yard! I really just want everything from them and will definitely go back! The staff was super helpful as well! Love a local business with great products are doing so well!

Olym Li

13) Pentimento

Key ServiceDesigner home decor and jewelry
Address249 King Street, Newtown
Websitehttps://www.pentimentonewtown.com/
EmailContact here
Operating HoursSunday – 11am to 5pm
Monday to Wednesday – 11am to 5.30pm
Thursday to Saturday 10am to 5.30pm

For stationery enthusiasts, the number one place to go in Newtown is chock-full of colorful, innovative options for design fans, including notebooks with cats in spacesuits and tiny pencil sets. The store also has a fantastic selection of wrapping paper, art prints, novels, and ceramics from Mud Australia.

Key Differentiators:

  • Innovative stationery design
  • Fantastic selection of wrapping paper and art prints
  • Gorgeous array of gifts

Customer’s Review:

Gorgeous array of gifts, especially the earrings and beautiful books. They stock homewares, books, jewellery and all sorts of items! Definitely on the pricier side, but for the most part, it’s worth it. The staff are reasonably friendly. It’s absolutely worth a visit if you find yourself in Newtown! It’s such a sweet store, with something for everyone. You’ll find some really special things here.

Alexandria EL

14) Dinosaur Designs

Key ServiceBespoke furniture options
AddressShop 77 Strand Arcade
412-414 George Street
Sydney 2000
Websitehttps://www.dinosaurdesigns.com.au/
Phone02 9223 2953
Emailsydneycbd@dinosaurdesigns.com.au
Operating HoursMon-Wed: 10am-5pm
Thurs: 10am-6pm
Fri-Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun: 11am-4pm

Dinosaur Designs is the blueprint for bright resin homewares and hefty jewelry that would make any high school art instructor blush. The designer pair began their company in Strawberry Hills, a suburb of Sydney. It has since grown into the name in resin design for this little Sydney brand that could, and it continues to establish itself as one of the world’s most innovative brands.

Key Differentiators:

  • Designer home decor and jewelry
  • Go-to place for great cards
  • Innovative designs

Customer’s Review:

Top level of Strand arcade. Pretty earrings and plates. Lots of modern designs and pieces.

Russell Hirschorn

15) Planet

Key ServiceFriendly and helpful staff
Address114 Commonwealth St., Surry Hills
NSW Australia
Websitehttps://planetfurniture.com.au/
Phone+612 9211 5959; +612 8072 8124
Emailenquiries@planetfurniture.com.au
Operating HoursTuesday – Saturday 10am – 5 pm

Mr. Longmuir is a furniture lover, and he believes in creating long-lasting furniture. When you set down your cup on one of his coffee tables, you can be sure it’s made of high-quality Australian hardwoods like spotted gum, which is cultivated in South Queensland. Customers who don’t like the nutty brown bookshelves, angled beds, and drawer units can talk to Longmuir about bespoke ideas.

Key Differentiators:

  • Furniture made of high-quality Australian hardwoods
  • Bespoke furniture options
  • Friendly and helpful staff

Customer’s Review:

For furniture that is brilliantly designed and made, I highly recommend Planet Furniture. I have bought dining chairs, a bed, a side table and sofas from Planet Furniture and am super happy with all of it. All the furniture is beautifully made with the highest grade timber and attention to detail. The latex bed is the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on. Furthermore, the customer service is exceptional. A high-grade experience on all levels.

Limor Babai

16) The DEA Store

Key ServiceAustralian and Japanese ceramics
Address674 Bourke St REDFERN NSW 2016 | AUSTRALIA
Websitehttps://thedeastore.com/
Phone+61 2 9698 8150
Emailkarin@thedeastore.com
Operating HoursMon 10:00 – 18:00
Tue – Friday 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday 11:00 – 17:00
Sunday Closed

If you’re looking for unusual modern gifts and homewares, head to this modest contemporary store and you’ll be rewarded with cheap home goods and eye-catching presents. Australian and Japanese ceramics, as well as handmade and artisanal homewares, are sold in this salon-style store. Karin Huchatz called her store DEA, which means “delighting the delicate eye region,” and she certainly knows how to find things that bring joy.

Key Differentiators:

  • Unusual modern gifts and home decor
  • Australian and Japanese ceramics
  • Handmade and artisanal homeware

Customer’s Review:

Whenever I travel, I make it an effort to go out of my way to look for unique shops with gifts and souvenirs (the type you’ll never find at the airport) to bring back home, and I am so glad I made it out to this cute little store. They have a wonderful selection of Japanese ceramics and other unique finds. I didn’t find the prices to be too expensive considering the quality of their selections. The staff here are super friendly as well!

Deuk Lee

17) Top 3 by Design

Key ServiceExcellent customer service
Address168 Willoughby Road Crows Nest, NSW, Australia 2065
Websitehttps://top3.com.au/
Phone+61 1300 867 333
Emailmail@top3.com.au
Operating HoursMonday:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday:
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday:
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Terri Winter and her husband Bernd started this store in 2001 in Melbourne before branching out to Crows Nest with an excellent online shop. Just as the name suggests, the store stocks up to only three items in any one category, assuring you of the utmost in design quality and ingenuity.

Key Differentiators:

  • Excellent customer service
  • Stocks only three items in any one category
  • Design quality and ingenuity

Customer’s Review:

I made a choice for a funky alarm clock which arrived promptly after my order. Unfortunately, not by fault of Top3, the clock was faulty. They responded swiftly on my feedback, sent me a reply-paid form and the new one is already on its way!

Eugene de Moel

18) The Society Inc

Key ServiceRustic designs
Address3.02/75 Mary Street St Peters NSW 2044
Websitehttps://thesocietyinc.com.au/
Phone0429 589 982
Operating HoursMonday-Friday 10am-4pm or by appointment

Sibella Court, the store’s owner and author of some amusing books on collecting, travel, and style, also sources items for or creates new pieces of furniture and homewares for sale. You may browse her online shop for more! Examine the goods for sale in the store’s shelves and displays. Look for items with a curious, pirate-y, rustic feel to them.

Key Differentiators:

  • Sells furniture and home decor
  • 27 years in the industry
  • Rustic designs

Customer’s Review:

Absolutely gorgeous shop!!! They have the most inspiring items and I bought all my wardrobe knobs from them. Alyce went over and beyond to make sure my vision with the door knobs are perfect. I am so grateful to find you guys!! Xx thank you!!!

Amelia Soegijon

19) Jardan

Key ServiceModern design
Address42 Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
Websitehttps://www.jardan.com.au/pages/sydney-store
Phone+61 2 9663 4500
Operating HoursMonday to Friday 9am until 5:30pm
Saturday 10am until 5pm
Sunday 10am until 5pm

Jardan feels more like a luxury vacation than going shopping. Jardan is housed inside the same iconic art deco building that once held Ariel Bookshop, and it is a pastel-colored wonderland of modern design and aesthetic. You know you’ve arrived somewhere unique as soon as you open the beautifully ornate front door and ascend the pink illuminated staircase.

Key Differentiators:

  • Luxurious vacation-like atmosphere
  • Modern design
  • Ornate front door and pink illuminated staircase

Customer’s Review:

Beautiful home store. They were nice enough to give us a couple of magazines showcasing their products to take home as well. We picked up a couple of their linen pillowcases which we’re very happy with!

Ross Carrothers

20) HAY Shop

Key ServiceAffordable Scandinavian style
Address255 Crown Street
Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
Websitehttps://hayshop.com.au/
Phone(02) 9538 0855
Emailinfo@hayshop.com.au
Operating HoursMonday – Friday | 10am – 6pm
Saturday – Sunday | 10am to 5pm
Public Holidays | Closed

HAY, a Danish design company founded in Denmark in 2002, has established itself as a market leader with affordable Scandinavian style. Ask anybody who’s spent more than a week in Sydney about HAY Shop on Crown St., and you’ll be sure to hear positive things. When you go to the home of a person who lives in Sydney, there’s a good chance you’re sitting on HAY furniture. The popular homewares brand has a basic, clean, and brightly colored look that goes from furnishings to textiles, even super cool stationery and dreamy glassware.

Key Differentiators:

  • Affordable Scandinavian style
  • Sells home furnishings, textiles, stationery, and glassware
  • Basic, clean, and brightly colored look

Customer’s Review:

I purchased all my Hay furniture and accessories from Hay and they were great all arrived when promised. Great to deal with, it was a lovely experience from start to finish.

Maria Spano

Home Decor Sydney

There are many home decor Sydney shops, but the 20 we have listed are some of the best. These stores offer a variety of home decor items that will suit any style. They also have unique designs that you won’t find anywhere else. So if you’re looking for something special, be sure to check out these stores!

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