I want an elephant lamp and a cat lamp, I don't know quite how to describe them specifically, but…read morethey are funky, cool, modern and stylish; so you will have to go to blueprint designs and see them for yourself. Blueprint is one of the most interesting shops in Potts Point, they have super cool array of home wares with a chic, funky, ultra modern sense of style. It would be difficult to find many of their products elsewhere. They have futuristic toasters, alienesque salt and pepper shakers, mind bending umbrellas (I particularly like the checked colour spectrum design). The shop is a good, large size space, it has kind of a jumbled feel, but I think that is more a result of the variance of style and level of stock, rather than actual jumble as it is well organised. Also if you call in at the moment they have some Andy Warhol books on sale! If you like me like unique stuff, this is a shop for you. Now if anyone wants to buy me that elephant lamp.....

The colours are a retail delight. The modern gift and homewares store on Macleay Street has a…read morewonderful variety of things to create and design your home. Modern drying racks, Umbra trash cans, and Reisenthel bags are some of the items that can be found and there are a couple of things that would be hard to find anywhere else in Sydney. The shop is well designed and I always like to peek in and see what new products they have to sell. I've found a couple of good gifts here (a travel wallet, jewelry holder and a photo album). They also have Jonathan Adler products, which I like (I try to see his shop in L.A. - Melrose and Crescent Heights - when I visit. If you're in need of some good and colourful modern interior design ideas and need a product to inspire you, Blueprint in Potts Point is a good place to start.

Firstly, let me point out that this store caters almost exclusively to middle-aged women…read more Secondly, let me draw your attention to the fact that I am not a middle-aged woman. Nevertheless, every few weeks I throw on a kaftan and a string of pearls and wander around Avenue Joffre because some of the stuff they've got in there is just so damn rad. I dig old, quirky, imported, *different* homewares and this place has a constant rotation of them. Like the old, paint-faded Indian doors for a cool two hunj (check out one of the photos). I don't know who their suppliers are - they could source from a Persian leper and I wouldn't much care - just as long as they keep slinging the quality that they have until now.

A bit of boho brought to Castlecrag! I love this place. The window displays are tantalizing with…read moretheir chaos of colour - always inspiring enough to draw me inside. This place has a bit of everything - lamps to bags, jewelry to cabinets but every piece has a bohemian inspired flair to it. I had my eyes on a beautiful set of bedside lamps - the bases so delicately painted with tiny flowers, the shades green - each $135. Sadly I went back today and they'd sold. Even still there is lots more in to compensate my loss but that's a lesson learned the hard way - if you see something here, don't hesitate!

Wonderful decoration and furniture store, really beautyful and ellegance high standard fashion.read more

Very cool design and gift store. Go here if you're looking for a quirky original gift and don't…read morehave much of a budget. The store itself I could spend hours going from one thing to the other imagining who to buy what for, where to put it or what to do with it. Things like: Guitar shaped fly swatters ($15.95) Bright red Dodo rocking bird ($425) Dingy Regatta mobile for baby ($72) Wild and Woolf Daisy flower design tool kit ($65) Colourful parrot shaped pegs ($38) I think the stuff I listed above says it all really. Worth a visit just for the fun of it.

I was so excited to find this shop. The Top 3 website is just packed with things that I am sure I…read moreneed, but I must be an old-fashioned tactile person, because I would much rather see and feel the real thing than buy from a picture. And of course, I do really NEED a guitar-shaped flyswat, a couple of bold coloured hanging pot plants that hook onto one another in a chain and a spiky red sake bomb. You think you don't? You obviously haven't been to Top 3 yet - the store or the website. Lots of the jewellery is irresistible too - costume stuff but very cool.

Me and my best friend were at the Muji store in Sydney. We were very excited to go and had heard…read moregreat things about it. When we got the there was certain products on display that Muji themselves were speaking of very highly, for example, there was a wrinkless glue that was spoken of and was supposed to do everything a regular glue stick would do without the wrinkles. We were both very intrigued about it as we had both had unfortunate experiences with wrinkles. So we decided to buy the gluestick. We walked out of the store very satisfied and eager to try it out. As soon as we got back to the hotel my friend and I tried it out by glueing two flat pieces of paper together. Once it had dried we checked to see if it had wrinkled and to our dismay there was two very large wrinkles on the paper. Awestruck, we decided to take action and bring justice to this gluestick and wrote this review so other people don't have to suffer the disappoint we did. Atrocious it was, atrocious. Your welcome.

I like the store as well as the amount of things, i got a pillow from muji and it was very soft but…read morethe music was just silent night being repeated over and over again and it didn't really fit the store

Alfresco Emporium is a speciality retailer of lifestyle and dining products supplying well known…read moreand highly respected homeware brands including glasshouse candles, Bormoli and Ecology. They also have an amazing range of fresh flowers for sale that are handpicked by an experienced florist. And to the back of the store is a pleasant 'hamptonesque' type of cafe with Brassiere bread, sandwiches, sweets and great coffee though the service is painfully slow in all the times I visit. Today I am on a hunt for vintage milk bottles to use as flowers around my home and success I have them. I decide once getting them I may as well start the Christmas shopping and I'm starting with the Ecology cheeseboard with drawers. Beautiful store with beautiful objects.

We went for high tea last Tuesday. Having been in the cafe…read moreindustry for 11 years I had some reasonable expectations. Unfortunately it was not what we were expecting after having high tea at Newport. Service was slow and reluctant, we had to ask for tea and then ask for milk...after having to ask for the cakes to be served. I thought for 4 people spending $140.00 we could reasonably expect better service and attention. The food was lacking, when it became clear there was arancini (from lunch menu for $9.90) cut into 4 and served warm. Then the frittata (again from the lunch menu) cut into 4 and served warm. After having to book for high tea I would have expected something a little different to the usual fare being served. We would not go again.

I found this to be a great little store with lots of forgotten, unique and fascinating pieces…read more The store is not huge so u won't get lost but sizable enough to find hidden gems and collectables. Enjoyed talking with the lady who runs it who made me happy with a good deal.

Found this antique home goods place in the Monocle travel guide for Sydney. I have high…read moreexpectations on furniture / decoration places and I didn't get disappointed here. Ici et la has beautiful old decoration objects from all over the world. From magical local shells to wooden and metal tables, chairs or lamp to handmade bags. Infact they have a seamstress in the store that creates blankets etc. with your initials. If I would live in Sydney, my interior design would be well influenced by this store.