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Homeware shopping in Victoria

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    RG Madden

    Affordable style is RG's ethos. Eschewing already-established names, RG sources new design products from around the world. Whatever your designer want, it's likely you'll find a solution here. Kids' designer furniture, beautiful bins and cotton clothes - RG Madden's sharp range of home wares, furniture, jewellery, bags, stationery and electronic gadgetry will bamboozle even the most seasoned browser.

    reviewed

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    Manon

    French homewares specialist Manon features pieces with a provincial earthiness and a contemporary twist. You’ll find lots of products you’ve not seen anywhere else before, as well as stylish staples such as Diptyque candles. The store is a little bit of a hike from the action, but all the more special in its wide corner Victorian shopfront. Also in Hawksburn and Armadale.

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    Stock Liquidator

    Come to this discount barn – usually known by its snappy acronym TSL (for ‘The’ Stock Liquidator) – to stock up on basics. You’ll find a huge range of Australia’s cherished cotton-knit label Bonds, including, of course, the iconic Chesty singlet, in sizes 000 to XXL, plus new-fangled basics like yoga pants and bandeau bikinis.

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    Hercynia Silva

    Artist and carpenter Michael Conole and partner Viveka de Costa’s exquisite shop is a little remote, but worth the time if you’re after a unique and beautiful object. There’s a mix of antique and custom-made wooden pieces ranging from the functional to the exquisitely decorative. Mike is often at work in the sunshine out the front of the shop.

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    Husk

    Long-time love of the local bobo (bourgeois bohemian) tribe. The clothes on the hangers here are as eclectic and earthy as the surrounds and take in the best Australian and New Zealand designers. There’s a selection of own-brand teas and homewares, as well as a peaceful café serving healthy dishes and morish, slightly Moorish cakes.

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    Empire Vintage

    Lyn Gardener’s style is evident in every last piece of stock in this bounteous space. Vintage dresses, aprons, bedspreads, fabrics and jewellery share the shelves with some wonderfully strange industrial paraphernalia. All pieces are sourced from far and wide or lovingly handcrafted from beautiful materials.

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    Tongue & Groove

    The store has an interesting mix of classic midcentury furniture, much of it Australian, as well as contemporary Scandinavian homewares from Flensted mobiles to Höganäs ceramic tea sets. The owners know their stuff and are hands-on – the smell of woodworking permeates from the workshop beyond.

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    Izzi & Popo

    This charming superstuffed antiques store sources much of its stock from Belgium. You could possibly ship an antique zinc bath home, but if you’re looking for something more suitcase sized there’s plenty of kooky gems from asparagus dishes to lithographs.

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    Max Watts Industria

    Maps of the world, industrial furniture, wooden letterpress forms, doctor’s cabinets, scientific equipment, vintage kid’s wear and secondhand designer clothes: it’s all here. This is a favourite locals haunt and a great Ikea antidote.

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    Bitch is Back

    Great stock of retro furniture from the fun to the obsessively collectible. Among the flokati rugs and Danish sofas there’s plenty of pieces of bright Italian pottery that won’t make too much of a dint in your luggage space.

    reviewed

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    Angelucci 20th Century

    Specialising in furniture from the ’50s and ’60s, Dean Angelucci’s store is well known for its treasures. There are smaller pieces such as lighting and ceramics as well as the best-of-the-bunch sofas and sideboards.

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    Nest

    This light, bright homewares store stocks Spacecraft screen-printed textiles as well as Aesop skincare. It does its own range of cotton knit ‘comfort wear’ that’s way too nice to hide at home in.

    reviewed

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    Bison

    David Tunks creates beautifully tonal and tactile stoneware, which begs everyday use. The shop stocks the full range, including his signature milk bottles, plus some textiles and wooden kitchen and table implements.

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    Vixen

    Georgina Chapman’s hand-printed silks, velvets and knits are beloved by Melbourne women for their grown-up glamour and sensuous, figure-enhancing cuts. Her cushions are as covetable as her sarongs.

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    Made in Japan

    This small shopfront of a national Japanese homewares importer has a few pieces of furniture but specialises in smaller pieces. Kokeshi dolls, kitchenware and vintage kimonos make perfect gifts.

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    Manon Bis

    Homewares that come with loads of French flair. The range takes in both traditional and contemporary tastes. It also stocks cult canvas plimsoles by Bensimon.

    reviewed

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    In the Woods

    A bright blond-wood interior houses homewares and other witty or well-designed objects from around the world.

    reviewed