The most popular homeware store in Hong Kong gotta be the Swedish conglomerate Ikea. Their store located in Causeway Bay on the weekends is always heaving with shoppers and lovey-dovey young couples fantasizing having their own space*.
If you aren’t keen with disposable home furniture and can afford a bit more, I’d recommend the local lifestyle brand G.O.D (Goods of Desire). Founded by two young architects, G.O.D offers modern and funky ‘East meets West’ style furniture and cheeky knickknacks with a local influence. Their signature ‘Delay No More’ range of clothing, boxer shorts and stationery will bring a smile to any Cantonese speakers as it derived from the phonetic translation of the Cantonese foul language ‘Fxxk Your Mother’ – not exactly sophisticated but I like their twist of humour. Another great creation is adapting the classic ‘red / white / blue’ nylon bags, which we normally use when moving flat, into shoulder bags. G.O.D is a very fun brand transforming things about Hong Kong which are significant but been long forgotten by us. Visit their shop & street culture museum in the Jockey Club Creative Art Centre.
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| [ Jockey Club Creative Art Centre ] |
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| [ G.O.D Street Cultural Museum ] |
The best places to shop for quirky home décor items and modern designer furniture are Homeless and Aluminium.
If you are into Chinese wooden furniture, you can either go to the multi-storey Horizon Plaza or try the small furniture shops in Sai Kung town centre where you could possibly get a better deal.
NOTE: The ability to climb up the property ladder is the current hot topic in Hong Kong. Property prices in Hong Kong have reached rocket high surpassing 1997 levels, whilst our government has imposed new policies in Q4 2010 targeting at investors, not much has been done to help calming down the smaller units market. The rental market has also continued to go up, hence young people worried that they will never be able to buy their first property.
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