The Modern Furniture Store (CLOSED)

Scandinavian designed furniture is the name of the game here at the Modern Furniture Store. The light-filled corner store is often busy with first-time homeowners looking to get that clean-lined, functional-but-fun look in their apartments. The store has partnered with Finnish brand Marimekko, so there are affordable and colourful items in store like cushion covers, tea towels and oven mits, all under $50. For those looking to make a fast impression, there are Bristol desk lamps and Darcy table lamps for around $100, and big-ticket items include beech wood three-seater sofas, minimalist writers’ desks and ottomans. The owners know that furniture isn’t something you purchase every day, so they welcome bums on leather armchairs and fingers running over elm wood coffee tables, and when you have the funds they’ll deliver to most locations in Australia.