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If you like a little bit of colour and a little bit of kitsch then you can stock up on homewares at your local $2 and $3 stores. Comb through the weird and wonderful stock to find the best pieces and soon you'll be installing quirky cartoon animals in your kitchen, making a feature wall with Asian papers, writing notes on beautiful origami prints or adding delicate porcelain to your dinner settings. And all for under $5.
Chinese gold and silver joss paper, $1.99 packet, used as artwork or to wallpaper a feature wall, from New Gum Sarn supermarket; Wooden hanging toy, $3, from $3Japan Shop; Small blue bowls, $3, from $3Japan Shop and blue rectangular plate; $3.90 from Japan Mart; Self-assemble brown paper CD holder, $4, from Japan Mart and small origami papers, $3.50 from Japanese Lifestyle; Orange bucket and orange juicer, $3 each, from $3Japan Shop.
Black striped shopper, $3, from $3Japan Shop. Colourful bamboo mat, $2.20, from New Gum Sarn; and orange peeler bird, $3, from $3Japan Shop.
Green oven glove, $3, from the $3Japan Shop; and yellow oven glove, $3.50, from Japanese Lifestyle. Black bowl with dots, $3.50, from Japanese Lifestyle.
Various printed origami papers, from $3 per packet to $3.60 per packet, different styles available at all of the stockists in this story; Chicken timer and white salt shaker bunny, $3 each; from $3Japan Shop.
Stockists
$3Japan Shop
(09) 309 9110
Japanese Lifestyle
(09) 638 8038
Japan Mart
(09) 377 2226
New Gum Sarn supermarket
(09) 302 2157
