Interior design: Cheap as chips

5:00AM Saturday June 30, 2007By Cathrin Schaer
Chinese gold and silver joss paper. You don't need to spend lots of cash when it comes to decorating your home
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