Whether renovating your apartment or just on the look-out for interior inspiration, the city's best home decor stores should cater to your every whim and fancy.

CB2

The younger, hipper sibling of American home furnishing chain Crate & Barrel offers bold and edgy interior staples with a distinct industrial style; but what makes CB2 especially appealing are the apartment-friendly sizes and reasonable price tags.

Commune

This homegrown furniture store now has a large concept space in Orchard Road. This one has a range of Dualtone living and dining room furniture inspired by the 1950s with lots of muted grey and dark walnut wood. There's also a bespoke sofa range for Commune's first-ever collaboration with Abitex, which means fancy customized upholstery in your choice of fabrics. 

Danish Design Co

Those into the clean, Scandinavian aesthetic will find lots to love at this furniture store, which specializes in established and award-winning Danish labels like Fredericia, Eilersen and Gubi.

Foundry Store

Besides its own namesake designs, browse cult labels like Denmark’s &Tradition and Finland’s Secto Design, which have been curated for their heritage, durability and creative thought processes.

Fred Lives Here

According to imaginative owner Angie, who created tFred is a "delightful little chap" who sources high-quality reproductions of modern-classic interior design items and sells them (at their dedicated showroom within PACT). He (or she) also partners with cool creative types to create one-of-a-kind functional art for the home.

Galanga Living

Not one for mass produced goods? Then this is one place you’ll definitely want to check out. The roomy, industrial-style shop floor packs in a wide collection of furniture and home accessories that put a refreshing twist on Scandinavian design, with a touch of Asian influence.

Grafunkt

Bedroom and living room sets, with minimalist yet playful sensibilities, greet you at this multi-label furniture retailer and lifestyle brand, helmed by Jefery Kurniadidjaja and Nathan Yong (who won Singapore President's Design Awards for Designer of the Year in 2008).

Journey East

Bright colors on walls, floors, and artworks, as well as lightboxes lettered with fun phrases, add a lively and quirky atmosphere to this sparse and unpolished emporium that houses an eclectic, cheery collection of upcycled, refurbished furniture, as well as vintage and designer pieces to spruce up your home.

Moodbox

With a distressed-industrial look and refined, colorful touches, this store completely changes its theme and mood every six to eight weeks (hence its name). Expect a wide and carefully curated selection of homeware and personal accessories with a boho touch, like whitewashed rattan baskets and painted birdcages.

Retro Colony

This newish showroom carries simple, retro, Scandivian-inspired furnishings sourced from Sweden and Japan. Pieces are reproductions of original designs from the 1960s, ranging from walnut and vinyl leather armchairs ($637) to oak cupboards ($2,738) and oak bureaux ($1,824). It can be a little pricey, but the showroom offers great alternatives to generic pieces, especially if you like the Scandinavian look but can't do the mass-produced IKEA stuff.

Space Asia Hub

The mammoth, $50 million, 12,000 sq. m. luxury furniture store is a truly gorgeous space that houses designer wardrobe systems, lights and furniture from famous brands like Moooi, B&B Italia, Flexform and Louis Poulsen.

Xtra

The sprawling 2,000 sq. m. showroom, which covers three levels and houses Herman Miller's first store-in-store concept, overflows with a standout collection of designer furniture from the world's most prolific designers and cutting-edge brands like Karim Rashid, Tom Dixon and Miniforms.

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