Best Homewares in Hobart: The Stores for Fancy Finds

There’s something so delightful about stumbling across a chic homewares store in your travels — and bonus points of course if it stocks local and unique products. It’s the perfect place to pick up sumptuous hand cream, a special candle, luxe linen or new serving ware, to remind you of where you’ve been.

Whether you love bright and girly things or you lean towards elevated utilitarian vibes, Hobart’s homewares stores are eclectic and varied enough that all tastes will be satisfied.

With some of these stores hidden in alleys or in outer suburbs, you’ve just got to know where to look. We’ve rounded up our top picks of the best homewares in Hobart so you can spend less time research and more time browsing.

Alma Supply Store

One of our favourite homeware stores in Hobart, the popular Alma Supply Store in the CBD is brimming with interesting, utilitarian home goods and clothing. If you’re after girly millennial pink homewares, this isn’t the place for you. What you’ll find instead are Japanese tools and ceramics, Rhizome unisex perfumes, Ann Studio candles, Mungo textiles, Tasmania’s Other Furniture, and plenty more eclectic bits and pieces.

127 Macquarie Street, Hobart

Homeroom Design

Tucked down a laneway off Murray Street in the CBD, Homeroom Design is a tiny hidden gem stocked full of clothes on one side (with labels like Alemaïs, SIR and Outland denim on the racks) and homewares on the other. You’ll find Sage and Clare bathmats, In the Roundhouse dinnerware, Baggu pouches and towels, Leif soap and hand cream and lots of other goodies. It’s the perfect place to buy a present, but you’ll likely leave with something for yourself, too.

6 Bidencopes Lane, Hobart

Miss Arthur

We challenge you not to spend a full hour wandering around Miss Arthur thinking about what your dream house might look like. With sections for every part of your home, from the kitchen to the bathroom and even the fireplace and garden, Miss Arthur celebrates the very best in craftsmanship. Located in New Norfolk, about 40 minutes’ drive from Hobart, this homewares store is so good it’s worth the trip. While you’re there, visit sister stores Flywheel (full of beautiful stationery) and the Drill Hall Emporium (an antiques store right next door to Miss Arthur) and make a day of it.

15 Stephen Street, New Norfolk

Verde Store

Located on a hill up in West Hobart, Verde Store is a haven of French-inspired, well-crafted goods for your garden and home. Owner and garden designer Karen Wagner has curated the space with her keen eye, and there’s always a treasure to be found here. Filled with plants, pots, candles, beautiful wicker furniture, vases, glassware and indulgent hand creams and soaps, Verde is the perfect homewares store to visit if you want to treat yourself or someone else. 

112 Landsdowne Crescent, West Hobart

LUC Design

Established by Lucy Given, LUC is the culmination of a career spent in commercial and residential interior design. Lucy’s eye is unparalleled, which has led to LUC securing all kinds of awards in the lifestyle sector. The focus is on luxury and boutique brands here, so you won’t be finding any bargains. Instead, it’s all about top-shelf quality and individuality.

Look out for LUC’s very own Lucasa range — a curation of locally made art, homewares and objects that are distinctly Tasmanian.

130 Macquarie Street, Hobart

Habeō

On a cloudy Hobart day, Habeō is a delightfully bright oasis, stocked full of the most cheerful homewares you could imagine. With its emphasis on colour, it’s impossible to walk into this space and not break into a smile. You’ll find vibrant cushions, linen, resin servingware, kids clothing, books, stationery and candles from brands like Sage and Clare, Goldie & Ace, Halcyon Nights, Kollab, Kip & Co and more. 

113 Hampden Road, Battery Point

Wesley & Willis

Antique lovers will adore Wesley & Willis, the Sandy Bay boutique stocked with vintage and vintage-inspired treasures from around the world. The owners were hired to curate the design for chic Airbnb ‘The Drifters House’, so if you dream of living in a vintage-luxe space, this homewares store is the closest you’re going to get. From light fittings and furniture to crockery, linen and baskets, you’ll find something special to take home in this perfectly-curated space.

7 Gregory Street, Sandy Bay

Best Homewares Hobart: Furniture Stores & Soft Furnishings

Shalldesign

If quirky and unique is what you’re on your hunt, then stop your search at Shalldesign. Local artist Sue Hall runs the shop, creating restyled furniture, clothing, cushions and other treasures that you truly won’t find anywhere else. Think cheeky “map of Tasmania” skirts made from vintage tea towels, “Not Hawaiian” shirts made from Ken Done fabric, crayfish cushions and lampshades crafted from Mirka Mora fabric. Shalldesign has to be seen to be believed.

36-38 Sandy Bay Road, Battery Point

Decorama 

Established in 1975, Decorama is a Hobart institution, weaving over 40 years of Australian-made expertise into every custom curtain and blind. Specialising in high-end residential and commercial soft furnishings, their offerings combine elegance with function, from sophisticated temperature control to UV protection.

Whether you’re redecorating or renovating, their team of experts collaborates with you to create window furnishings that perfectly complement your style and lifestyle. Featured in Vogue Living, House & Garden, and more, it’s your go-to for bespoke home design perfection, and one of the more under-the-radar spot for homewares in Hobart. 

162 Argyle Street, Hobart

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