DESIGN SHOP - ORIENT 499 BEIRUT

I've visited Orient 499 during my first trip to Beirut in 2010 and I believe it's still one of the most astonishing shops I've ever entered (in the most extraordinary city I've ever visited). I am so enthusiastic that I've placed it within the top 5 things to see on my personal Beirut Guide for traveler friends... and actually Ilaria and Andrea loved it, hadn't you guys? :)

Orient 499 is a boutique featuring exclusive, original handicrafts and designer's creations. The founders are Middle-Eastern art lovers with an amazing taste for tradition and beyond belief sense for modernity.

WHAT TO BUY NOW - HEMA

I've met HEMA for the first time in the Marais and I thought it was the genius version of an H&M for housewares. Relatively low pricing of generic house goods, often with a Nordic and minimalist design.

The first HEMA opened in Amsterdam in 1926. Since 2014 HEMA is present in France, Spain and the UK.

They also have other products that I would recommend checking out, like:

Beauty and Make-Up

Travel and Luggage

Canvas Bags

Toiletry Bags

Find here below my selection of what is interesting to buy for your home now at HEMA:

1. Vase in sturdy and glazed ceramic, 22 cm high - £5.00
2. Cheese Knives - £10.00
3. Ball-shaped BBQ - £20.00
4. Salad Spoons - £5.00
5. Woven burlap pouf - £35.00
6. Tea Towels - £2.00
7. Hammok! - £15.00
8. Thermal Jug - £20.00
9. Metal Case - £4.00
10. Flower Pot - £2.00
11. Sea-grass Basket - £3.00
12. 100% Cotton Throw with frills at the ends - £7.00
13. Glass Jar - £6.00