Slightly more upmarket and expensive design furniture and decor store on Mariahilferstraße…read more Some great objects here and definitely a hippy asiatic feeling to the furniture with lots of colors and jingly-jangly bits and pieces. Bright colored bits and bobs abound on two floors here with books and picture and plates and chairs and tables and all. The only reason for the four stars is that it is a little more expensive than its "rivals" but saying that it is good quality and funky.

Kare has some pretty interesting things for the home. The styles vary greatly, from vintage to chic…read moreto slightly bizarre. The employees are friendly and speak English quite well. When I moved to Austria, I learned that my apartment did not come with lighting fixtures, so I had to purchase them. Kare has a very good selection of lighting fixtures at various budget levels. Thy have more unique styles in case you don't want the "Ikea" look. I do want to caution that you should browse the store and check out the item and then search for it on amazon.de, since they have a Kare selection as well. Much to my surprise and dismay, two of the fixtures I bought in store were more than 15 euros cheaper online. One fixture I considered was 189 in store and 115 on amazon. Wack! I'm not sure if Kare price matches, so definitely shop Amazon's Kare store! I'm giving 3 stars because of pricing inconsistency and because they don't seem to have many of their large items in stock at the store. Most likely it will have to be ordered. One last thing - try the Kare store inside of the Leiner across the street. They had several of the same items at better prices than the actual Kare. Plus, their warehouse is huge.