Zingys

I stumbled upon Zingy’s on Gelenhuntly Road when I was on the hunt for bedside lamps. No, I didn’t find nice bedside lamps here (the ones they had were quite tacky) but I did find a whole new world of homeware and functional gifts inside.
Think the likes of magazine racks, jewellery hangars/​storage, crockery, waste paper bins, kitchen utensils etc. Zingy’s is the kind of store that sells everything you can think of. (Okay not everything but it has a lot to browse through) I fell in love instantly with the large selection of bamboo trays, side tables and cheese plates.
They also carry a wide range of cool jewellery organisers, from enclosed boxes to tall, standing mirrors with hidden storage, to rings trays and tree-​shaped necklace holders. Prices are reasonable and the girls who work here are super enthusiastic and know the shop and the products they sell like inside out, so it’s easy to get recommendations or alternatives.

You know what I don’t get about modern society? It’s where all the clotheshorses have gone. Five years ago, you’d head out to Target or to K-​mart and you’d be able to pick a cheap one up without too much effort. Nowdays, though, they seem to have vanished off the face of the earth.
Even a place like Zingy’s, which seems dedicated to selling cheap homewares, boasts a tagline saying «something for everyone», and which has a wooden watch display case (where you can display up to four watches at once). Even a place like this doesn’t have one on offer.
But you can buy individual plates at quite nice prices. I guess that’s something, anyway.