Great design should put a smile on our faces — which is why we love all the playful and functional home accessories that we often find on the Chinese e-commerce site, Taobao.

If you’re shopping for small to medium home furnishing pieces to spruce up your place this festive season (or as a gift!), here are seven best Taobao home decor you should definitely consider:

Minimalist Home Accessories

We’re not talking about bland, flat, white boxes here. For minimalist home interior design, you’ll find Taobao’s treasure trove of interesting yet clean-looking objects.

Say, a napkin holder with Mount Fuji’s silhouette ($13), a cosy, giant knit cushion for some texture ($14), night-light that turns into a Pac-Man ($13), a Japandi-styled countertop mini fridge ($61), or cute, white boucle cushions ($12).

It’s all in the details.

Read More: Taobao Shopping Guide – Minimalist Home Accessories

Office & Study Desk Accessories

Whether for your work from home (WFH) workstation, office desk, or your study table, Taobao has a bunch of organisational accessories and gadgets to help improve your productivity.

We found a wooden shelf ($21) that will help you keep all your small items in order, succulent planters ($10) for your desk plants that are great for career Feng Shui, cat-themed water thermal water bottle that’s also microwaveable, electric aromatherapy diffuser ($14), and small desk mirrors ($12).

Read More: Taobao Shopping Guide – Office & Study Desk Accessories

Children’s Bedroom Accessories

Taobao Shopping Guide: Children's Bedroom Accessories

Kids furniture tends to be pretty pricey in Singapore. Save for IKEA and cheap furniture shops, nicer-looking children’s furniture could easily you set you back by $1,000 to $2,000.

On Taobao, we found some fun yet useful kids furniture such as a mini bus bookshelf ($42), animal door stopper ($6), kiddy armchair ($34), and these thematic foam cushion wall protectors ($16 and up).

Read Here: Taobao Shopping Guide – Children’s Bedroom Accessories

Cat Scratchers, Litter Trays, Accessories

Taobao Shopping Guide: Cat Scratchers, Litter Trays, Accessories

Frequent local pet chain stores enough, and you’ll know that most of them get their stocks from China. If you’re observant enough, you would already have realised that most of these pet and cat accessories can be found on Chinese shopping sites such as Taobao.

Here, we found a cheaper alternative of the TV hideout or cat house ($35), a litter tray with night light ($67), electric water fountain ($10), scratch post sofa protector ($16), and a giant cat scratch post ($16)!

Read More: Taobao Shopping Guide – Cat Accessories

Kitchenware

Taobao Shopping Guide: Kitchen & Cooking Accessories

Alas! One of the most useful sections of Taobao is their kitchenware offerings. You’ll find cleverly designed, handy little helpers in this arena.

Plus, most of Taobao’s kitchen accessories are priced pretty affordably from $0.70 to $5 for plain plastic strainers, measuring spoons, and spatulas etc.

For a smarter kitchen, there are many electric versions of typical kitchenware such as electric measuring spoons ($8 to $11) and electric garlic choppers ($4.99).

Read More: Taobao Shopping Guide – Kitchenware

Lunar New Year CNY Decor

8 Taobao Homeware for the Lunar New Year

Of course, if you’re shopping to refresh your house for festivities such as the upcoming Lunar New Year CNY 2023 taking place real soon in January, you can get some value-for-money home accessories to shave off the CNY cost.

We loved some of these fancy and cute bird-shaped lamp and bluetooth speaker ($49.80) to play those tacky CNY songs, stylish CNY steamboat hotpot vertical trays ($7.30), multi-purpose colanders ($4), CNY wall stickers ($3), and decorative Peranakan kitchen mats ($8).

Read Here: 8 Taobao Homeware for the Lunar New Year

Mother’s Day Gifts

Taobao Shopping Guide: Mother's Day Gifts Under $80

For special occasions like birthdays, Mother’s day, wedding anniversaries, or birthdays, getthe special matriarch in your life (or the mother-in-law) some wallet-friendly yet impressive-sounding home accessories for gift.

Consider a fancy silk pillowcase ($14), a gold-toned and luxurious coat and handbag stand ($40), a leather and chrome magazine and documents stand ($14), or a LED-lit desk mirror for her office or vanity ($28).

Now, you don’t have to break the bank to impress.

Read More: Taobao Shopping Guide – Mother’s Gift Ideas