Orange

Pip Brett's maximalist homewares store in Orange, run on a 'mixing, not matching' philosophy that has made it one of the country's better-known design destinations. The colour-soaked range spans homewares, jewellery, artist ceramics and a sharp designer-fashion edit, and the shop runs a genuine art program, including an annual prize that champions one emerging artist each year. It has grown into a world of its own: the Sugarmill café sits alongside, with Bon Bon apartments and Sona Molong to stay.

Orange's cool-climate wine region produces more labels than most bottle shops bother to stock, but this Lords Place cellar makes a point of carrying the deep cuts — around twenty local producers alongside the better-known names, plus craft beer, cider and spirits from the wider Central West. Drive-through service suits a regional customer base doing a supermarket-and-bottle-shop run, but the retail floor is built for browsing, with staff who know which Orange shiraz or cool-climate chardonnay to point you toward. It functions as a de facto cellar door for producers too small to run their own, giving visitors a single stop to taste the region rather than chasing individual vineyard gates. Open seven days, with late trading most nights. A sensible first or last call for anyone touring the Orange wine district without time to visit every cellar door in person.