I think I’ve finally accepted that I’m going to be living in Paris long termish so I’ve started buying some nice things to make our apartment more of a home. Last year I stumbled across My Fab, a site where you can get designer furniture, made to order, for a fraction of the regular price.

How it works – users vote on what pieces they might be interested in purchasing. Those that get the most votes go into production. Once they know what will be produced they’ll send an email giving you a week or so to place your order. At the end of the week they place their order with the factory direct in China. Once production is finished, it gets shipped to France and then to your door. The whole process usually takes a few months from the time you place your initial order.

I’ve just placed my 3rd order with them. Last year I bought 2 Fat Boy bean bags (except they’re called ‘Big Georges’ lol) for 60 euro each instead of 180 and a sofa for 450 instead of 1160 euro. I just put my order in for a gorgeous square coffee table at a third of the retail price. It won’t arrive until July but it’s worth the wait, imo.

I was a bit nervous buying with them at first because you have to pay in advance and at one point I wasn’t sure if it was going to arrive, but it did and in perfect condition.  Check them out if you want some modern furniture at bargain prices.