Outside Square

My experience at Outside Square had whiffs of the ‘Pretty Woman’ Snobby Salesperson Scene.
There are gorgeous wares on offer here, many of which I would have liked to’ve seen installed in my new home.
It was the grave sales error of judging a customer on appearance however, which made my mind up for me and I took my good cash elsewhere.
I had money to spend.
But alas, it so happened that my shopping pal and I were not dressed in the accepted Eastern suburbs uniform that day; we were wearing daggy moving-​house clothes, a fact I became increasingly self-​conscious of as the immaculately-​outfitted, apparent shop owner stared us up and down, and decided to be deliberately less than helpful with enquiries.
She hovered over us, ridiculously close, almost daring us to just try and shoplift, while her colleague glared at us from behind the counter as though we were mangy felons about to stuff homewares down our tops at the first opportunity.
Outside Square, judge not a book by its cover! You missed out on a significant sale that Saturday. We ended up purchasing beautiful furnishings from a competitor down the road who was happy to see us from the moment we walked in the store to the moment we walked out as happy clientele. They were more than happy with the colour of our money.

There’s a few interesting items in Outside Square, so if you are looking for something a little bit different than what you would find in your every day home ware stores, then it would be worth having a peek through what they have to offer here. Yes, it’s random, yes it’s a bit expensive, and yes it’s interesting. There was nothing overly special which caught my eye, which obviously is a reason I’m not a huge fan of this store, but at the same time I didn’t totally hate it there.

As mentioned by the review before, Outside Square isn’t exactly your average homeware store because they sell plenty of things that are quite unique. Overall, it’s not quite my taste but I did find some very nice pillows, candles and lamp shades I liked. Good for a browse, but I’m probably not going to buy anything there sometime soon because it is rather expensive.

Outside Square are so outside the box they even changed the saying — I wonder if they realise the made it 2 dimensional? Oh well.
It’s got a bunch of interesting trinkety homewares and gifty type products in it. Their thing is that they try and stock items which are unlike those stocked by other local businesses. They seem to do this with a moderate level of success. They are quite pricey but it’s a lovely store to browse in.
I went in looking for something quite specific and found what I wanted, but not in the right colour. I asked the assistant if they had any others and she said no — and they were not likely to be getting any more in. I expressed that this was a shame as I definately wanted to purchase one and could she please recommend somewhere else I could try? She said no — she didn’t know and looked at me over her glasses until I was so uncomfortable I left. Sooo, I think they mean well but this is a slightly awkward attitude to have towards customers?
Actually — now I think of it she was a very posh lady and I look young for my age and was wearing shorts and a t-​shirt. Ahhh, I see what happened there.