furniture shopping in rio de janeiro can be easy and fun - all types of furniture can be found, spanning from the very modern to the antique, from local exotic influences to international backgrounds, such as with a european or asian touch.

prices vary greatly depending on the location and individual stores, often even within the same shopping mall - visiting the small and random stores that scatter the streets, either facing the sidewalks or hidden in small gallerias, are perfect establishment's for finding unique treasures.

for more rustic, locally made furniture, driving outside the city in any direction will bring visitors across a variety of street-side shops, with the most variety found in the interior of the state in the serrana region near nova friburgo - in the following pages we describe some of the stores which can be found within the city boundaries, which specialize in furniture and other interior designing objects.