Is Interior Secrets worth buying from?

Interior Secrets is a contemporary furniture specialist, and it earns its spot when you want a current-look TV unit, console or dining table without the designer-showroom price — as long as you measure twice and read the delivery terms.

Interior Secrets is an Australian online furniture retailer, and its range maps closely onto what people search for here: entertainment and TV units, console and hallway tables, bedside tables, desks and dining, in contemporary timber and stone-look finishes. It sits in the same style bracket as Koala Living and Life Interiors, competing on look and price rather than a physical showroom.

Furniture pricing is soft, so treat a discount as a starting point. A large "RRP" saving means little unless the reference price was real, so compare the same piece — or a close equivalent — at another Australian store before you commit, and watch for clearance and floor-stock runs where the genuine markdowns tend to be.

Delivery is a real part of the deal on furniture. Bulky items ship at a flat rate or a calculated freight cost, and some pieces are made to order with a lead time, so add both to the total and check the timing before you buy. Measure your doorways, lifts and the wall or room the piece is going into — returns on large furniture are the hardest to make.

As an Australian purchase, your order carries Australian Consumer Law rights, so keep the confirmation. Check how the piece arrives — flat-packed for assembly or ready-built — and what warranty covers the frame or mechanism, especially on desks, drawers and anything with moving parts.

• Check the going rate

  Compare the same or a similar piece at another Australian store before you trust the discount.

• Measure the space

  Check doorways, lifts and wall length — furniture is the hardest thing to return.

• Read the freight terms

  Bulky-item freight and any made-to-order lead time add to the real total.

• Keep your proof of purchase

  Your receipt backs an Australian Consumer Law claim and any frame warranty later.