The art of collecting furniture

THE common mantra that "cheap is good" is not one that Kiwha Lee Blocman necessarily abjures. But it is one that she will ask you to question, especially when buying furniture for the home. "A lot of furniture shops will say that something is wood when in fact it is not. It is just a veneer. The surface may be wood but the inside is plywood or chipboard," she says.

Ms Blocman, 38, and the owner of The Flat, a concept store and showroo…