From the moment you peek into the shop window to the action of stepping inside Iikos Gifts and Homewares, you are teleported into a world of gift-buying without the stress.
Iikos is located at 89 Doncaster Road, North Balwyn.
Helen Bastounas is co-owner of this shop offering a one-stop Christmas gift guide for all the family and friends.
The Christmas feel hits you just as you enter through the door with Christmas trees and wreaths bringing lots of festive cheer to your shopping day.
Helen Bastounas says the best-selling item this year are the battery-operated lifelike candles which come in three sizes.
“They come in a limited edition battery candle holder. These candles are set in real wax and come in two styles of amber and clear,” Helen Bastounas says.
“It’s the candle you can have around all year.”
The shop’s shelves are a treasure trove of wonderful gift-buying – everything from Christmas wreaths, gifts for men, women and children that inspire the mind and takes the thinking out of your Christmas gift-giving.
The ceramic house sets are divine and the bespoke Christmas tree decorations are a wonderful addition to every Christmas tree.
“The designer storage boxes have been so popular. They are a coffee table style book of high-end fashion houses or names and they open into a box where you can just put all your nick nacks, keys and more.”
The North Balwyn Village Traders Association thanks Iikos Gift and Homewares for donating one of the $200 gift card vouchers to be won in the North Balwyn Village Traders Association Christmas promotion. Scan the QR code in store and in the shop windows at North Balwyn Village to enter the competition.