By Margaretta
wa Gacheru (posted May 1st for May 3rd, 2019)
This year’s
Home and Gardens Fair at Sarit Centre was bustling with busy shoppers on Labor
Day.
They were
happily taking advantage of the many sales underway as venders explained prices
would go up once merchandise went back to their respective showrooms.
In the
meantime, most venders were doing booming business. “It’s great that the Fair
started on a holiday,” says Taha Bhaiji, standing on the edge of the four
stalls his company had rented to display all the Tefal products. “Normally, the
first day of the Fair is a bit slow, but today there’s no traffic so people are
coming,” he adds as he watches shoppers lining up to buy his pots, pans, cups,
jugs and pressure cookers marked down substantially.
The variety
of items for sale at Sarit’s Exhibition Hall through Sunday ranges from carpets
(Persian or Chinese), pillows, mattresses and Tupperware to furniture made with
everything from plastic and mahogany to bamboo and Styrofoam beans. There is
even one company, One Square Projects, that imports fresh fruits from South
Africa, packaged in rose wood boxes which are then recycled into home
furnishings, everything from beds and book shelves to benches, wall partitions
and even garden gazebos.
Among the
home appliances, the water purification products are the ones drawing the
largest crowds on opening day. Lotus Africa displays both electrical and manual
dispensers that can be easily set on a kitchen or dining room table.
At the stand
displaying Persian rugs, there is also a glass cabinet filled with beautiful
sterling silver jewelry, which runs from Sh1000 up to Sh85,000.
Speaking of
beauty, at the far-end of the fair there are two lovely displays. There are the
Plantcare Gardeners from Limuru and Shaila’s Silk Flowers from Thailand. Both
offer items sure to beautify one’s home and garden.
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