Bridge Emporium is a furniture and home décor store at 402a Main North Road, Redwood, Christchurch. It's the renamed and renovated version of Bridge Interiors, which first opened on this Redwood site back in 2008.
The business branched out to Amberley, North Canterbury in 2021, opening a second store there under the Bridge Interiors name. The original Redwood store was then renovated, redecorated and renamed Bridge Emporium in 2025 — though as the business itself notes, the shop's signwriting hasn't quite caught up with the new name yet.
Together, Bridge Interiors in Amberley and Bridge Emporium in Redwood offer a blend of new furniture, lighting, mirrors, art and home décor. In late 2024, the Redwood store's offering expanded further to include antiques, vintage prints, nautical memorabilia, collectibles and a growing range of second-hand non-fiction books. Both stores' stock is brought together on the Bridge website for customers' convenience, under the tagline "Collected. Curated. Cherished."
Bridge Emporium, at 402a Main North Road in Redwood, Christchurch, carries a story that stretches back to 2008, when the business first opened on this site as Bridge Interiors.
From the start, Bridge Interiors was built on a specific idea: that even as the furniture and home décor market changes with fashion, there will always be a place for design classics — the better examples of a particular style that can sit comfortably in an interior space alongside very different, contrasting styles. In the trade, these are the pieces said to have "the X Factor," and that philosophy has carried through everything the business has done since.
In 2021, the business branched out to Amberley in North Canterbury, opening a second location that kept the Bridge Interiors name. That left an opportunity for the original Redwood site to become something a little different. In 2025, the Redwood store was renovated, redecorated and renamed Bridge Emporium — a fresh identity for a familiar space, even if, as the business admits, the shop's own signwriting hasn't quite caught up with the new name yet.
Together, Bridge Interiors in Amberley and Bridge Emporium in Redwood offer a considered mix of new furniture, lighting, mirrors, art and home décor. But Bridge Emporium's range goes further than new pieces alone. In late 2024, the store expanded into antiques, vintage prints, nautical memorabilia, collectibles, and a growing offering of second-hand non-fiction books — turning a visit into as much a treasure hunt as a furniture shop.
Bridgeonline.nz brings the stock of both Bridge Interiors and Bridge Emporium together in one place, making it easier for customers to browse what's available across both locations without needing to visit each store in person. A Virtual Showroom, gallery and blog are all part of that online presence, alongside details on shipping for customers further afield.
The business sums up its approach in three words: Collected. Curated. Cherished. It's a fitting description for a store built around pieces with history and character — whether that's a new design-classic sofa, a vintage print, or a piece of nautical memorabilia with a story of its own. As the business puts it, the hope is that visitors find something special, something surprising, and something worth continuing in their own space.
Bridge Emporium can be reached by email at [email protected], with Simon Mather among those behind the business. For anyone wanting a preview before visiting, the Bridge website's gallery and blog offer a look at past and current stock, alongside the Virtual Showroom.
For anyone in Christchurch after furniture and décor with a bit more character than a standard showroom offers, Bridge Emporium's blend of design classics, antiques, vintage prints and collectibles makes for a browse worth taking slowly — especially now that antiques and second-hand books have joined the mix alongside the store's original furniture and lighting range.