Setting up a new home requires buying a lot of stuff. You'll need decorations, furniture, food, paint, dishes, linens, towels, diapers for the baby, plus whatever else you didn't manage to bring with you from your last place. Luckily for you, Tempe is a great place for shopping and this guide will tell you all about where to buy what. It will be useful for all you recently relocated people as well as anyone who is visiting the town and has a hankering for some retail therapy.

Arizona Mills

Upscale shopping is a major reason that tourists visit the Phoenix metro area, so is it any wonder that the Arizona Mills shopping mall is the number one tourist attraction in the state? With over 175 stores ranging from outlet stores to high fashion retailers, Arizona Mills is the perfect place to go if you're in the market for a new Sophia Tolli dress or a toy for your favorite nephew.

Tempe Marketplace

While Arizona Mills is unquestionably a mall, the Tempe Marketplace aims to be much more - it's an indoor/outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment destination. There's over a million square feet of retail space here interspersed with laser light shows, fireplaces and water fountains that will keep you from getting bored while you shop for a fish tank filter. Stores here sell clothes, accessories, books, food, beauty products, home furnishings, gifts and sports equipment.

IKEA

If your Tempe home is your first home, you'll be looking for a lot more than bath oil or dog leashes. You'll want to buckle down and outfit your whole house with furniture, from the living room sofa to the vanity cabinets in the bathroom. At IKEA, you can get it all done in one place. This famous Swedish furniture maker has build-it-yourself options that run the gamut from inexpensive to upscale laid out in a convenient floor plan that allows you to see yourself living amongst their furnishings. You can easily spend an entire day here, so make sure you budget enough time.

Mill Avenue District

Looking for somewhere to shop that's not just a pile of the same franchises you see all across North America? Then come to the Mill Avenue District. It's where all the hip purveyors of organic baby bath products, locally made crafts, and retro music have set up shop. It's walkable, urban, and popular with the college students, so come on down and spend a day soaking up the variety of interesting cultures.