Fantastic Furniture started as a market stall at Sydney's Parklea Markets in 1989, by friends Paul Harding and Jonathan De Jong, selling outdoor furniture.

Two years later, the first Fantastic Furniture public store opened at Birkenhead Point.

[3] Today, Fantastic Furniture is a national chain with over 70 stores around the country.

[7] In 2016, it was included in the takeover of Furniture Holdings by Steinhoff International and delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange.

[10] In January 2016 Fantastic Furniture was forced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to recall the chair.