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What A Difference A Pull Makes

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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I was content with my bedside tables although I never loved the ho-hum Chinese-style pulls. Then, this past weekend, I found a pair of awesome vintage pulls at The Salvage Shop ($15 each); they're more Indian in spirit, which will bother purists but suits me just fine. The fact that they're brass and add a bit of bling to an otherwise sober piece is even better.

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The Other Side of Notre-Dame

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Peppered along Montreal's Notre-Dame West are a handful of decor and design shops that diverge completely from the street's identity as a destination for antiques. Surface Jalouse, Léo Victor, Point Rouge and Viva Galerie all break the traditional mold and reflect the street's inexorable march away from an industrial past toward a residential and very trendy future.

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Peter and Elaine’s Asian Bauhaus

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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Peter and Elaine aren't Asian but their decor certainly is. The couple has spent the last 30 years filling their beautiful split level home with treasures from around the globe, the Far East in particular. Their aesthetic is 70s modern meets Asian antique (and contemporary) although the 70s are being purged with the help of Craigslist, which is how I came to meet the couple.

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Trade Secrets: Tap Phong Trading Co.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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It’s no secret that restaurant supply stores are among the best sources for inexpensive tableware. But if you’re really looking for a deal my advice is to seek out a restaurant supply shop in your city’s Chinatown. Here in Toronto that means a stop at the massive Tap Phong (360 Spadina Avenue, 416.977.6364) where insiders find the very best deals on tableware of all descriptions, from plain white in round, square and every shape in between, to Japanese stoneware in a range of luscious patterns and colours.

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Strolls: Tibet via Queen Street West

Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Toronto is apparently home to the largest expatriate community of Tibetans in the world outside of India and Nepal. One way to support Tibet is to buy Tibetan products and Queen West is a great place to do just that. In the blocks immediately west of Bathurst Street you'll find The Tibet Shoppe (664 Queen Street West, 416.703.8423) and Tibet Arts & Crafts (703 Queen Street West, 416.703.9072), both great sources for Buddhas, prayer wheels, singing bowls, wall hangings, cushions and cabinets.

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