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Window Dressing: Bungalow

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Sometimes a shop window will grab me with its styling and story, other times I'm hooked by how great the product is. On Saturday, I was roped into Bungalow in Toronto's Kensington Market by this amazing 1970s club chair. Harvey Probber and Milo Baughman came immediately to mind although if the chair really was by one of those famed US designers it would be priced a LOT higher than $595, especially with brand new upholstery. You'll be hard pressed to find a chair with this much style in new condition for a price this low.

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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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Window Dressing: Simple And Striking

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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I know a shop window is successful if it catches my eye as I bump along on a streetcar and then backtrack to take a closer look. That's what happened Tuesday when I spied the pair of displays currently greeting the street at Patina Antiques (219 Queen Street East, 416.862.8880). Two credenzas, two pairs of lamps -- there's nothing extraordinary about these windows but they're graphic and well-composed and because they frame the entryway, they provide a pleasing symmetry.

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Greening Your Reno With Timeless Materials

Friday, July 31, 2009

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There aren't too many things I enjoy more than a leisurely mooch through a well-stocked salvage shop and Timeless Materials in Waterloo, Ontario, is exceptionally well-stocked. Housed in a tidy barn that sprawls over four floors, Timeless Materials trades in everything and anything that can be salvaged from old properties ranging from beams, boards and corbels to bathroom and lighting fixtures, trims and moldings, railings, spindles and newel posts, ceiling tiles, weather vanes, you name it.

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Splurge: Luggage-Style Case Pieces

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Maison & Objet, a swish, modern furnishing store on Boulevard St-Laurent, is carrying an English line of luggage-style case pieces that got Mike and I pretty excited. There are chests, consoles, side tables (in black steel, OMG!), even a desk in mock-croc. Toronto designer Timothy Mather used a similar, mirrored chest in his room at the JLT Showhouse this year. The pieces are pricey, in the $3,000 - $5,000 range but it's a lot of look and a real conversation starter.

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