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Aberfoyle 2: The Best of the Rest

Friday, October 14, 2011

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This is the smiling face of my friend Ingrid with her one and only purchase from our trip to the Aberfoyle Antiques Market last Sunday. Ingrid has a cream and gilt dressing table that was in desperate need of a mirror and this piece is practically a perfect match. The seller wanted $45 for it but Ingrid drives a hard bargain -- they settled for $35. So what else did we see at Aberfoyle? It wasn't a great week for furniture but we scoped some pretty terrific odds and ends . . .

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What’s New, What’s Now at IIDEX/NeoCon

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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While January’s Interior Design Show encompasses residential spaces and applications, IIDEX is much more focused on contract architecture, landscape and hospitality design with lots of trade-only seminars. IIDEX/NeoCon is where designers and commercial buyers come to source the latest materials, textiles, wall and floor coverings, lighting and storage systems. Sustainability continues to dominate the design world with revolutionary materials and new technologies stealing most of the thunder. Think: Material (above) is this year’s showcase of innovative wall and flooring materials made from everything from coconut shells and sugarcane pulp to new polymers, laminates and recycled glass.

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Suburban Style on the Cheap

Monday, September 12, 2011

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Considering how much time we both spend buying and selling on Craigslist, it was probably inevitable that my path would intersect with Denise Reed’s eventually. I met Denise on a CL call to buy a small desk/vanity that I intend to makeover as a styleNorth project in the weeks ahead. As we conducted the transaction in her foyer I remarked on how lovely her home was and in particular I admired a mid-century table and chairs visible from the entryway. Denise said she’d found the table at an auction and bought the chairs on Craigslist and that’s when I knew I’d be pitching her on letting me do a house tour.

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Shops: Sputnik Vintage

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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I hadn't planned to make this mid-century week on styleNorth, it just turned out that way. Last Saturday I hiked out to the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke with my new friends Susan and Dave to visit Sputnik Vintage, a relatively new player in the local MCM furniture market. Sputnik is owned and operated by a knowledgeable and very funny veteran dealer named Peter Frampton who doesn't sing but is a master of accents and impersonations. Frampton dealt in antiques for decades but he made the jump to mid-century stuff when saw the popular taste heading in that direction. Smart move.

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It’s Worth the Drive to Dunnville

Monday, July 18, 2011

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It's not easy to get to but after a road trip to tiny Dunnville, Ontario, on Saturday I can say without question, it's worth the drive to Time Capsule. Jammed from front to back with mid-century furniture, lighting and accessories, the shop lives up to its name, and then some. Owner/operator Jay Clarke was essentially born into the business; his parents were vintage card dealers and dragged him to shows and garage sales as far back as he can remember. Then as a college student he began kitting-out his own place with the only furniture he could afford, 1960s and '70s thrift store finds. His collecting lead to research and before long, a new vocation. Jay opened Time Capsule about five years ago and has never looked back. He sells online and to visiting dealers and collectors who come in from Toronto or upstate New York.

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