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Colour in the Country

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Last month, I attended an art opening by Toronto-based textile artist Sheree Rasmussen, whose vivid, abstract works inspired me to inquire whether her home is also colourful. Sheree replied in the affirmative and mentioned that the country place she shares with her partner, artist/architect Clive Russell, is in Ontario's Northumberland County, which happens to be where my parents live. Naturally, I begged an invitation. The weather was bleak and spring had barely begun to stir but inside, the home was in full flower, a happy but not-at-all-precious rainbow of hues ranging from wall and trim colours to quilts, weavings and art galore.

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Mid-Century Madness in Coburg

Friday, March 18, 2011

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A few months back Waddington's auctioneers opened a satellite location in Coburg, Ontario, and they're having a sale tomorrow that promises to be barn-burner for mid-century modern fans. This morning the website is showing a gallery loaded with decent furniture and lighting and the auctioneer says he still has oodles of art and glassware to unpack and get up on the site. The preview starts at 9:30 am with the sale beginning at 11 am with the smalls; expect furniture to start hitting the block around 1 pm. The auctioneer expects the sale to go all day.

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IDS 11: What’s New, What’s Next

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Toronto's Interior Design show always opens a window onto what lies ahead, whether its innovative products from home and abroad, student work or standouts in the annual Prototype exhibit, which is where this table by Shady Wanis for Design Memo was shown. The shape and wrapping curves was a form I saw echoed throughout the show. Student designer Francesco Anguilli's Continue Desk, part of the OCADU exhibit, has a similar spirit.

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IDS 11: A Few of My Favorite Things

Saturday, January 29, 2011

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I can't stress enough how subjective this list is, just a hodge podge of things I really loved as I made my way through the Toronto Convention Centre Thursday night during the IDS 11 opening night party. My friend Ingrid and I were there to have fun, not necessarily to do a thorough reporting job and I admit I missed a few things; for instance, we started on the wrong side of the hall so that by the time we got to the Studio North and Prototype displays -- often some of the best work in the show -- we were knackered and so not paying as much attention as we should have been. I've also broken my images into a few categories such as best displays, and a few posts dedicated to especially good products along with a trend piece, all to come in the next day or two; this morning I'm in a bit of a hurry.

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Bigger, Better, More Patina

Saturday, December 11, 2010

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In addition to my stop at Shelter, last week's trip to Castlefield was arranged principally to check in on Patina (131 Miranda Ave., 416.862.8880), which decamped from Queen Street East last summer. Owned by partners Sal Shivji and Garry Punnett, Patina has always been one of my favorite shops in which to daydream because sadly for me, the boys deal in higher-end merchandise, nearly all of it out of my price range. But what merchadise! What taste! Unlike so many stools, the ones above are a great height and supremely comfortable in addition to being very well made ($685 each), the 1970s Italian brass and Lucite pendant will set you back $2,600.

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