Tag Archive | "Montreal"
TRASHbonbon: Concrete Cool
INabstracto's Kate Eisen threw herself a party yesterday afternoon to celebrate becoming the first Toronto retailer to carry the TRASHbonbon line of urban furniture and accents. The impossibly cool concrete and graffiti tables, bowls and vases are the brainchild of Montreal designer Julie St-Laurent who employs a stable of street artists to decorate each one-of-a-kind piece. The coffee table, in light concrete, is embellished by Astro, whose signature tag appears on the inside face of the cast base.
Full post and comments...Canada Takes Its Place on 1stdibs.com
Thursday, August 6, 2009
1stdibs.com, that international bastion of all things costly and fine, has added a passel of Canadian dealers from Toronto and Montreal, many of which have been featured on styleNorth. On the one hand it's great news to see Canada standing shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world; one the other hand, I think the move bodes ill for those of us accustomed to paying depressed Canadian prices. I've often heard dealers moan that their goods would command higher fees in the U.S. and now they have half a chance of actually reaching those heights.
Full post and comments...Splurge: Luggage-Style Case Pieces
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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.
Full post and comments...The Other Side of Notre-Dame
Saturday, July 25, 2009
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.
Full post and comments...Stroll: Notre-Dame West, Montreal
Friday, July 24, 2009
After Rue Amherst, our number two priority in Montreal was to survey Notre-Dame West where about 25 antique dealers trade wares ranging from 20th century kitsch (Retro-Ville, No. 2652) to sublime 18th, 19th and 20th century rarities (Milord, above and below, No. 1870). The so-called Quartier des Antiquaires de Montreal (Antiques Quarter) exhausted us, there was just so much to see.
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