Tag Archive | "Contemporary"
Heads Up: Umbra Factory Sale
Apparently, it's sale week here on styleNorth and the Umbra Factory Sale is one of the biggest and best of the season. All you laggards who put off your Xmas shopping until the last minute are about to be rewarded. A little bird told me that among the offerings this Saturday and Sunday at Toronto's Direct Energy Centre will be some choice wallpapers at insanely low prices, as well as some excellent drapery hardware and the rest of Umbra's home accessories and furnishing lines. Selection will, of course, be best on Saturday and the earlier the better. See you in the lineup!
BMV Holiday Bonanza
Saturday, November 28, 2009
It wasn't until I browsed the Chapters/Indigo decor section yesterday that I appreciated just how rich and current BMV's latest crop of half-price shelter titles really is. I came home with Nancy Corzine's Glamour At Home ($29.99, suggested retail $62 CAD), but I could have strained my back carting away any number of hot holiday book offerings.
Fred & Ethel’s Coming-Out Party
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The signage may be familiar but inside Leslieville's Ethel big changes have been taking shape. Store co-founders Greg Perras and Craig Soper have sold the business to new proprietor Shauntelle LeBlanc, who has been gradually putting her stamp on the place over the past month. Meanwhile, Perras has moved upstairs and opened Fred, a new and vintage furnishing shop specializing in rustic modern pieces including contemporary shelving and cabinetry made from reclaimed wood by Sandro D'Ulisse (Loft65). "If Ethel is a romantic comedy," says Perras, "Fred is more film noir."
Canadian Cool: High Gloss Urban Country
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Christine Flynn is one gutsy, young artist. Last month, the Toronto-based graphic designer and photographer set up shop in a west Queen West walk-up, a space so quintessentially cool it's almost self-conscious. On the exposed brick walls is a selection of Flynn's photographs, large-scale, highly-saturated outputs, mounted on stretchers and finished with a thick coat of high-gloss epoxy resin. The subject matter may be rural — horses, cows, forests and fields — but the treatment is completely now.
Cheap Thrills: Skypad Floor Model Sale
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It doesn't take much to stop me in my tracks: a sign in a window with just three words, floor model sale. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the sale was being held by Skypad, an interior design firm specializing in hospitality contract work. I was even more delighted to discovered that the prices were low, low, low. That sexy Vladimir Kagan-inspired sofa above is $495 (two available, plus one in grey).
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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