Category: Furniture


Question of the Week: Would You Still Buy THIS Chair? Top 5 Friday: ITALY: The Most Breathtaking Locations, Part I Scandi-Style Cottage: Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing? Bargain Saturday: Cottage Furniture, the Wicker Edition Real People Living in Condos: Finding the Perfect Kitchen Island Shop Watch: Vancouver's Wow Interiors Gets More Wows Design Dilemma with Scott McGillivray: Personality for a Lifeless Parlour Kim Vallee is Back on Style Sheet: Office Desks for Small Spaces Top 5 Friday + 2: To Sit On an Ottoman, Pouf or a Log? DIY: Strip a Chair of Despair  Splurge vs Steal: The Seagrass Chair of the Season Dad It Up this Weekend at Jim Caruk's BIY Centers  Question of the Week: Are "Dad Chairs" Extinct? Or Are Dads Still Sitting in Them? Top 5 Friday: Five Things to Look Out for When Antiquing  Real People Living in Condos: Choosing Condo-Sized Furniture  
 
Aug
30

Question of the Week: Would You Still Buy THIS Chair?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/30/2010 5:24:00 PM
It's the Mid Mod icon: the Barcelona Chair . I don't know if I really need to say much... IS IT OVER??? What if you got one for free? Would you sell it and buy something you liked better? I think I would... (Mies van der Rohe just shot me the evil eye
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Aug
28

Top 5 Friday: ITALY: The Most Breathtaking Locations, Part I

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/28/2010 12:13:00 AM
A view of Florence from Villa/Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo I've been away. In Italy. Two weeks later I am back, with a few pounds of pasta weight in each saddle bag; a pining heart; and a head full of intoxicating memories. I've been mixing up phone numbers,
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Aug
24

Scandi-Style Cottage: Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

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Posted by Mia Rodak 8/24/2010 11:24:00 AM
I'm a big proponant of mixing and matching different design styles in my home in order to achieve a balance that feels comfortable and original, rather than overdone and forced. My personal tastes run towards a modern look, but I like to include some
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Aug
14

Bargain Saturday: Cottage Furniture, the Wicker Edition

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 8/14/2010 8:55:00 AM
When I think cottage furniture, wicker is my first thought. I'm not such a fan of the full wicker living room sets with matching floral cushions, but a few wicker pieces can be a nice addition to your cottage or to your home. I spent the last couple of
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Aug
12

Real People Living in Condos: Finding the Perfect Kitchen Island

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Posted by Guest Blogger 8/12/2010 12:48:00 PM
With a loft/condo of a little over 600 square feet, adding a chef kitchen may not be the best use of space. Sadly, I understand, but for an enthusiastic home cook this is an obvious dilemma. The first glance at the floor plan of my new home was disgruntling.
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Jul
14

Shop Watch: Vancouver's Wow Interiors Gets More Wows

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/14/2010 4:49:00 PM
One of Vancouver’s favorite vintage furniture and home accessories stores has moved-on-up to the west side. Wow Interiors closed the doors of its downtown Pender Street location and opened up a shiny new shop in Kitsilano on 4th Avenue between Pine and
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Jul
14

Design Dilemma with Scott McGillivray: Personality for a Lifeless Parlour

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/14/2010 2:15:00 PM
I have a few Design Dilemmas from Scott McGillivray , left! (Any excuse to put up a photo of Scott McGillivray... Side note: Am I getting nauseating? Like Rosie O'Donnell became with Tom Cruise when she had her show? Please tell me when/if that happens.)
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Jul
06

Kim Vallee is Back on Style Sheet: Office Desks for Small Spaces

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/6/2010 3:29:00 PM
Sometimes people lose touch -- it happens. Well we weren't at all happy to lose touch with one of Canada's most respected design bloggers, Kim Vallee, of At Home with Kim Vallee , and so she's back! We've asked Kim to do a monthly trend round-up for us
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Jul
02

Top 5 Friday + 2: To Sit On an Ottoman, Pouf or a Log?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/2/2010 4:21:00 PM
Repeat confession: I can't stop buying occasional home accessories . I've mentioned in a previous Top 5 Friday how one can never have to many mirrors, occasional tables, chairs and so on... Well, add ottoman , pouf , stump to the list. What are they?
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Jun
29

DIY: Strip a Chair of Despair

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/29/2010 9:28:00 PM
Speaking of shopping, (see Question of the Week ), there's a little place in east Toronto I like to visit called Frontier Sales . It's a hit-or-miss second hand furniture store that does have some of the best prices around. I pulled my solid oak writing
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Jun
22

Splurge vs Steal: The Seagrass Chair of the Season

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Posted by Guest Blogger 6/22/2010 5:58:00 PM
There are countless ways in which we can all contribute to helping our environment . When it comes to design, this translates into a common desire to bring the outdoors in and indoors out, and embrace the natural elements in our surroundings. To that
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Jun
15

Dad It Up this Weekend at Jim Caruk's BIY Centers

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/15/2010 3:31:00 PM
Looking to make memories? Or shame your dad by showing him up at a Build-It-Yourself workshop? Thankfully, dads these days seem too busy sharing the household chores to really spend quality time in the workshop, and if your dad is one to really miss it,
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Jun
15

Question of the Week: Are "Dad Chairs" Extinct? Or Are Dads Still Sitting in Them?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/15/2010 12:44:00 PM
La-Z-boy through the ages (clockwise from the top); 1950s prototype, TheBSReport blog; 1970s prototype, Morgan.co.nz ; a contemporary suped-up prototype, JerkMag blog; 'Jason' rocker/recliner, one of the most popular models, WestDawson.com . I'm a day
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May
28

Top 5 Friday: Five Things to Look Out for When Antiquing

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 5/28/2010 4:51:00 PM
Antiquing season is here! Watch out rural fields, small town skating rinks and city parking lots because here comes the old stuff! I for one cannot wait. I may have let on in previous posts about my intense obsession with old stuff -- a mean habit I nurse
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May
27

Real People Living in Condos: Choosing Condo-Sized Furniture

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Posted by Guest Blogger 5/27/2010 2:21:00 PM
Jennifer's Condo Our condo is loft-style in that it's open concept with high ceilings and concrete floors, but not by any accounts large. With a modest 650 square feet of indoor living space, we had to evaluate every piece of furniture on how multi-functional
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