Store Love - 507 Antiques

507 Antiques (50 Carroll St.) is having a pop-up shop on Queen St. West for the next 4 - 5 weeks.  The Carroll St. store is a cavernous warehouse and you wind your way through the aisles in awe of treasure after treasure.  Seeing a sample of these items in a smaller shop really lets you appreciate each piece and I think the items chosen for this shop represent well the full selection available at the main store.

Store Love - Zenporium

Zenporium (998 Queen Street East) is full of items that feel exactly like their name.  The space is calm and soothing with white walls and reclaimed, rustic pieces of furniture.  They take old, vibrantly painted fishing boats from South East Asia and turn them into chairs, hutches and benches.  They also have uprooted coffee trees which are stripped of their bark to form beautiful sculptures.

 

 

 

 

Store Love - Machine Age Modern

Machine Age Modern (1000 Queen Street East) has some of the best mid-century modern pieces in the city.  The storefront window is constantly changing which is representative of how quickly their amazing finds sell (check out their inventory blog to find out when new items arrive). They have also added a little area at the back of the store that is just focused on vintage kitchen items - tin trays, kitchen tools, glassware, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all mothers, and especially my Mom, a very happy Mother's Day.

Me and Mom as contestants on "Just like Mom"

*The question was "Why is your gerbil Gizmo so cute?"