Contemporary Furniture
18 Watt
This showroom packs in avant-garde, everinnovating European furniture lines. Find impeccably made Spanish seating from Casadesús and Beltá & Frajumar, whose unconventional benches expand playfully. Sweden’s Johanson makes more restrained modular sofas and chairs, and morphs felt into attractive wall-, floor- or ceiling-mounted sound absorbers for homes and workspaces. Pair furniture with equally statement-making handmade Murano glass sconces or chandeliers from Andromeda.
834 CALEDONIA RD 416 787 1818 18-WATT.COM
Anazao Inc.
Anazao designs, builds and installs fine custom wood furniture and decor, as well as architectural millwork and handcrafted steel. Homeowners and designers will find contemporary bespoke beds, dining tables, vanities and dressers made from single slabs of walnut alongside barn doors with forged steel handles and brackets. Enviable projects include a sleek sit–stand hydraulic desk, sliding doors in an oak herringbone pattern and benches of grouped hexagonal storage modules.
10 JUTLAND RD, ETOBICOKE 647 792 7855 BY APPT ONLY ANAZAOINC.CA
Augustus Jones
AJ brings a bold selection of contemporary European indoor and outdoor furniture from both historic brands and emerging manufacturers like Enne and Fermob. A massive wall grid features chairs from Prostoria, Tolix, Wagner and Vincent Sheppard. AJ’S owners demonstrate a discerning eye for daring forms and quality construction: innovative benches, wallclimbing steel shelving, or a beckoning sofa that triples as a bed with an integrated side table and rear storage.
33 DAVIES AVE 416 360 1788 AUGUSTUSJONES.COM
Avenue Road
A 1907 industrial building re-envisioned with an airy central atrium by Yabu Pushelberg is the perfect backdrop for AR’S discerning selection of luxe furniture, lighting and accessories. This expansive showroom is home to bespoke kitchen solutions by Obumex, textiles by Raf Simons, and furniture from Christophe Delcourt and Sebastian Herkner. AR also offers endlessly customizable storage solutions from iconic brand USM and floor coverings from The Rug Company.
415 EASTERN AVE 416 548 7788 AVENUE-ROAD.COM
B.O.F.F. Wall Beds
This Canadian-owned and -operated Murphy bed manufacturer has been catering to condodwellers for over 30 years. Maximize your living space with its affordable wall beds, office systems and go-anywhere cabinets for the home. The showroom also includes endless styles of shelving, hardware, accessories, door finishes and panels, from Shaker to modern to contemporary.
4249 STEELES AVE W 416 636 2633 BOFFWALLBEDS.CA
Big Ass Fans
BAF did not mince words when naming its company. Ginormous, sleekly styled ceiling fans – for commercial and residential use – are what BAF does. See its bestsellers in action at the Oakville showroom (including Haiku, the chic three-blade model available in bamboo and aluminum finishes, complete with remote, voice and app control), as well as the new i6, a sensitive, virtually silent six-vane model. 2180 WINSTON PARK DR, OAKVILLE 844 924 4277 BIGASSFANS.COM
Biltmore Domicile
This three-decade-old family business specializes in bespoke sofas and upholstered products, which are handmade in their Montreal shop with kiln-dried maple frames, and are available in an array of upholstery options and cushion fills. BD’S eclectic Distillery District showroom feels a little like an attic full of treasures, pairing items old and new. GW General shares the space, stocking heaps of home decor accents and vintage finds.
43 TANK HOUSE LANE 416 360 7632 BILTMOREFURNITURE.COM; GWGENERAL.CA
Boconcept
This retailer, one of Denmark’s largest, seamlessly blends functionality and modern luxury in residential staples at an affordable price point. Recreate the Copenhagen look at home with velvet-wrapped beds, Nordic-style sideboards, or desks with swappable storagebox tabletops and integrated speakers to keep your spaces uncluttered and devices within reach. Wow your dinner guests with a cloud grey ceramic glass dining tabletop for outdoor summer soirees.
230 ADELAIDE ST E 647 352 8802 BOCONCEPT.COM
Bois & Cuir
This montréalaise home furnishings showroom in Yorkville concocts a mélange of shabby-chic vignettes inspired by vintage, industrial and classic styles. Everything is handmade in India or Vietnam, most often from leather and natural wood that is marbled, zebra-striped or ribbed. Find cabinets in floral patterns inlaid with camel bone, bed frames finished in mango wood basketweave, and tables of thick live-edge acacia wood paired with cast iron legs.
55 AVENUE ROAD 647 348 2647 BOISETCUIR.COM
Cabinet
Cabinet’s fully customizable solid walnut, maple and oak furnishings for living, dining and bedrooms are impeccably built by its skilled craftspeople. Its showroom features round tables with splayed brass legs, writing desks with asymmetrical frames, and elongated dining surfaces with modern pedestal bases. Find console doors wrapped in exquisite wallpaper or finished in a hand-carved texture. Also popular: the simple Benjamin bed, with its accompanying dresser and nightstand.
354 DAVENPORT RD, STE #100 416 923 9234 CABINETFURNITURE.CA
Calligaris
This Italian manufacturer’s forte is sophisticated furnishings that exude creativity and elegance. Take, for instance, the padded retro-style brass-framed Inès chair; plump, embracing Quadrotta armchair; or wiry tube-frame Stellar table with a ceramic top. Space-saving solutions, including beds with an inconspicuous, easy-to-operate vertical-lift storage system, allow you to maximize your space. See sofas, occasional chairs and tables from Ditre Italia and, coming soon, imaginative luminaires from Luceplan.
170 KING ST E 416
504 2959 CALLIGARISTORONTO.CA
Casalife
Contemporary, modern or timeless classic: Casalife’s pieces for bedroom, office, living and dining rooms prove big design ideas can fit any space and budget. Find everything from configurable couches, swivel lounge chairs, extendable dining tables, and media units with customizable storage for every audiophile. Look for top Canadian brands Huppé and
Mobican, and ever-growing collections of lighting, rugs, tabletop accents and accessories to complete your look.
350 EVANS AVE, ETOBICOKE 416 922 2785 (ALSO: 2532 YONGE ST 416 922 2785) CASALIFE.COM
Casper
You’ve seen their puzzle posters on the TTC, coaxing you toward ergonomic rest and relaxation solutions. The bed-in-a-box store’s Canadian headquarters house a boutique inviting sleepyheads to experience Casper products in person – complete with a bedding shop and adorable private nap rooms. Test their temperature-regulating Wave mattress, try their pillows from down to foam, and lose yourself in their weighted blankets. Also here: bed frames, nightstands and app-controlled bedside lamps.
342 QUEEN ST W 647 660 0700 (ALSO: YORKVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE 3401 DUFFERIN ST 416 639 5986; SHERWAY GARDENS, 25 THE WEST MALL 416 447 8175) CASPER.COM
CB2
CB2 serves up cool, contemporary and condofriendly furniture, lighting and accessories. Its collaborations with established designers and gifted newcomers provide furnishings with a little extra curb appeal: their GQ collection of tufted leather sofas, chunky dressers and framed mirrors flaunts masculine lines and vintage accents, while Fred Segal–designed indoor-outdoor furniture brings California casual to hard lofts. Mix up materials with black lacquer and rattan beds or marble and aluminum tables.
651 QUEEN ST W 416 366 2828 CB2.CA
The Chesterfield Shop
Family-owned since 1948, TCS has five showrooms offering acres of comfy sofas and recliner seating in multiple leather and fabric options. Browse sofa beds from Palliser and choose from innerspring, pocket-coil or gel-infused foam mattresses. TCS specialties: sectionals in every size, shape and comfort level, as well as a vast selection of theatre-style recliners kitted out with power, USB and endless support options. Just add popcorn for those epic movie nights.
2045 YONGE ST 416 667 1150 (ALSO: 4900 DUFFERIN ST; 1218 KENNEDY RD; 1248 DUNDAS ST E; 17940 YONGE ST) THECHESTERFIELDSHOP.COM
Commute Design
Call this interdisciplinary studio for thoughtfully designed, carefully crafted custom furniture, lighting and interior design projects. Its portfolio includes marble and steel accent tables and whitewashed oak stools with velvet cushions. Light fixtures originally cooked up for Commute’s many restaurant projects can be ordered to go (chances are you’ve seen its unique plated, perforated and polished pieces at Aloette, General Assembly and Oretta). 1392 DUFFERIN ST 416 861 0521 BY APPT ONLY COMMUTEDESIGN.COM
Coolican & Company
Coolican’s Toronto-made, heirloom-quality wooden furniture is painstakingly constructed in small batches. C&C’S contemporary takes on classic forms include a lounge version of the Windsor chair and Shaker-inspired stools. Half-blind dovetails, brass-pinned lap joints and thoughtfully placed dowels showcase artisanal skill. Breadboard ends and a spare silhouette give its white-oak Lakeshore dining table a refined look.
1299 ST. MARY’S AVE, UNIT #4, MISSISSAUGA COOLICANANDCOMPANY.COM
Crate & Barrel
Mixable accessories and craft-conscious furniture and tableware are C&B’S stock-intrade. Space-constrained townies will love their streamlined sofas, storage ottomans and adjustable dining tables that adapt to suit. Give your spaces a natural, textural appeal with pastel-coloured bedding, tweedy rugs and woven pendant lights for vacation vibes or a touch of the tropics. Fulfill your entertaining ambitions with petite gas grills, stemless wineglasses and artisanal glazed ceramic dinnerware from Portugal.
YORKDALE SHOPPING CENTRE, 3401 DUFFERIN ST 416 657 4100 (ALSO: SQUARE ONE SHOPPING CENTRE, 95 SQUARE ONE DR 905 949 1545) CRATEANDBARREL.CA
Design Republic
For the past decade, Torontonians were drawn to DR’S Queen West location for of-the-moment, urbanite-approved furniture: live-edge dining and coffee tables in maple, ash and walnut, with customizable steel bases. Made-in-toronto sofas, sectionals and sofa beds are still available in hundreds of fabrics and leathers at the new location. Sliding seamlessly into small kitchens are islands on casters, industrial stools, and vintage accessories to personalize your look.
2962 DUNDAS ST W 416 603 0007 MYDESIGNREPUBLIC.COM
Design Within Reach
DWR’S collection blends authentic licensed classics from Emeco, Cassina and Knoll with exclusive house designs. Recent collaborations yield sparsely detailed sculpted armchairs (Norm Architects) and tailored sofas whose curved frames create cozy corners to curl up in (Egg Collective). Jens Risom’s Block Island lounge chair – a new summer icon – pays homage to the late designer and the place that inspired it: Rhode Island.
214 KING ST E 416 977 4003 DWR.COM
Designers Walk
Spread across five buildings, DW’S furniture, lighting, accessories and fabric suppliers cater to the city’s interior design community. Find lush textiles from JF & Co. next to bustling design firm Pehr Designs in Building 2, Resource Furniture in Building 3 and, in Building 4, a marketplace packed with fine textiles and wallcoverings from The Red Carpet & Rug Co. Seek out luxury home furnishings, fabrics and accessories from retailers Theo and Primavera in Building 5. 320 DAVENPORT RD, STE #105 416 961 1211 x224 DESIGNERSWALK.COM
Direct Interiors
With 4,645 square metres of floor space and over 200 manufacturers in store, you’d be hard-pressed not to walk away with exactly what you were looking for. At this one-stop shop, you will find everything from nursery furniture (check out Dutailier) and leather upholstered sofas (see Bernhardt) to entertainment centres (from Hooker Furniture) and dining sets (by Calligaris). Lighting, bedding, window coverings and rugs round out the selection.
2005 CLARK BLVD, BRAMPTON 905 791 9660 DIRECTINTERIORS.COM
Drechsel Studio
Established in 2017 by Drechsel Business Interiors, this design studio’s collections reflect the human form and respond to today’s “work, live, play” mentality. Classic and contemporary furniture and lighting from such stalwart European manufacturers as Arco, Asplund and Fredericia abound. Want a different way to lounge? Get inspired by the creative, avant-garde forms of DS’S modular sofas, including Sancal’s La Isla, and Verpan’s Welle – a low, undulating seating landscape with six different mix-and-match units. 150
KING ST E 416 740 7226 DRECHSELSTUDIO.COM
Elte
Many style-savvy shoppers make Elte their first stop for sofas, tables and beds. Elte has assembled a stacked lineup of designers, including Kara Mann, Timothy Oulton, Made Goods, Finn Juhl, Edward Wormley, Verner Panton and Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Seek out furniture and accessories from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams or test drive luxurious mattresses from Vispring. There are also scores of broadloom and handmade carpet options, including vintage Moroccan rugs featuring deep hues in lattice patterns. 80 RONALD AVE 416 785 7885 ELTE.COM
Elte Mkt
Focused on contemporary furniture and design, Elte Mkt’s showroom caters to a modern clientele with an ever-changing inventory of urbane furnishings. Explore sofas, beds and lighting – not to mention a strong selection of cowhide, vintage kilim and colourful silk rugs. Wall decor options abound: customize your home with graphic illustrations or polished photos from Yellowkorner, a shop-within-a-shop at Elte Mkt that offers limited-edition non-digital prints, finishes and frames.
1381 CASTLEFIELD AVE 416 789 0800 ELTEMKT.COM
EQ3
With an economical approach to design, EQ3 produces intelligently crafted and retro-sleek furniture and accessories. They primarily tout made-in-canada pieces, including bespoke sofas and sectionals which, thanks to a curated selection of materials, you can customize as you like. For a pressed-for-space condo, try the Ban collection of benches and tables that offer both seating and surface. Add small-scale, big-impact with the velvet Oma sofa and chaise or the Bon expandable table that seats up to 10.
51 HANNA AVE, UNIT #3 416 533 9090 (ALSO: 222 KING ST E 416 815 2002) EQ3.COM
Gautier
Environment-friendly, adjustable and multipurpose furniture for tight family spaces is central to this French manufacturer’s offerings. Take the country oak–finish Natura line with shelving options that perform double duty as integrated media stand storage and see-thru room dividers. Reinventing the smallest of spaces with its 3-in-1 functionality is Nocturne, a pull-down bed with an extending console-to-dining table or multimedia unit.