Vintage & Reclaimed Furniture

Anazao Inc.

Anazao designs, builds and installs exceptional custom wood furniture, flooring, decor and accents – much of it made from reclaimed and salvaged lumber – as well as complex architectural millwork. Homeowners count on these architects and designers for extendable dining tables with hand-rubbed oil, dressers made from single slabs of walnut and brilliant barn doors with forged steel handles and brackets.

10 JUTLAND RD, ETOBICOKE 647 792 7855 BY APPT ONLY ANAZAOINC.COM

Atomic Design

Lawrence Blairs’s expansive collection of mid-century pieces (heavy on the Eameses, Verner Panton and Pierre Paulin) includes refurbished 1950s and ’60s originals and postmodern designs from the ’70s and early ’80s. AD’S smaller decor accents delight: neon art, a selection of Scandinavian and Italian glassware, and Spark in-house custom lighting, including table and suspension lamps in warm burnished brass.

965 QUEEN ST W 416 912 2358 ATOMICDESIGN.CA

Bungalow

Aficionados of mid-century Scandinavian furniture and accents make Bungalow a regular stop, thanks to its rotating collection of impeccably maintained and refurbished vintage dining sets, modular wall units and occasional chairs from Domino, Dyrlund, Herman Miller, Niels Koefoed and Imperial Furniture. Art glass from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s peppers the space, as do such hard-tofind European housewares as Dansk cookware and German ceramics.

273 AUGUSTA AVE 416

598 0204 BUNGALOW.TO

Canadian Salvaged Timber

Lambos Tsaousidis custom-builds furniture and accessories using locally sourced premium woods. Slabs of live-edge oak, elm and maple become kitchen islands, dining tables or storage units. His portfolio runs the gamut from shabby-chic barn doors and flooring to minimalist platform beds, cabinets and work tables.

442 DUFFERIN ST, UNIT J 416

530 1333 CANADIANSALVAGEDTIMBER.CA

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Formerly “Queen West Antique Centre” in Toronto, Amy and Mike Mason’s new space is still a go-to for high-end 20th-century furniture, from art deco to mid-century modern to Danish modern. Among the authentic Eames side chairs – as well as Eero Saarinen’s Womb chair and Pedestal table – are a plethora of sideboards and dining tables in teak and walnut from H.W. Klein, Johannes Andersen and Russell Spanner.

271 OTTAWA ST N, HAMILTON 905 522 3940 FILTER.DESIGN

Forever Interiors

Martin Scott’s one-of-a-kind furniture incorporates distinctive salvaged pieces and reclaimed wood. While Scott will build just about anything to order – benches, kitchen islands, sliding barn doors – he specializes in six distinctive harvest tables, as well as cabinets and shelving units. Distressed bookshelves exude a rustic vibe, while Scott’s industrial Tree Shelf, made with metal posts and thick slabs of B.C. fir, is customizable.

2903 DUNDAS ST W 416 291 2001 FOREVERINTERIORS.COM

GUFF

Great Used Furniture Finds brims with vintage seating, tables and storage units. Estate-sale pieces from Eames, Herman Miller and Arne Jacobsen move through regularly, as do rarities like sculptural chairs by Guglielmo Ulrich or teak coffee tables by Ole Wanscher for P. Jeppesen. GUFF’S pieces are meticulously vetted for style and quality, resulting in a tight edit of impressive furniture. 1 DAVIES AVE 416 913 8025 GUFFFURNITURE.COM

Habitat for Humanity Restore

HHR’S 10 GTA locations sell new and gently used furniture (some donated by local showrooms) and renovation materials at steep discounts, with proceeds funding HH’S homebuilding programs. The stores are a popular source, thanks to a well-organized selection of furniture, appliances, sinks and cabinets. Remember: pieces are here today, gone tomorrow.

155 BERMONDSEY RD 416 755 7353 x248 (ALSO: 7 QUEEN ELIZABETH BLVD, ETOBICOKE 416 755 7353 x302; 7701 WOODBINE AVE, MARKHAM 416 755 7353 x305; 16715 YONGE ST, UNIT C, NEWMARKET 416 755 7353 x306) HABITATGTA.CA/RESTORE

Inabstracto

Inabstracto boasts vintage and vintageinspired pieces from handmade floor and desk lamps by Toronto’s Paul Campbell to aluminum pendants made from recycled fire extinguishers by Castor Design; from original chairs by the likes of Verner Panton and Allan Gould to a selection of vintage tables in teak and rosewood. You’ll also find Kurt Swinghammer’s contemporary Canadiana paintings and Zeed Design lighting with meticulously folded paper shades.

1160 QUEEN ST W 416 533 6362 INABSTRACTO.COM

Metropolis Living

Avid collectors Phil Freire and Maggie Gattesco custom-build both modern and vintage-inspired furniture and lighting for anyone with an eye for the unusual. Current orders include barstools for popular downtown restaurants and whimsical pieces like cowboy-boot pendants and a bathtub converted into a couch. The duo restores and reuses anything old, from neon signs to the rotary-dial phones Nana used to own. 37 MILFORD AVE 416 241 0777 BY APPT ONLY METROPOLIS-LIVING.COM

Phil’z

This modernist emporium will leave you wishing for a loft to fill with its iconic light fixtures and rare vintage furniture and contemporary finds. The space is impeccably stocked with refurbished 1950s coffee tables, mid-century sofas and a selection of teak cabinets and sideboards. Hot finds include Joe Colombo’s poker table for Zanotta, a classic tulip dining table and, for the bachelor pad, Bruno Mathsson’s aptly named Jetson 66 lounger.

2906 DUNDAS ST W 416 461 9913 PHILZ20THCENTURY.COM

Porch Modern

Colen Colthurst’s rare, high-end and historic Scandinavian and American furniture, as well as 20th-century art and sculpture, make PM a destination for savvy buyers. Gold-mine finds: a three-legged, pre-production CTM coffee table (worked on by Charles Eames himself); Wendell Castle’s cloudlike Molar Group settee and Harry Bertoia’s sound sculptures, including a patinated bronze gong.

344 WESTMORELAND AVE N, STE #210 416 473 7789 BY APPT ONLY PORCHMODERN.COM

Post + Beam Reclamation

Stained-glass windows hang from the high ceilings at P+B, an intrepid architectural picker’s paradise that’s equal parts salvage yard and antique store. Owner Doug Killaly offers a constantly changing supply of artifacts, with an emphasis on iron gates, garden statuary, hardware and antique maps. You’ll find welded-steel topiary forms, leaded-glass windows, reclaimed iron panels and antique maps.

2869 DUNDAS ST W 416 913 4243 PANDB.CA

Rec + Art History

What looks like another Queen West hole-inthe-wall is surprisingly well stocked with rare decor items and mid-century hardwood furniture, including rustic wooden chairs, classic globes and glassware. Shelves and tables are lined with vintage curios, goblets, steins, champagne coupes and rocks glasses; bar owners come here in search of vintage glassware. Other fun finds: silver patina trays, Audubon bird prints and seasonal ornaments. 1080 QUEEN ST W 416 662 9235

Retroworks

A shared penchant for industrial-styled bespoke furniture led husband-and-wife team Jamie and Liz Filman to open an online shop for their wares, whose exposed rivets and brackets belie deft engineering and quality craftsmanship. Steel and pine bookcases, coffee tables, media stands and wide industrial shelving units (all on iron castors!) are available in a variety of compositions and hand-applied finishes.

RETROWORKS.CA

Smash

Owner Paul Mercer snags the best doomedfor-demolition materials (old signage, display cases, industrial fixtures), so you never know what you’ll find in this sprawling space – but stock usually includes vintage character pieces in project-ready multiples. Find stately iron gates, steel-framed factory windows and a diverse assortment of retro furnishings: rustic sawbuck tables, Eames moulded-plywood chairs and a groovy pair of side tables with macramé bases.

371 SHERMAN AVE N, HAMILTON 809 8730 SMASHSALVAGE.COM

Urban Tree Salvage

Sean Gorham and Melissa Neist give new life to thousands of felled city trees in the form of rustic-cool furniture fashioned from trunks and limbs. Everything – boardroom and coffee tables, consoles, benches and desks, as well as island and vanity tops – is milled, kilned and hand-oiled on site. The duo’s bespoke reclaimed and salvaged live-edge slab kitchen and dining tables highlight the pre-existing knots and grain.

689 WARDEN AVE, UNIT #7, SCARBOROUGH 647 438 7516 URBANTREESALVAGE.COM

WC The Store

A storefront extension to interior design firm Williamscraig flaunts vintage furniture that runs the gamut from rustic to regal, with a few oddities thrown in for good measure. Specializing in conversation pieces for contemporary homes, WC carries reupholstered antique chairs, raw wood tables and industrial lighting, plus such quirky accessories as primitive stoneware, vintage dolls and even antique beehives.

930 DUNDAS ST W 416 516 2177 WCTHESTORE.COM

What the Vintage

John Baltazar’s Scarborough showroom is full of pretty much perfect mid-mod furniture and accessories, from Danish teak writing desks to West German ceramic vases – not to mention framed vintage serigraphs and floor lamps with fibreglass shades atop tripod bases. Baltazar posts photos of his inventory online and offers free delivery to anyone in the city – meaning you should act fast when you spot that teak arc floor lamp.

371 OLD KINGSTON RD, UNIT A, SCARBOROUGH 647 983 6059 WHATTHEVINTAGE.COM

Zenporium

Committed to sustainability, Zenporium offers guilt-free furniture made using only reclaimed and responsibly harvested materials. The Architectural Salvage collection repurposes teak found at old construction sites into striking side tables and storage units. Other pieces incorporate petrified wood that has been cut and polished to highlight its inherent beauty into beguiling pedestals and side tables atop minimalist steel bases.

388 CARLAW AVE, UNIT #202F 416 778 8936 (ALSO: IMPROVE CANADA, 7250 KEELE ST, UNITS #46 & 251, VAUGHAN 855 891 8936) ZENPORIUM.COM

Zig Zag

Joe Graafmans’s vintage shop is a haven for fans of furniture and accessories with sleek mid-century style. Expect to find a choice selection of teak furniture, like Arne Hovmand-olsen chairs. The boutique’s focus on lighting yields even more incredible finds, including a space-age chrome pendant from the ’60s and a striking Meret Oppenheim– designed Traccia table complete with bronze base topped with gold leaf on wood.

985 QUEEN ST E 416 778 6495 ZIGZAGMIDCENTURY.COM More vintage & reclaimed: Door Store, Door Studio, Eclectisaurus and Studio Pazo.