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Mercer and Prince brings chic home accessories to Yonge and Eglinton
The place: Named after the hip Soho intersection, this Yonge and Eglinton shop offers home accessories similar to what you might find at Restoration Hardware or Teatro Verde for significantly lower prices. Having opened just in time for the Christmas rush last year, the store is offering discounts of up to 50 per cent on many items as it restocks for 2011.
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Left: Robber’s shirt-dress, Chasse Gardée’s sandal, Ella and Elliot’s dishware for kids, Harry Rosen’s cufflinks; Right: Canuck kitsch at the Drake General Store (Image: photographs by Jay Shuster; cufflinks courtesy of Harry Rosen)
(Image: Connie Tsang)
The place: The Drake Hotel expands its General Store empire with its third location in as many years. The new shop is a partnership with the Toronto clothing line Shared (the designers Joyce Lo and Carlo Colacci are buyers for the General Store), which has occupied the King and Bathurst premises since last fall.
The stuff: Shared’s tissue-soft organic tees (this season’s collection sports magic-themed graphics) are still on offer, as is a selection of old-school Levi’s jeans and Cheap Monday plaid shirts. The staple General Store gift store tchotchkes are here, too, but the Bathurst shop focuses more on quirky accessories for the home—vintage measuring cups, juicers and light fixtures—than the Queen (giftware) and Rosedale (where kids’ items get more play) locations. Even the rustic-looking display cases and furniture are for sale.
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Pick up a pillow and fight it out at Yonge and Eg (Image: Kenny Louie)
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An ode to eating your veggies, this kid-friendly opera sings the praises (excuse the pun) of eating right. Composed by Toronto’s Richard Payne and Montreal native Alexis Diamond, the opera is set in a school cafeteria and tells the story of a new chef on the block, whose talking veggies vie for children to eat them. May 15. Trinity Square, 55 Mill St., 416-537-6066, ext. 224, getstuffed.ca.
Periwinkle owner Cindy Yong, at right, with salesperson Sheila Mazhari (Photo by Tabassum Siddiqui)
For years, Cindy Yong juggled a day job with producing her line of enamelled jewellery, called Cupcake, and selling it at weekend craft fairs. Then she realized that there were other people like herself looking to expand their business without committing to a brick-and-mortar store. That’s why she opened Periwinkle, a cozy gift boutique in Bloor West Village, in October.
Tucked into a low-rise brownstone on the edge of High Park, the shop is capitalizing on consumers’ increasing interest in locally handmade items. Yong rents shelf space to over 40 designers, who make one-of-a-kind jewellery, housewares and art.
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These one-of-a-kind pillows will add a splash of style to a room and are perfect for Mother’s Day gift hunters.
(Photo by Eric Forget)
Throw pillows are a no-brainer for adding personality to a monochromatic palette or quickly gussying up a stark space. We love the organic feel of these down-filled cushions by the South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan, who is perhaps best known for her felt pebble–covered pillows. They are exclusive to the Leslieville boutique Snob but are produced in South Africa by a group of HIV-positive women Jordaan has trained in the craft of felting. The material is made from scratch with wool, hand-cut and hand-dyed for a hit of saturated colour.
$135 at Snob. 388 Carlaw Ave., 416-778-8778, snobstuff.com.
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