Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner Thornbloom Bronze Winner Winners, Mic Mac Mall Oh, Attica! How can we not love this place? Its inventory of gorgeous lamps, rugs and accessories for your home will have you wanting everything in store…or just wanting to live in the store itself. And who could blame you? Attica’s been […]
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NSCAD sticks it to ’em
In a city ridden with universities and colleges, it’s hard for every school to share the spotlight equally. At least this is the view of many NSCAD students and alumni who often watch their school’s triumphs and newsworthy accomplishments get cast aside as the light is shone on bigger, more prominent post-secondary spots. Well, the […]
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Best Home Decor Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner HomeSense, Bayers Lake Bronze Winner Thornbloom Attica had its 17th birthday this summer, and Coast readers celebrated by awarding the store gold in this new category. Getting up there in years might make some sluggish, but it just gives the great people at Attica more energy—they are still going […]
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Best Furniture Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner Leon’s Furniture Bronze Winner The Brick Wouldn’t Attica be a great place to live? You’d have a dining room so cool that you’d be dying to host a dinner party, bathroom accessories so awesome you’d spent extra time primping yourself every morning, a home office that’d inspire you and […]
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Best Furniture Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner M Home Bronze Winner Statement Design If you outfit your humble abode with sweet finds from Attica, chances are your home might just be cooler than you are. Sleek, futuristic beds, bold couches worth fainting on, coffee tables that double as art, crazy little fireplaces and the most adorable […]
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Best Furniture Store
It’s no secret that the fortunes of Barrington Street fluctuate, but whatever seems to happen with the other businesses, Attica maintains a steadfast hold on the imaginations and enthusiasm of its clientele, offering high-end, quality furniture and home accessories, spread over four floors in its lovely downtown building. In fact, its regular victory in the […]
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Best Home Accessories Store
Editor’s note: With its latest Best Home Accessories Store win in 2010, Attica Furnishings was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. It’s no secret that the fortunes of Barrington Street fluctuate, but whatever seems to happen with the other businesses, Attica maintains a steadfast hold on the imaginations and enthusiasm of its […]
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Go local on Barrington Street
We’ve all heard about the problems on Barrington Street, but the real story might be how longtime retailers have managed to survive and even thrive downtown, despite the closure of businesses, which recently have included CD Plus, Carsand Mosher and Peep Show Girly Boutique. And at press time, we’re receiving word that locally owned outdoor […]
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Keep the homefries hopping
1. Karyn McCombe Belgian pendant light, $360, Bellissimo, 2743 Agricola Street, 423-6014. 2. Assorted Umbra clocks, various prices, Attica, 1566 Barrington Street, 423-2557. 3. Vintage Fire-King mugs, various prices, Finer Things. 4. Bodum toaster, $99, Cucina Moderna, Sunnyside Mall, 835-9560, 1535 Dresden Row, 423-9562. 5. Recycled flip-flop welcome mat, $39.95-$59.95, P’Lovers, Park Lane Mall, 422-6060. […]
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Best Home Accessories Store
Attica is the dream of NSCAD grads Suzanne Saul and Christopher Joyce, who have taken their keen eye for design over the years to fill four floors with the best in handmade and manufactured furniture and home accessories. “Business has been good this fall, and our sales are up from last year, so we’re really […]
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Best Furniture Store
Attica is the dream of NSCAD grads Suzanne Saul and Christopher Joyce, who have taken their keen eye for design over the years to fill four floors with the best in handmade and manufactured furniture and home accessories. “Business has been good this fall, and our sales are up from last year, so we’re really […]
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Pimp my dorm room
Pictured above is a typical Dalhousie Howe Hall single dorm room. Empty, it’s perfect for minimalist psychopaths. But you deserve a room with personality that won’t scare the neighbours. So how and where do you start? We asked Suzanne Saul, co-owner of Attica Furnishings (1566 Barrington Street, 423-2557), to give us a few design guidelines, […]