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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Shoptalk-lets: local business round up
Looking for a new and effective way to train your dog? A local company is offering The Clicker Leash, which might just be the ticket, bridging the techniques of dog whisperers and other more traditional types of dog training. Clicker Leash expert Adina MacRae will be offering a free demonstration of the leash at Bark […]
When nature calls
TROPHY LIFE No animals harmed when assembling laser-cut recycled cardboard deer, moose, rhino and buffalo heads from Cardboard Safari. $20-$65. Carbonstok, 1235 Barrington, 404-7288. NESTING INSTINCTS Keep it warm and cool with a screenprinted Dupioni-silk tea cozy from Vancouver’s Smoking Lily, and Lala & Gleen’s wooly French-press cover, from Wolfville. $34-$39 for French-press, […]
Four modern lamps with a vintage twist
Bourgie table lamp, $798, Project 9, 5525 Artillery Place. Bolio floor lamp, $1,187, Norman Flynn Designs, 2698 Agricola, 420-0736. The Burbank table lamp, $239, Attica Furnishings, 1566 Barrington. Empori table lamp, $139, Zephyr Rug & Home, 6232 Quinpool, 446-4622.
Planning and Design Centre seeks storefront
Speaking of creative ideas to improve the cityscape, The Planning and Design Centre is on the hunt for a prominent storefront to set up shop in downtown Halifax. The Planning and Design Centre started as a special project of the Cities & Environment Unit—-a community planning and research group based in the Faculty of Architecture […]

