The new year brought the end of Daun Windover’s source for mid-century modern furniture and accessories boutique, Abode—or so we thought. The 5431 Doyle Street shop closed its doors the face of the soon-to-be construction zone at Spring Garden, Queen and Doyle with no new location to speak of, until now! It turns out Abode […]
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TNT Candles are heaven scent
Claire Simmons and Tabitha Taylor are ready to light it up. The pair of best pals are behind TNT Candles, a local line of all-natural, micro-batch aromatherapy candles celebrating its launch today (Thursday, August 6, 5-7pm) at Bodega Boutique (20 Wentworth Street). “We are both pretty creative and we both wanted a jobby,” says Simmons. […]
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Happy Nest hatches
Jill Niedermayer has always been into home style. After channeling her longtime interests into Dooryard Antiques—a seasonal vintage, collectibles and decor shop she ran from her cottage in Crescent Beach—for the last few years, she’s decided to make the leap and open a bricks and mortar shop in Halifax. “I’ve wanted to do this for […]
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Hue Design brings paint smarts to the Hydrostone
“I’m a paint nerd,” laughs Michele Muir owner of the brand new Hue Design Studio (5558 Sullivan Street). After 10 years working as a colour consultant, interior decorator and passionate furniture up-cycler, she decided to zero in on the science of colour, getting her Dewey Colour Certification and opening a shop. “I just realized, I’m […]
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SHOP THIS: minimalistos
It turns out a ton of old windows get tossed out in Halifax. Vlad Kovalik and Jelsi Mynott took notice of all the wasted glass and then took artistic action, teaming up to create minimalistos. Using only recycled windows, their handmade, handcut and soldered with lead-free silver alloy terrariums range from prisms to teardrops to […]
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KEW oughta know
“It was just kind of happenstance,” says Ray Frizzell of how he and David McQuaid teamed up to create downtown Halifax’s newest furniture store KEW, which opens this Saturday (December 7) at 1861 Granville Street. “We happened to bump into each other and started talking about furniture and products we loved and it just went […]
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M is for Moving
After a decade on Birmingham, the beautiful M Home (1471 Birmingham, 429-4333) is heading to Bedford. “As time went by, our business became more and more about in-home design” says Mark Martin, M Home’s inspired owner. “In 2011 it actually reached 95 percent of our sales”. In efforts to concentrate solely on the home decorating side […]