Gold Winner Kept Silver Winner Black Market Boutique Bronze Winner The Independent Mercantile Co. Kept is all about “pride of place,” says owner Charlotte Jewer. Both she and her husband have lived in Ontario temporarily and missed the seaside deeply while away. When they moved back to Halifax, the two considered the question “How can […]
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Best Indie Gift Shop
Gold Winner Black Market Boutique Silver Winner Made in the Maritimes Artisan Boutique, Bedford Bronze Winner Kept Gifts & Housewares The Black Market Boutique’s colourful exterior (and interior) is as recognizable to the average Haligonian as Pizza Corner nearby. Black Market is cozy and welcoming the moment you step inside, with the scent of unlit […]
Give it away now: 10 gift ideas for everyone on your list
For the co-worker who’s always stealing your favourite mug JAW Pottery mug, $38 The Trainyard General Store, 53 Portland Street Sattva Boutique, 2453 Agricola Street For the homesick ex-pat JAMPY baltic birch ornament, $12.50 ($45 for set of 5 designs) jampy.co For the analog lover Keephouse Calendar Tea Towel, $28 Made in the Maritimes, 5527 […]
Best Home Decor Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner The Independent Mercantile Co. Bronze Winner Kept The relationship between home decor and furniture is the same as between clothing and accessories. “It’s like when you add jewellery to an outfit,” says Attica Furnishings co-founder Suzanne Saul. “Pillows, lamps, rugs—they really make a space shine.” Winning gold in Best […]
Best Home Decor Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner Kept Bronze Winner Homesense, Bayers Lake It’s exciting times for the perpetually winning Attica Furnishings—not only another slam-dunk for Best Furniture and Best Home Decor, but a big move across town from its multi-tiered Barrington Street abode to a flatter flat at Robie and Young. “Four floors was fun […]
Best Home Decor
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner Kept Bronze Winner The Independent Mercantile Co. “We started our store because Chris makes furniture,” Attica co-owner/co-founder Suzanne Saul says of her partner, Christopher Joyce. That was 20-odd years ago, and since then Attica has grown from a one-room furniture workshop and showroom (see also Best Furniture store) to […]
Best Home Decor Store
Gold Winner Attica Furnishings Silver Winner Kept Bronze Winner Bellissimo Minimalism is in, but no one wants to take it so far that they’re sitting on a single chair in the middle of an empty room. Attica, thankfully, offers many alternatives to that. (Though, if you insist on that single-chair style, at least they can […]

