What makes this room your favourite? We have an awesome dining room table. It’s from India and it’s got a nice simple contemporary design. There’s a lot of natural solid wood in the space, but at the same time it’s very contemporary with simple clean lines. The feel is really contemporary and rustic—it’s filled with […]
Wicker Emporium
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Scotia Square changes
Scotia Square’s Pay a Dollar Store closed on Friday last week, and that isn’t the only change in the downtown mall: The Wicker Emporium is closing, “hopefully at the end of March,” says a helpful staff person over the buzz of customers and cash registers. She says “hopefully” because it’s possible they could close sooner. […]
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Wicker Emporium’s Madan Kapahi
In a province that has a documented lukewarm relationship with immigrants, Madan Kapahi is a spectacular success story. Born in India, he came to Canada to study law. He met his wife and opened the first Wicker Emporium in 1972 in Scotia Square. “Coming from Asia we were very familiar with wicker and basketware, and […]