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Ardith One / Yonge & Lawrence
Ardith One is a pottery and crafts store selling Canadian handcrafted pottery, handblown glass, stoneware, jewellery and more....
Art History / West Queen West
Art History is a treasure trove of antiques and all around cool junk, with pieces to fit everyone's budget. I wouldn't call it a design store, more of an indoor...
Atomic Design / West Queen West
Atomic Design on West Queen West is the bomb. (Forgive me, I had to.) I had no idea what to expect from this little store the first time I stopped...
Atomic Toybot / Leslieville
Atomic Toybot on Queen East seems like a scaled down version of Magic Pony. The much smaller selection of designer and trendy toys tends to tailor more to parents and...
Bergo / Distillery District
Bergo features the creations of internationally recognized designers and architects, such as Phillippe Starck Frank Gehry, Karim Rashid and Michael Graves. The store sells a number of unique items including...
Blue Banana Market / Kensington Market
I've often thought that Toronto could use a really good artists market. I'm thinking something like Madrid's Mercado de Fuencarral or the Market NYC in Lower Manhattan. So I was...
Bluebird Handmade / West Queen West
Bluebird Handmade is a veritable cornucopia of handmade goods and craft supplies that opened in The Annex at the beginning of the year. Originally devised as a retail-fronted, workshop-backed operation for...
Bookhou / Dundas West
Bookhou is a gem of a store that I wish was in my neighbourhood - it strikes a perfect balance between local yet worldly, crafty and sophisticated, accessible and accomplished....
Cadeaux Toronto / Liberty Village
Cadeaux is a Liberty Village gift shop with everything from baby clothes to hand-painted glass....
Clay Design / Annex
Clay Design sells mugs, plates and other pottery. They offer pottery classes too....
Cubeshops / Baldwin Village
Cubeshops has finally opened and Toronto is better for it. Let me explain.... There are people who travel the world uncovering cool designs. I am not one of those people. Don't...
Distill / Distillery District
Distill is a store specializing in Canadian designed goods. It's a near perfect mix of crafts, jewelry, and clothing, all made in Canada. I feel the need to begin with...
Drake Hotel General Store / West Queen West
Since almost the day Jeff Stober sunk millions into rejuvenating the Drake Hotel, gossip has been following him around as he sought to buy up real estate in the area....
EMPIRE by Bullet / Riverside
EMPIRE by bullet is a home decor store on Queen East. Inside are plenty of British imported foods, tapestry and pottery, as well as the Keep me Posted card and...
Everyday Housewife / Dundas West
Everyday Housewife, as a name, makes sense when you see Bev Hisey's collection of vintage glass and ceramic housewares. The bright orange vases, lime green glass pieces, and assortment of...
Fawn Ceramics / Distillery District
Fawn Ceramics sells hand-crafted ceramics and other local designs in their storefront in the Distillery District....
Found Objects / Distillery District
Found Objects in the Distillery District carries unique home accessories and furniture that you won't find elsewhere in the city. ...
General Tao / Bloorcourt
General Tao is the type of store in which I could spend hours. Perhaps it's a sign that my delayed sense of adulthood is taking over, because I'm becoming more...
Holy Cow / Leslieville
Holy Cow has taken up a large corner location in Leslieville and crammed it full with a colourful assortment of wooden objects, bowls and other ornaments that are likely to...
Ivory Parade / Beaches
Ivory Parade has two stores in Toronto including this one in the Beaches. They sells a bunch of gifts, trinkets and other design objects like cards, stationary, jewelery and handbags....
Jacaranda Tree / Mount Pleasant
Jacaranda Tree is a design store with a little bit of everything, including linens, picture frames, lotions, stationary, and furniture....
Kendall & Co. / Cabbagetown
Kendall & Co. is an interesting urban hybrid. It's probably best described as a work/shop. On one side of the long space is a fine gallery of well-chosen, surprisingly...
Lifestyle Shop / King West
The Lifestyle Shop sells custom sofas, blinds, lighting, tables, shelves and other design accessories....
Magic Pony / West Queen West
Magic Pony has moved down the street, but co-owner Kristin Weckworth assures me it's the same Magic Pony that has brought funky toys, original prints, books and other art to...
Miracle Thieves / Dundas West
Miracle Thieves is a new creative space and retail consignment shop at the corner of Dundas and Crawford. It's rather ambiguous-looking from the outside peeking in, but that's kind of...
Neat / West Queen West
Neat (Space. Edited.) has moved from Yorkville to Queen West, taking up Portobello's old space and making it new (and neat) again. One-stop shopping for high-design organizational solutions for...
Ontario Specialty Co. / Other
Ontario Specialty Co. dates back to 1939, practically making it vintage itself. It may look like Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium from the outside, but inside, tucked between the rubber chickens,...
Ransack the Universe / Bloordale Village
Ransack the Universe is Bloordale's one-stop shop for vintage goods, records, local crafts, jewelry, and one-of-a-kind decor. Originally located in the basement of 1207 Bloor Street West, the store recently...
Scout / Roncesvalles Village
Scout is a quaint little Roncesvalles gift boutique specializing in local and handmade goods. For some reason, the plum purple ceiling seems to tell me all I need to know...
Studio Brillantine / Parkdale
It doesn't matter where they put this store. It's a drive-to destination. If you want what they have, you'll drive to Wawa to shop here. Alessi, Iittala, George Jenson, and...
Studio We! / Leslieville
Studio We! is fashion and decor in one store. The focus here is on offering a range of diverse fashion that is versatile and affordable....
Suitcase Vintage / Dundas West
Suitcase Vintage strikes me as the truest incarnation of what one might call a "nostalgia shop." Now, as anyone who has seen Midnight in Paris likely knows, the term doesn't offer...
Tanya's Gifts & Gallery / Corso Italia
Tanya's Gifts and Gallery on St. Clair sells classic and modern furniture and accessories including chairs, tables, lamps and mirrors. ...
Teatro Verde / Yorkville
Teatro Verde has a couple of locations in Toronto including this one in Yorkville. The store stocks home and garden supplies and design objects. ...
Ten Thousand Villages / Annex
Hand crafted fair trade products from around the world. Ten Thousand Villages also have many other locations....
Thank You Shop / West Queen West
Thank You, a one month old shop on West Queen West, can only be described as a treasure trove of found objects. Not simply an antique store, nor craft store,...
The Drake General Store (Bathurst) / King West
The Drake General Store (Bathurst) is the third of Drake's general stores, offering everything from organic tees to vintage kitchenware....
The Monocle Shop (Toronto) / Little Italy
Monocle began as a magazine, and later morphed into a global media brand. But to the unbriefed and average College Street passerby, Monocle is just a new eclectic little boutique...
Twice Found / Annex
International 20th century decorative and functional ceramics, glass, wood, and vintage jewellery....
Verso / West Queen West
Verso has a somewhat unusual address. A black pylon outside of West Queen West fixture INAbstracto announces it, but you have to pass through to the back, where you'll find...
WANT Passport / Harbourfront
WANT Passport has recently opened at Billy Bishop airport. If it has one mission, it's to keep its customers in the mile high club, or at least help them get...
Williams Craig Design Studio / Ossington
Williams Craig Design Studio is making use of its new streetside digs by combining its corporate business with its own carefully curated design boutique. The firm spent more than 13 years...
Wise Daughters Craft Market / Junction
Wise Daughters Craft Market in the Junction sells handmade crafts made by local artists. They also offer a variety of workshops like booking binding and encaustic card-making....
Ziggy's at Home / Little Italy
Ziggy's at Home on College Street in Little Italy sells a range of contemporary furniture, flooring, lighting, bath and design accessories. ...

