Continuum Modern Vintage is one of my absolute fave vintage type shops. (It's where the shoes from yesterday's post came from). Owner Daina Liepa is celebrating a year in biz and I just came back from her anniversary fete.
Daina has such a great eye. She roams estate sales and antique auctions and finds the most beautiful and distinctive items in impeccable condition: a vintage porcelain Tiffany's box; white Limoges china; a gorgeous retro teak hutch.
What isn't in perfect shape gets a makeover - like this old coffee table she painted white and added a glass top to. There's also custom upholstery services available for furniture, headboards, you name it ....
... or you could buy it right off the shelf, so to speak. Walk into the shop and you could find a gorgeous Anthropologie-esque sofa, or a lush contemporary headboard with pillows, numerous custom-made throws and scarves.
I took this baby home: vintage velvet patterned fabric, dyed over with purple, to which a fringe, also dyed purple, was added, with brown velvet fabric on the other side. The most gorgeous thing I've seen in my life, and when I wear it, people practically stop me in the street.
Prices are really good, too, way better than the overinflated prices you see for the 'vintage' stuff they sell in uber trendy parts of town.
With vintage jewellery, luscious new candles, carefully selected vintage glasswear and accessories, this is a gift-givers paradise, a haven for those who love beautiful pieces and just an overall lovely store to browse in!
707 Pape Ave., 416-778-1200
For a review of Continuum and other shops just off the beaten path of the Danforth, see my January 2010 shopping column in the Town Crier newspapers
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