Toronto's East end houseware places for your home
Need a new mod-con coffee maker or bedroom linen set? Want to conserve heat with energy-efficient blinds or corral all your clutter in style? These stores that will feed your imagination and help you get the job done.
Howards Storage World
2060 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4E 1C9At this store, clutter gets niftily sorted and stored in chic and practical storage. It will seem like the clutter fairy has gone through your bathroom, bedroom and, best of all, kids’ rooms, after you pick up storage items from Howard’s Storage World. The storage solutions here have the double effect of organizing your belongings, plus creating space, and you’ll know where exactly your Christmas wrapping paper and supply of house nails are at any moment.
Danforth Carpet Connection
1999 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4C 1J7When it comes to area rugs, nothing less than the pros will do. This family-run store has been in the business for years. They can size up what you’re after and offer a number of ideas coming in all shapes, designs and colours. You’ll find plain shag rugs, oriental styles, contemporary and traditional designs to fit all types of rooms. You can also browse a selection of hallway runners that lend a warming touch to a corridor area.
Dimensions Custom Framing & Gallery
732 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H2If you have too many bare walls staring back at you and want something inspiring to hang there, head down to Dimensions Framing. This Queen East store is run by two art and framing experts. They’ll get into your head in a jiff and present you with a host of options to transform your blank walls. They have hundreds of frames from which to choose for your own art, plus a stock of varied prints and mirrors for all tastes.
IQ Living
542 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1P8If the number of graters and peelers a kitchen store stocks is an indication of all the other riches it has available for your daily coffee, pasta making and fridge storage needs, IQ Living is a treasure trove. They have enough graters for every day of the month. The same variety in design and functionality goes for knives, bakeware, bar tools and ovenware. With beautiful, quality products for all pockets, the only thing they don’t have is the kitchen sink.
Night And Day Window Decor
990 Kingston Rd, Toronto, ON M4E 1T2If you want to make a feature of your windows, you need the right window décor. Night and Day stocks drapery, blinds, shades and shutters in scores of designs, textures and colours so you’ll have plenty of inspiration. On a purely practical note, they also offer a selection of energy-efficient, customised window treatments and a range of lifting systems for convenience and safety, including cordless options. There’s also a great choice of products for kids’ rooms.
Living Lighting
1841 Queen St East, Toronto, ON M4L 3Z6This is a paradise for those who know the impact of carefully thought-out light and shade. Whatever transformation you’re seeking in your space, Living Lighting has an answer in the form of table lamps and ceiling fixtures, chandeliers and track lighting. Styles range from ornate to minimalistic so you’ll find something to suit your taste, whether it’s for an entire lighting overhaul or a bedside lamp to read by at night.
Oxford Mills Home Fashion Factory Outlet
1939 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1H7Every so often, it’s time for a change of bed linen. Sometimes you plan to get a fluffy new duvet and firm support pillow and other times you just shop on a whim. Whichever it is, Beddington’s Bed and Bath in the east end has a cornucopia of wool, silk, lightweight and anti-bacterial duvets, to name a few. It also stocks plush pillows, sheets and plain and patterned duvet covers. There is plenty of quality Egyptian cotton here, as well.
