Category Archives: Gift Ideas

Chatelaine Borrows Egg Cups

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: April 5, 2012
This won’t come as a shock, but we love re-purposing antiques for modern uses. Old biscuit barrels? Great toilet paper holders! An old table celery server? Why not use it for bread sticks? This is why when, Julia, a stylist for Chatelaine, asked to borrow napkin holders to use as egg cups, we were very […]
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Steven and Chris

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: December 8, 2011
At Toronto Antiques on King we are always happily surprised by the way decorators incorporate our inventory into decor schemes. For example, who would have know that  1960’ s Lucite, made in France, could fit perfectly with this 1920`s French inlayed table? And who would have known to put a basket of pool balls on top […]
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House and Home Holiday

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: December 2, 2011
The radio is singing “baby it’s cold outside,” which is exactly how I’m feeling. But you know what? I’m enjoying the crisp days because they mean that the holidays are coming! When the weather turns, we all start nesting. We pull out our fleece blankets, turn on the fire and serve home-cooked, casual meals. If […]
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A Happy (Royal) Couple

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 10, 2011
Who says only royalty can enjoy a royal life? Katherine and Darren have a romance story that rivals that of the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge. First, the couple enjoyed high tea at Dalvay by the Sea, the resort where Prince William and Kate Middleton stayed on their recent trip to PEI. After their the […]
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Proposal in a Canoe

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 25, 2011
Monet called, he wants his garden back. This is a perfect spring proposal to kick off a summer of love. Gary loved telling us about his beautiful girlfriend’s perfect hands. We needed to find these perfect hands a perfect promise ring. We did. Gary proposed in a canoe on  a stunning river, and the perfect […]
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House and Home ‘Makeovers’ Contest

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: May 24, 2011
Whenever we rent props to design magazines we are both excited and a tad confused. Decor magazines tend to do things waaaaay in advance. For example, last November House & Home magazine was renting stuff for their Christmas issue, “leaving it to the last minute” we all thought, until they told us it was the […]
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Make Earth Hour Last All Year by Buying Vintage

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: March 25, 2011
On March 26th (tomorrow) millions of people around the world will turn off all their electricity between 8:30 and 9:30 to observe earth hour. For those of us who live in cities, downtown will feel like a super-hopeful Gotham city. This year earth hour organizers are asking us to go, “beyond the hour, [and] after […]
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