Category Archives: Toronto Antiques on King

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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Style at Home Borrows from Toronto Antiques on King

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: March 16, 2012
Fashion week is happening across the street from Toronto Antiques on King, which makes us feel, by osmosis, that we are watching trends as they happen. However, we don’t need to see the goings-on across the street to know that vintage is trending. Antiques are in! Interior decorators have always loved mixing old with new […]
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Our Oscar Jewellery

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: February 24, 2012
Like the rest of the audience at the Oscars, the attention of the Toronto Antiques on King staff will be directed forty percent at the awards and sixty percent the wardrobe of our favorite stars. Specifically, we will be ogling the historically spectacular jewellery. To prepare for this year’s Oscars, we have pulled some of […]
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Dearest and Regard Jewellery: Romantic Jewellery for Valentine’s Day

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: February 10, 2012
In spite of Britain’s infamous reputation as a highly reserved people, Queen Victoria was a great romantic who wore her love for her husband and children on her proverbial shirt-sleeve. Queen Victoria’s love of her family inspired a wave of sentimental Victorian jewellery, which caused the British people to literally wear their emotions on their […]
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Stanhope

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: January 12, 2012
Last fall we educated a television producer who was thinking of making a new reality television series and wanted to learn more about quirky antiques. We had fun, and in talking about our favorite things, we fell in love with this business all over again. I thought I’d share with you a few items that […]
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Bomb Girls Rents Props from Toronto Antiques on King

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: January 6, 2012
Bomb Girls, which premiered Jan 4th on Global TV, depicts Canadian history while it also glimpses our future. During World War Two, and in the absences of men, Canadian women worked for the war effort in munitions factories. This history has been partially blotted from our national memory, an oversight that Bomb Girls remedies with […]
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A New Arrival!

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: November 1, 2011
Hello all, Don’t have much time to blog today but I just wanted to share this STUNNING antique diamond brooch with you. I think you will enjoy 🙂 Are you thinking about Christmas yet? For the best Christmas gifts cynthiafindlay.com
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