ARIDO

Want to hire an interior designer? Whether you’re building a hotel, a hospital or an outhouse, this website search engine, run by the Association ...
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Active Surplus

347 Queen St West

Whether it’s for electronics or a, ahem, “home chemistry lab,” this Queen West stalwart is a dream come true for a DIYer. From necessi...
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Are & Be

1213 BATHURST ST

It might take a major traffic jam before you’d notice Are & Be, a little boutique tucked towards the back of a former tile factory on a busy s...
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Beresford

20B JUTLAND RD, ETOBICOKE

Antiques are its specialty but Beresford refinishes and modifies all styles of wooden furniture, even doors and cabinetry. The pros here also work their...
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Box Design/Build

Specializing in private rooftop terraces, Box is a small studio with a contemporary aesthetic – a cross between minimalist and Japanese &ndas...
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Canadian Design Resource

Updated daily, this entertaining blog was created by Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky (of Motherbrand) as a comprehensive archive of homegrown design. Wi...
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Canadian Salvaged Timber

440-442 Dufferin St, Unit J

Lambos Tsaousidis’s 185-square-metre wood shop is packed with planks rescued from factories, barns and the city’s harbour. And he’s fo...
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Design Exchange

234 Bay St

Located in the former Toronto Stock Exchange building, the Design Exchange's mandate is to promote Canadian design through lectures, competitions, exhib...
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Designers Walk

168 Bedford Rd

An overwhelming collection of showrooms housed in five buildings, DW is primarily frequented by industry insiders, but it is open to the public as well....
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Designresearch.ca

This is where academics, private and public partners and non-governmental sectors of the design community unite. Through education, outreach and collabo...
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Earth Inc.

This design-build practice, consisting of landscape designers, carpenters and horticulturists, primarily serves high-end residential clients looking to ...
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Edge of your Seat

224 WALLACE AVE, #118

Chair caning and seat weaving is owner Donna Kim’s specialty. Trusted by vintage furniture retailers, Kim is adept at such tricky subjects as rest...
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Elias + Associates

What put this firm on the radar was its collaborative Birch Walks project for U of T – a promenade lined with birch trees connecting campus outpos...
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Elise Shelley Landscape Architect

After working at the office of Plant and at Boston’s Office dA, Elise Shelley has struck out on her own. Currently working with the Harbourfront C...
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Fiber-Shield

11 CARDICO DR #8

For cleaning and stain-guarding, Fiber-Shield comes recommended by a number of furniture showrooms. This same service is available to homeowners in the ...
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Habitat for Humanity Restore

1120 Caledonia Rd

New and gently used renovation materials are sold in the city’s three HHR locations and at drastically reduced prices. The products on offe...
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Janet Rosenberg + Associates

JRA’s portfolio includes both modern and classically composed formal gardens and terraces for private clients and public terrains. To get a sense ...
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Nella Cucina

876 Bathurst St

Novices and pros alike frequent NC for small kitchen stuff (Kikuichi knives constructed in the same way as samurai swords, reclaimed wood cutting boards...
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Nettleships

576 Parliament St

Exemplary service sets this compact shop above its peers. Stocking everything a DIYer needs for regular home maintenance, from old-school fuses and repl...
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North Design Office

From full-scale city parks to master plans, this firm has garnered acclaim for its environmental mandate and artistic sensibilities. NDO’s approac...
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Ontario Assocation of Architects - OAA

If you're considering building, renovating or upgrading and think you might need an architect, the OAA's website is a great place to start. The site off...
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Plant Architect

An award-winning firm, Plant has a number of international projects under its belt. But Torontonians know the firm as the creator of Nathan Phillips Squ...
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Potato Skins

2073 YONGE ST

Slipcovers give sofas a facelift at a fraction of the cost of new upholstery, and PS has a large selection. The 17-year-old company will meet any budget...
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Primetime Paint & Paper

299 Queen St E

At PP&P, selection is king – shelves of Benjamin Moore and Para paint are matched in scale only by the largest library of wallpaper samples in...
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Princess Perfect

963 PAPE AVE

The upholstery work performed here gets top marks from local vintage shops. Also impressive is its restoration service that includes re-stuffing, repair...
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Rotblott's

443 Adelaide St West

Picky DIYers will appreciate Rotblott’s meticulous organization of screws and washers. Basics like pull-ties, padlocks, casters, non-standard ligh...
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Scott Torrance Landscape Architect

While few homeowners have turned their rooftops into gardens, green roofs are becoming more popular among those looking for ways to combat global warmin...
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Sheridan Nurseries

2827 YONGE ST

More than a plant and garden tool depot, this nursery offers expert landscaping services, too. No matter your budget, consult with these pros to sort ou...
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Spacing.ca

The companion website to the influential and award-winning Spacing magazine (which celebrated its fifth anniversary this year), Spacing.ca offers two regul...
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The Big Stuff Reupholstery

444A DUFFERIN ST

This aptly named upholstery business works with designers on such large-scale projects as revamping furniture at the Drake and Gladstone hotels. But no ...
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Tina Morgan Upholstery

213 STERLING RD, UNIT #103

To get mid-century modern right requires skill and, according to our sources, TM’s upholstery service is “dead-on.” Because high-end, ...
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Upper Canada Specialty Hardware

10 Brentcliffe Ave.

Whether it’s a handle, hook, hinge, pull, doorbell, grate, house numbers knocker or mail slot, hardware purveyor UC has it all. Its 40-plus brands...
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Urban Garden

Urban Garden has two divisions: one is for large-scale properties, the other is more personal and geared toward homeowners looking to upgrade their back...
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Urban Tree Salvage

753 WARDEN AVE

For years, Sean Gorham and Melissa Neist have given new life to literally thousands of felled city trees by carving cool, cabin-y furniture out of trunk...
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talk20.org

Talk 20 is a design-related speakeasy held sporadically at the Drake Hotel, to promote the mixing of ideas and work between design professionals and the ge...
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