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1000+ additional Alessi products now available
Our store continues to grow and we are striving to meet the demand for unique holiday and gift ideas.
We are pleased to offer more then 1000 products just added to the Alessi line.
Every year I hear holiday gift ideas that sound extra creative and fun. Then the day comes when I need a unique ...
So long beautiful white Graves kettle
I learned this week that the white electric Michael Graves kettle is being discontinued by Alessi. However, don't panic little bird lovers... it will still be available in the classic blue and red. Farewell white kettle...
Bare your bulb
Why hide the little miracle that makes it all happen? Props out to those designers who bare all and assert the thing for what it is - a light bulb in a fancy vehicle... or best yet: not so fancy. Bare bulbs are honest, straight up, industrial, and georgous! ... so long as they don't leave a ...
Philippe Starck > you naughty boy you...
I say "Long and Hard" and what comes to mind? Of course it would be a freakishly amazing new modern lighting fixture with beautiful molded outer surfaces that look like liquid metal by Philippe Starck for FLOS. Whew… that was a mouthful.
When I learned of this cleverly named ...
Royal Botania NINIX is the best!
After a seemingly endless search for modern outdoor furniture, I finally found Royal Botania!!! Not only does it look absolutely amazing, it is incredibly comfortable. I don't know if you have ever lounged by a pool for half a day, but I have and let me tell you it is not a terribly ...
Nood Victoria sells knock offs, Herman Miller says "Get Real"
The following video real (ly) represents the best 2 minutes and 28 seconds I’ve "wasted" in a real (ly) long time. I came away with a huge smile on my face.
I came into this business through a trade school in upholstery, was hired as an assistant to the teacher at that school and when ...
Is the Embody Chair embarking on a hostile takeover?
It’s been 15 years since the Aeron chair came to the market and revolutionized office seating. This chair has become a design icon and what is even more unbelievable is that it has held that position for such a long time. Nobody could have predicted the success of this chair. It has literally ...
Canada's Unique Online Wedding Gift Registry
Some good friends of mine, that just happen to be clients of Gabriel Ross as well, are getting married soon and last year while planning their wedding date, they asked if it was possible to register with Gabriel Ross through our on-line store. They live in Toronto and they were not having much ...
Introducing Herman Miller Lifework Portfolio
Finally, the Home office gets dished up a nice serving of style!
A couple of years ago, when I was at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York, I remember telling several people at both Herman Miller and Knoll that there was a massive hole in the contemporary home office ...
Built a livingroom fort recently?
When I was a little kid, a livingroom pillow fort was my own pre-freedom version of today's studio apartment. Structure, privacy, colour and particularly spatial planning are some of the major considerations when building a skookum livingroom fort. Not unlike today's real estate market, ...