Sounds kinda paltry now by comparison, are you sure this is all the GTA has to offer ? Out here in the wild west we have the following just for starters:

Jordans
Country Tree House
Urban Barn
Home Outfitters
Scandesigns
Norwalk

Plus a couple of smaller places in town which cater to very nifty low volume high quality upscale designer crafted homewares.

Yet again Okanaganers are spoiled by the choice and quality on offer in our thriving locale.

Rich.

Far too rustic for my taste, I am thinking Vancouver Island hippy retreat, self made with the use of kitchen knives and without aid of a tape measure ?

Could snag in the most unpleasant of places.

Rich.

There's Dot Something Patio furniture on Kingston Rd and, now I think of it, there's a huge Goodwill on Jarvis.

You be yanking my chain now.....there must be somewhere that sells those thick musty-smelling Indian rugs, hemp patio furniture, huge ornamental Chinese dragons in 16 colours, and 6-foot sets of birch twigs ? And what about fur-lined sandals ?

How do the fashionistas survive ?

Rich.

I think you want Up Country,

http://www.torontoplus.ca/portal/pro...fileID=1031848

though their stuff looks a lot like Dot Something Patio's to me.

There's also the warehouse of Thai stuff on Carlaw, rubbed wood and joss sticks, it's very Cat Stevens.

As in, your name's not on the list, you're not coming in

Rich.

As in the era in which the type of furniture being discussed (Scandesigns, Urban Barn) was fashionable. If that's what's selling in BC now, I suggest snapping up all the chrome and smoked glass you can, ready for when the eighties hits.

Make do ? Is that not part of the "outdoorsy" non materialistic Canadian Culture

When outdoors we sit on folding chairs that came free with the Ford Explorer. Rather nice chairs. If you don't have a car and need furniture getting a Ford Explorer would seem to be the perfect answer.

Thanks for that Rich! Got there before I did. There are rather too many who want everything the same ...only better and rather than talk to locals,slag them and everything else off.
To think.....they clogged up the immigration system , delaying others who just want to get on with it ! Ah well, maybe they'll go home yet.....
Bo

Be wary Bo, for we tread on thin ice regarding this prickly topic. There are many who enter the immigration system wary and they proceed tentatively, fearful of being denied their supply of Marmite, PG Tips, Cadburys, etc. The worry of losing these creature comforts is more than they can stand, and they spend many a sleepless night dreading being enveloped in the warm Canadian womb of Timmys, poutine, AB steak cuts, etc.

They should be advised up front, that it is very different here, almost as if it were a different country thousands of miles away on a different continent.

Rich.

That's a little harsh. Marmite deprivation is no joke.

"Warm Canadian womb" comes pretty close to my views on the person responsible for Tim Horton's coffee.

Always good to hear from one in the know...

Does fitting into Canadian culture mean changing your tastes in furniture

One must have a hell of a niche taste in furniture not to find what is needed in Canada. What are you looking for exactly ??? $10,000 marble tables providing seating for eight, or obscure Eithiopian antiquities celebrating Haiile Selasse (sp). Or perhaps matching pairs of lounge lamps made from the skins of humans as made by the Nazis. Rather scarce too, I believe.

God knows, it must be pretty much at the edge of taste not to be found in Canada ?

Rich.