Canada’s heritage influences nat’!] home furnishing styles

WHAT’S HOT this season? Canadian-made home fur- nishings! What’s not? Cross-border shopping!

By Janet Hol?-Johnstone Contributing Writer

Just like the Victorians in 1892, we're a touch schizophrenic. Fin a siecle affects us in a variety of ways.

We reach nustalgically for the good things of the past century but project, with space-age ex- citement, beyond the year 2000.

We want: the best of all possibie worlds and we can have it too, right here at home.

What’s HOT?

@ It’s in to make history again with elegant reproductions in celebration of Canada’s 125th year. Check out our own national style.

Tap into Canada’s heritage and ethnic richness, the sclid woods of time-honored craftspeople, shaped to refiect our roots.

Bill Roffey, national sales man- ager of Gibbard Furniture Shops, Napanee, says, ‘‘Classic tradi- tional dining rooms and bedrooms are very much in demand today. And our manufacturing methods allow solid woods to adapt to the varying humidities of Canadian summers and winters.”

@ Never has lighting been so im- portant in cur homes.

At the touch of a switch we create drama, magic, romanticism, comfort. or the perfect werk at- mosphere.

Hot now is the candlestick shape in brass, crystal, hand- rubbed wocds, pewter or wrought iron for floor or table lamps, ac- cording to Jeff Engel of Engelite Lighting in Toronto.

“The candiestick blends with contemporary or traditional decor, a ue eclectic. Look for faux finishes, and beautifully textured ethnics in ceramic or glass.’*

Whaiever you do, look for the

Canadian Standards Association (CSA) tag, your gv .rantee of rig- orous Canadian sal «yy testing. @ Leather is big news from coast to coast. You'll find European accents, the down-filled look with attached arms, a sink-in feeling plus sleek contemporary lines, with flared arms and high camel back.

There’s a_ kaleidoscope of greens, especially teal and rose, muiberry, navy, cafe au fait and the ever-popular black.

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@ Do you have a home office? Sometimes it’s double-duty space or, if you’re lucky, a “‘room of your own.”"”

The home office is workplace for almost a third of Canadian careerists. Heinz Dittman, presi- dent of Three H Manufacturing, New Liskeard, has designed an office in disguise, concealed within an armoire equipped with pull-out trays for computer, printer, whatever, and a lock for privacy.

Suggests Dittman, ‘‘You can combine a guest bedroom with a home office with desk, computer component and storage units, and our pull-down wail bed.’’ ® Soar into orbit with the clean, lean high-tech contemporary styl- ing of metal furniture for casual dining and occasional tables.

“Pewter is really hot right now and will be for years to come,’ says Darrell Friedman of Liberty Furniture in Concord, Ontario.

‘*Black-on-black and white- on-white are also very popular, dramatic statements in almost any Cecor.””

Glass tops come every which way — clear, smokey, bevelled, sand-blusted, antiqued — all beautiful, flexible and functional. ® Curious about curios? You've carefully preserved Grandma’s Doultons and Aunt Jane’s antique silver, but where to put them?

Jack Lawrence, vice-president of marketing, Durham Furniture in Durham, Ontario, talks of new- ly designed curio cabinets. “There’s no grille work or frame work at the front of the cabinet. The front is one piece of glass, a picture frame, so you can really see those precious objects.

“The doors are side-opening, there is internal pot-lighting, and some curios are mirrored both at the back and at the bottom of the cabinet.’’

He recommends cherrywood, which provides ‘‘a warm glow that complements antiques and tcadi- tional room settings, such as Queen Anne.”’

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@ The lodge look is hot, says Alan Ross, executive vice-presi- dent of marketing, Sklar Canada, in Whitby, Ontario. ‘‘And it’s not just for your northern hideaway.

“The style is bold, handsome and comfortable. 3cis, loveseat and chair shapes are covered in textured wind patierns, abstract, vibrant, and reminiscent of native designs, the all-Canadian version of desert southwest.

“Often exposed wood provides a mission-edge, but with great sophistication.’’

The fodge look fits any infor- ma! setting, and it marries well with Shaker, if you're se inclined.

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@ Undersized, dinky furniture is OUT! We're in a more expansive mood now, we want comfort in our havens from the world. @ Preserve us from fraught angles and contrived curves. They've vanished in favor of more graceful, gentle seduction in shapes and furniture placement. Spare minimalism has melted away into fuil, sounded silhou- ettes. No more biand and boring! @ The bare-naked television, VCR or CD player is dead but not yet buried. Take pity on them, they need wall system cacoons to keep them dust-immune, and hide their twisty cords! @ Don’t ever: think of matching tables, matching lamps, matching anything. (Except, maybe, a cou- ple of candiestick lamps on a credenza, buffet or hall arrange- ment.) Asymrnetry is de rigeur!

Janet Holt-Johnstone is ar in- terior designer who writes in areas of design, business, travel, fur- niture aud furnishings, plus other topics of interest to consumers and readers of various domestic and international! publications.

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