At Living Lighting Etobicoke we are your friendly neighbourhood lighting specialists. As local suppliers of the hottest new styles, as well as perennial favourites, we provide customers with “light for living.” When you walk into Living Lighting Etobicoke, you will be greeted by our friendly staff who will walk you through our wide selection, finding that perfect lighting for your lifestyle. We offer a price match guarantee so you never need to worry about finding the same product for less anywhere else. Browse through our Etobicoke showroom today and see how the right lighting can make the right difference. Living Lighting Etobicoke | 4242 Dundas W Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y6 | The silver string lamp from Living Lighting on King is stunning, espcially paired with the cowhide sofa and rough-hewn wooden table.)Studio Works created a light fixture with a circle of LED lights and a cascade of metal posts that seemed to rain from the fixture, diffusing the light and creating a sculptural element.

)Th "Qwerty" rug designed by Glen Peloso for Modallion includes the centre section of an old Underwood typewriter.)Holtz Furniture features beautiful tables with a silver chrome base, also in an organic shape, with Imetal inlays designed to stop the natural splitting of the wood. )Holtz Furniture features beautiful tables with a silver chrome base, also in an organic shape, with Imetal inlays designed to stop the natural splitting of the wood.chandeliers cricklewood )This soaker tube from Stone Forest was carved out of a solid piece of marble.)chandelier etoile filanteIf you happened to be on Front St. last weekend, you may have noticed the oversized ice chairs in front of the Metro Convention Centre.The famous chairs — by design greats like Panton and Wegner — welcomed people to this year’s Interior Design Show, which is like a film festival for who love design. bodo sperlein chandeliers for lladró

It is where manufactures launch some of their new products, where we are able to see prototypical designs, and where just about everyone in the design world in Canada — and some from the rest of the globe — congregates for a few days.If you had the opportunity to attend, you would have been proud of the quality and talent and you would have found yourself leaving with inspiration and information. The list of internationally acknowledged trendsetting creators was impressive, and the exhibit floor was filled with great technology, amazing newcomers, innovators and artists.One of the areas that I often found myself gravitating towards was Design North, where people have the opportunity to show some of the things they have been working on. This year it was filled with talented people creating innovative wall coverings, furniture pieces combining various elements like steal and wood, glass sculptures, and even animal antlers and glass to create tables and chairs. ), which created a light fixture with a circle of LED lights and a cascade of metal posts that seemed to rain from the fixture, diffusing the light and creating a sculptural element.

) also showed some fascinating pieces, including one by design great Philippe Starck called the Long and Hard — a polished metal square tube at about 6 feet long creating a rectilinear light source. ), which showed a fantastic fixture created of fine chain in an organic shape that had the look of elegant drapery, hanging over a cowhide sofa.One of the trends this year is reclaimed wooden elements and a nostalgic nod at the worn and loved furniture of yesteryear. Elte, which had a great space at the show, referenced many elements from the past including typographical art, as framed pieces and a very compelling wall of plates, some of which seemed to be excerpts from old hand written notes on hotel stationary. ) called “Qwerty,” which included the centre section of an old Underwood typewriter. The carpet was featured at the show. It may be that the nostalgic look comes from an eco-friendly ideology, where industrial elements are reused to save them from landfill. Some of those highly functional elements — like old cart wheels — have a real beauty to them that should be embraced.

At the same time, we see a continued love of natural elements like stone and wood in a more natural way. There were booths that had “live edge” tables, which are essentially finished tables that have embraced the natural undulations of the tree trunk. What may have been considered “blemishes” in the past are now featured and celebrated. ), featured beautiful tables at about 10 feet long and five feet wide with a silver chrome base, also in an organic shape. I particularly love the metal inlay, designed to stop the natural splitting of the wood. ), which creates tubs and sinks carved out of stone. I was a little in love with a Japanese-style soaker tub carved out of a solid piece of marble. There were also sinks carved of various kinds of stone that seemed to honour the stone with unpolished exteriors, giving you the feeling of arriving at the end of a tiny water fall that had naturally carved itself a reservoir.I was also impressed with some of the plumbing companies that seemed to mix the old and the new.

) created a beautiful roller for a glass shower enclosure that mimicked the rollers from an old barn door. It added an incredible but simple sparkle to the bathroom. The “touch” on/off feature was certainly prominent with many of the faucet manufactures. I’m also always impressed with some of the new technological features. ) called Arcitech, which can support as much as 200 pounds and still run smoothly with a “soft close.” I’m aware that clients want to put more in the drawers of their kitchens, like cast-iron pots and pans in very wide drawers, or flats of soda pop in pullout pantries. Many in the design community, including myself, are able to serve our clients that much better because of the IDS. All of those displays, in combination with lectures from International greats like Karim Rashid and Piero Lissoni, make it a creative recharge for us in the design community and for those of you who love all things design.When I finally got back home after several days of looking, touching, talking, listening and walking, I was very happy to sit down to let my feet recover . . . and even happier that the chair was not made of ice.