Saturday, March 13, 2010

Upside showcase!

Way back in the late summer, the lovely Jewel Weeks came into our shop and bought a slender teak coffee table and from there a friendship began. A coupla months ago, she came in this time on the hunt for quite a few pieces, but not for herself. She had been propositioned to decorate from scratch, a friend's newly bought loft in the Tip Top building. Jewel took on the task, with a few things in mind. The client hated purple and wanted "retro-chic, with a sense of laid-back warmth." Keep in mind the client is male, which I think can often lead a designer to that heavy masculine styling, dark colours, wood/chrome everything, something that reeks of a bachelor shag pad - ugh. 
Jewel did quite the opposite. She kept it light, open and airy. She softened the roughness of the loft with a bright blue palette and mixed in warm earth tones. Keeping it modern with sweeping mid century lines, but anchoring a distinct look with distressed post war and reclaimed industrial pieces. Jewel was the ultimate hunter and bought pieces from many different sources, and UpsideDive happened to be one of them. Below are some lovely shots of the space taken by Aristea Rizakos. Jewel did such a beautiful job putting this space together, and most importantly her client was extremely happy with the results. 
We would like to thank Jewel for the opportunity to be a part of a project like this. The brown couch, pink & orange distressed oval mirror, teal school chair, bank of blue lockers, Goines print and the '60s op art wallpaper in the washroom are all items purchased here at UpsideDive. Also one of our favourite things about running this business is to see how our customers use the pieces they buy from us. So we were especially excited to see the photos. If you've bought a piece from us, please don't be afraid to send us photos of your items in their lovely new homes. It would make our day!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Shop Closed Early This Friday, March 5th...

Heads up all. The shop will be closing early tomorrow in preparation for The Chosen One Sale (see last blog entry for details). We'll open 10-4pm tomorrow and be back to regular hours on the weekend.

Those in the Toronto area, the sun's on your side so enjoy.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Chosen Ones Vintage Sale

This weekend a selection of our beloved clothing, shoes, boots and purses will be available at The Chosen One sale at 107 Shaw Gallery on Shaw St. The sale runs 11-6pm Saturday and Sunday. They'll be other lovely purveyors of vintage selling hand picked men and womens goodies as well! Digging need not apply- its all good stuff.


This months vendors include: Andrew Gunn • Lacey Surprise • LAB here. by savannah • Krista Marie Starr Leilanni Land • Philistine • Sunday Girl Tomorrow Never Knows • UpsideDive Vintage Alter

Oh and in general, think Spring 'cause its on our heels and colour is about to lovingly kick us all from behind.

Bestest,
Ang & Mike.