Modern/Contemporary Online Furniture Stores in the GTA *Website Address Included*

Guess I will post and update this thread periodically as I roam thru Toronto searching for the right piece of furniture.

I will not post any mainstream furniture stores (such as Sears, Ikea, Brick, Leons, etc) I would never fill my home with pieces from these stores unless i'm looking for something simple like shelves, or lighting).

Again please stick with the theme of this thread, if you want to discuss Sears, the Bay, Ikea, the Brick, Leon's, etc please make another thread

Ratings based on 5 scale (Website/Designs/Selection/CustomerService/CondoSize)

www.upcountry.com (5/4.5/4/1/Some) Huge Markups/Sales(Often)/MadeinChina
www.eq3.com (5/4.5/4/4/Yes) Avg Markups/Sales(less freq)/MadeinChina(Other)
www.urbanmode.com (3/4/3/na/Yes) Avg Markups/Sales(less freq)/MadeinChina(Local)
www.ecoitaly.ca (4/4.5/na/na/Yes) Huge Markups/Sales(less freq)/MadeinItaly(Other)
www.furnituretoronto.com (3.5/3.5/4/na/Yes) AboveAvg Markups/Sales(less freq)/MadeinChina(local)
www.southhillhome.com (3.5/4.5/3.5/na/Some) Huge Markups/na/na
www.structube.com (3.5/3.5/3.0/na/Yes) Avg Markups/na/na
www.modernsuite.com (4/4/3.5/na/Yes) AboveAvg markups/na/na
www.caban.com (3.5/4/3.5/4?Yes) Avg Markups/Sales(often)/MadeinChina(Other)
www.fluidliving.com (2/4/2/4/Some) Huge Markups/Sales(occasionally)/MadeinChina(Local,Other)
www.decorium.com (4.5/3/4/4/Some) Avg markups/na/local,other
www.elte.com (3.5/na/4/na/Some) na/na/na
www.blvdinteriors.com (4/4/4/na/yes) Avg Markups/na/china


more to come and some reviews

Eq3 has a great brochure right now. Go to the King st. store to pick one up. The website is also very good. Has most of the dimensions of the furniture.

Customer service and delivery schedules at UpCountry is atrocious.
Stay away!!

thanks for the links!! been looking for places that have furniture rather than the ikea's and sears...etc
gonna check em out!

If you have money to spend, Elte has a decent selection of modern furniture.

we bought our couch from decorium. it has fairly nice newish stuff. It is sort of like the leather Karlanda at IKEA.

http://www.decorium.com/

showroom info


Decorium
363 Supertest Rd
Toronto, ON
M3J 2M4

Store Hours
Mon.-Tues.-Fri. 10am.-9pm.
Wed.-Thur.-Sat. 10am.-6pm.
Sunday 12pm.-5pm.

Tel: (416) 736-6120
Fax: (416) 736-1015
email: info@decorium.ca

Originally Posted by mrpurrhead

we bought our couch from decorium. it has fairly nice newish stuff. It is sort of like the leather Karlanda at IKEA.

http://www.decorium.com/

showroom info


Decorium
363 Supertest Rd
Toronto, ON
M3J 2M4

Store Hours
Mon.-Tues.-Fri. 10am.-9pm.
Wed.-Thur.-Sat. 10am.-6pm.
Sunday 12pm.-5pm.

Tel: (416) 736-6120
Fax: (416) 736-1015
email: info@decorium.ca

i've been to Decorium a couple of times. They do have some good pieces but most of the items are a little dated and very victorian.

However if you can find the right piece...then it's all good. However I don't recommend for condo homeowners.

The leather dept in the lower floor has a large of large items.

We were shopping last boxing day time for a conetmporary bedroom set, Decorium had the one we wanted the cheapest (by a fair bit). And Canadian made! From Shermag, in Quebec. I made Decorium actually confirm that it was made in Canada, not off-shore, as I'd heard a lot of quality issues with the foreign made stuff.

While we love the set, and it's very good quality hardwood, I do wish we'd looked around more for a second hand set. Sites like Craigslist have modern stuff all the time for sale that is selling for well less than half price from new, and after all, it's furniture, if its well taken care of, it doesn't wear out! We've since bought loads of stuff this way, and had huge savings by doing so. The only thing is that you can end up waiting awhile and spending lots of time watching online for what you want to come up. Small price to pay, to me.

Here's a good example of what I mean;

Craigslist ad

Originally Posted by Shifty

We were shopping last boxing day time for a conetmporary bedroom set, Decorium had the one we wanted the cheapest (by a fair bit). And Canadian made! From Shermag, in Quebec. I made Decorium actually confirm that it was made in Canada, not off-shore, as I'd heard a lot of quality issues with the foreign made stuff.

While we love the set, and it's very good quality hardwood, I do wish we'd looked around more for a second hand set. Sites like Craigslist have modern stuff all the time for sale that is selling for well less than half price from new, and after all, it's furniture, if its well taken care of, it doesn't wear out! We've since bought loads of stuff this way, and had huge savings by doing so. The only thing is that you can end up waiting awhile and spending lots of time watching online for what you want to come up. Small price to pay, to me.

Yes my couch, the "Titan" line is English Leather from the UK, but it is shipped to China and assembled there, then shipped to Canada.

If you have time to go to Montreal. This is a nice store.
http://www.maisoncorbeil.com/

And if you have time tomorrow, you may want to attend this auction.

http://www.benacosales.com/Auctions.htm

just bought a new couch...custom made from an asian furniture place. Made to my specific style and measurements.

i will write more once it's delivered in Feb.

Very happy with the price...no middle man...straight from the manufacturer

Originally Posted by Bordello

If you have money to spend, Elte has a decent selection of modern furniture.

Yup. I work at ELTE, it has some nice furniture and a huge selection of rugs and carpets, but it's expensive. Quality is good still, but def. a huge markup in price

For rugs and stuff, look at anywhere from 1000-50000.

Furniture is still pretty expensive.

Nice store though.

Originally Posted by cho it up

Yup. I work at ELTE, it has some nice furniture and a huge selection of rugs and carpets, but it's expensive. Quality is good still, but def. a huge markup in price

For rugs and stuff, look at anywhere from 1000-50000.

Furniture is still pretty expensive.

Nice store though.

Cool. Do you get any sort of employee discount? Just curious.