Toronto's Junction home décor shops with a bit of everything
Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood is an eclectic mix of young and old, new and reclaimed, elegant and urbanized. It’s one of the best spots in the city to find items you never knew you needed for your home, with these shops leading the way.
Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Decor
2900 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8It’s urban, hip and affordable – and it offers a little bit of everything you need to decorate your home. In just one spot, you can get a piece of art custom framed, pick up an 1898 Berger lamp, pair it with Toronto artists’ figurines and have everything shipped the same day. If you need a little inspiration, check out one of the regular exhibitions where some of Canada’s best under-the-radar artists get a chance to shine.
Haveli Home & Decorative Art
2871 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y9The store’s name is Hindi but the influences inside stretch across the whole globe. You can find rosewood tables just a few steps away from baroque corded and embroidered pillows, then turn around and scoop up a gorgeous reclaimed wood sideboard and finish things off with an old solid teak door from South India. The prices vary dramatically depending on what you’re looking at, but everything is of high quality and made to last.
Cornerstone Home Interiors
2886 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8Their tagline is “livable luxury thoughtfully priced” and you can see the mantra reflected in every item in the store. You can divide your trip into checking out what’s new and what’s on clearance, and then narrow things down based on what room needs decorating. With more than 18,000 square feet of store space to explore, you will find it almost impossible not to find what you want. However, the larger size of the pieces might leave condo dwellers feeling a bit excluded.
Post And Beam Reclamation Ltd
2869 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y9If there can be only one store that perfectly epitomizes the attitude of the Junction, this would be it. The focus is on reclaimed wood and restoring the beauty of older gems. They also offer a variety of ways to get their pieces into your home – buy, rent or trade by selling your old home décor pieces and furnishings. The shop feels like walking into a magical attic full of treasures like doors, tubs, benches, fireplace mantles, mirrors and more.
Equilibrium
2962 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8At the opposite end of the spectrum from a store like Post and Beam is this one, which concentrates on modern and contemporary home décor. The interior is bright, spacious and airy and that aesthetic is reflected in the pieces. Best of all, the prices are among the most reasonable in the Junction. You’ll pinch yourself when you look at the receipt. Equilibrium recommends picking out what you want online first and then dropping by the store.
Mjolk
2959 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z2Mjölk is another rare contemporary gem in the Junction, choosing to explore the outer reaches of home décor. Instead of sticking to contemporary furnishings and accessories, they like to experiment with what can be done and what hasn’t been done. You can expect to find lots of unique vintage-style items like oil lamps and the most adorable little wooden birds. Think rustic meets artistic.
M3c Demolitions
390 Keele St, Toronto, ON M6P 2K8It’s vintage all the way here, and you’ll want to make regular trips to check out their constantly rotating inventory. One week, you’ll find bathroom reading material like the Mr. Men book series, while another week you’ll happen across a set of wrought iron patio chairs. A big part of the fun of shopping here is never knowing what you’ll find and then imagining a cool new way to use your purchases.
Vintage & Custom Lighting
3075 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z5This shop already had a distinctly vintage feel in 1985, but it would take another 13 years before Eclectic Revival firmly established its identity as an antique lighting store. You can find lighting for all areas of your home, from elegant pendant lighting or wall sconces to main attractions like brass chandeliers. They also create custom lighting in house, so you can truly be assured that your piece is one of a kind.
