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What’s New?
Among many new interesting arrivals,
a set of four armchairs in trendy rustic
red with black fleece seats. We have in
stock rose arbors and trellis's from
Garden Club Wood Designs.
Please visit our “New Arrivals” page to
get a small preview of
New Arrivals
We are moving!!
We are excited about our new location:
29 Forsythe St. Marmora - beside
the new salon "Savelle" and across
from TD Bank. We will have more
room and will be offering a select
gathering of flowers from "Marshall's
Magic Seeds" as well as vintage
furnishings and accessories from the
1930's - 1980's.
Our phone number remains the same
613-472-5297
Sneak preview of the store showroom
Summer Hours
Open
Tuesday - Sat 10am - 5pm
Closed
Sunday & Monday
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
to all mothers on earth
OUR DECORATING TIP OF THE MONTH
Storage is an age old problem for us
all. We accumulate stuff and
sometimes buy more than we need or
have space for. It can be difficult to
part with our treasures so we have
come up with an idea to store them
and decorate a room at the same
time.
Take one or two walls in a bedroom or
den for example. Most rooms are
measured in even feet width.
Purchase storage boxes from your
local Staples or Office Depot. Sizes
vary but lets use a standard size of 10"
H x 12"W x 15"D. Stack these boxes
up the wall and paint them to match
the decor of the room. They will blend
in and be Instant Storage for you. Be
sure to number your boxes and list
contents of each box in a Microsoft
Works program
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This month we are
serving up mid-
century plastic. The
cuisine is a colorful
blend of French
Canadian, American,
Danish and Finnish
plastic serving pieces
and tableware.
Plastic is one of our
favourite collectibles
because of the
brilliant colors,
simple lines and
versatility.
Plastic has been
around for a century
and a half and now
consists of
approximately 32
different types. Most
of the plastic
dinnerware shown
above was made
from Malamine-
Formaldehyde
because this type of
plastic is very hard
and easy to color.
Top shelf: r-l
 | | Chocolate brown | | | plastic pitcher and
tumbler set by
Sarvis, Made in
Finland. The
manufacturing
operation began in
1921. Sarvis
meaning horn or
bone.
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| | Yellow tray with shot | | | glasses is also made
by Sarvis.
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| | Chocolate brown | | | desk gum ball
machine made in
Denmark for
Carousel Industries
Inc.
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| | White tumblers | | | made in Canada by
Crayonne in the
1970's
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| | Stackable plastic | | | eggs cups by Percy
Hermant Co.
Formerly Betty Lou
Shoe started in 1946
and changed their
name in 1953.
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Bottom Shelf: l-r
| | Yellow modular | | | cream, sugar and
tray by Andre Morin
IPL Collection,
Quebec, Canada.
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| | Tall red mugs by | | | Dansk Designs
Gunnar Cyren,
Denmark
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| | Green Lunch set by | | | Ingrid Chicago.
Design by American
Massimo Vigelli
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Please visit our plastic
page for more durable
mod plastics
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Modern Abode - In
the News
In the June, 2008, issue
of Chatelaine, Chantal
Lapointe interviews
designer Andre Morin.
Modern Abode has
supplied them with the
yellow plastic spice
rack, item PL012 for
photographs. Please
check out that issue.
REMEMBER WHEN
taken from Panati's
Parade of Fads, Follies
and Manias
In our busy lives we
rarely take a moment to
remember when. So
please sit back relax
and think back to
1960-1969 "The
Schizophrenic Sixties"
I was a teeny bopper
and have fond
memories of my three
British cousins coming
to Canada for the first
time and staying with
my family for three
weeks. This was right
when the Beatles were
taking North America
by storm. We were the
most popular teens
within a 50 mile radius
as all wanted to meet
our British cousins,
whom in their eyes,
mirrored the Beatles.
This decade was
dubbed "Do it for the
Kids decade". The
decade though was
decidedly schizophrenic
- of two minds and two
voices. The idealistic
youth of the first half of
the era gave way to an
alienated uprising of
hippies, yippies, and
war protesters,
assortedly cynical,
spaced out, committed
to social change or
obsessed with self in its
myriad infatuations.
Anyone who lived
through the tumult
cannot forget its diverse
benchmarks:
 | | Due to a lack of | | | interest, tomorrow has
been cancelled
| | | Janis Joplin
| | | Bell-bottom pants
| | | Love beads
| | | Long haired men
| | | The Jackie Kennedy look
| | | Bouffant hair
| | | Wraparound sunglasses
| | | Paisley-printed fabrics
| | | Granny dresses
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Dance - mashed
potatoe, swim, watusi,
monkey
Music - It's Now or
Never, Runaround Sue,
Blue Velvet, I Want to
Hold Your Hand
Books - Valley of the
Dolls, The Love
Machine, The Spy Who
Came in From the Cold,
Once is Not Enough
Television - The Don
Knotts Show, The
Flintstones, Dr. Kildare,
Ben Casey, The Jetsons,
The Hillbillies, My
Favourite Martian
During the 1960's some
bathed naked in the
river and drank it as
well. In 2008, the
water even once treated
is still not safe for
human consumption.
Help save our earth and
do your part!
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