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decorating for fall – copper bird garland

If you associate fall decorating with dusty garlands of plastic burnt-yellow leaves, you might want to take a look at what I found at Vancouver Island’s Indaba Trading…

bird garland decorating for fall copper bird garland

This stunning wire garland takes on-trend bird motifs and weaves them into an equally trendy warm copper-coloured wire garland.

“This fall it’s all about bringing the outdoors in and using motifs and objects that reflect the wonder and beauty of the natural world,” says Irene Gillespie, Indaba’s owner and CEO.

I’d love to see this garland on a tabletop, weaving its way through various centerpiece ornaments, or even crumpled into a bird’s nest (pardon the pun) and displayed in a rose bowl… So pretty! What’s more, this garland has seasonal staying-power, and will work just as well over the holidays.

Photography by Felix Wedgwood

Indaba Trading wire bird garland in copper

Price: $10 per three-foot strand

Available at: Urban Barn, Chintz & Co., or Indaba Trading for all stores

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urban barn’s ugliest furniture contest

I think we’ve all harboured one of these deep, dark secrets at some point in our lives.

uglysofa urban barns ugliest furniture contest

Maybe they’re relics of student-living days, or inherited from a well-meaning great aunt, but all too often, these hideous hand-me-downs end up down in an unfinished basement or at the back of the garage in the hopes that they’ll disintegrate quietly of their own accord.

If you’ve still got one of these repugnant relics hanging around, Urban Barn is giving you the chance to turn your furniture faux-pas into cold hard cash.

Until September 20, you can submit your shameful sofas, tables, beds and armchairs in Urban Barn’s Ugly Furniture Contest for a chance to win a whopping $5,000 shopping spree (and the rather dubious distinction of “Canada’s Ugliest Furniture Owner”).

Good luck! Can’t wait to see the winning entry!!!

porcelain ice buckets from urban barn

 

Poolside parties… Backyard barbeques… Relaxed, easy, breezy entertaining is what summer’s all about. I’m as big a fan of the casual ‘que as the next guy (after six months of winter, who isn’t?), but I also love adding a splash of the unexpected to that informal atmos to shake things up a bit.

Circ’s porcelain ice buckets offer a refined take on the cheap n’ cheerful galvanized pail. A totally refreshing twist on that summer serving staple, it’s a cool and contemporary way to keep your bevvies… Well, cool.

Add these brilliant white buckets to your shopping list as an al fresco entertaining essential!

large porcelain ice buckets from urban barn

Large, $52

 

small2 porcelain ice buckets from urban barn

Small, $32

Available at: Urban Barn