Interior Design Mondays: Faux Animal Heads

We’re wild for the trend of faux animal heads! A much friendlier version than the traditional game prize, these playful heads suit any room + are available in a wide range of materials. Take one home today!

Design Mondays: Nautical Children’s Rooms

With summer just around the corner, you can bet we’re wishfully thinking about spending time near water! These nautical-inspired children’s rooms are an adorable gender-neutral way to be stylish + kid-friendly. We have to admit that they’re missing just one thing: the Shared History “At Sea” pillow. Take yours home today, here!

Interior Design Mondays: Waves of Turquoise

If you can’t get away to a tropical paradise, fear not! Bring splashes of turquoise into your home to add both a retro and oceanic feel. The colour works in any space, small and large alike. Be bold and try this design trend in your own home. We heart turquoise too, come + see what we have in store.

Design Mondays: Colourful Beach Houses

We’ll always keep wishing for a beach house of our very own! Until your lungs get tired of blowing out candles on cakes, enjoy a collection of some of our colourful favourites we found! Where would your ideal beach house be?

Design Mondays: Going Green for Spring!

There’s no better way to celebrate spring than taking your green thumb out of those mittens and into some soil. These beautiful green projects give a fresh breath to your indoor and outdoor space. Try creating one this week. April showers do bring May flowers after all…

(Photos via: Anthology Magazine + Apartment Therapy)

Art Fridays: Noisy Jelly

This week, we’re completely hypnotized by this quirky + colourful video about sound! Watch closely as these geometric shapes are made into “instruments” by two design students from the ‘French National Institute for Design’ in Paris: Marianne Cauvard + Raphaël Pluvinage.

We Heart Our Cards With Different Sayings

When you just can’t seem to find the words, our Mercy Cards can help. Whether you’re searching for the right way to stop or start a fight, these hilarious cards are printed with ceeky sayings. “Shut Up + Take Off Your Clothes” / “I Don’t Even Know What We’re Fighting About Anymore” / “Never, Ever Bring This Up Again” + more!

Sold together in a box on our shelves!

Foodies Rejoice: The Mast Brothers’ Chocolate is Now in Toronto!

That’s right, food-lovers, we’re the first store in Toronto to carry the cult sensation, perfectly packaged + obviously yummy treat. The Mast Brothers hand-make each bar in Brooklyn; we’re carrying Crown Maple, Almond + Sea Salt and Stumptown Coffee. Come try one today before they’re all gone.

Design Mondays: Maps in Your Home!

Whether you’re a fan of globes, maps as wallpaper or geography in general there’s certainly a way to incorporate maps into your space! Check out some of our favourite uses of this retro design aesthetic above; if you’re in need of a map, our Hot Hunt salvage has scoured the *globe* for the very best.

Drake General Store Pals: Gracie Carroll + The Coveteur

The always stylish BFF duo, Gracie Carroll + The Coveteur, found an adorable way to (temporarily) profess their (not-so-temporary) affection for one another. Our Tattly Tattoos come in all sorts of styles, find your own way to try some ink!

Available at the Queen + Bathurst Drake General Stores

(Thanks to Gracie Carroll for the photo!)