Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone!!

Hope you all did lots of visiting and relaxing and are now ready to attack the new year. I had a really, really great holiday season. I spent the last week at my parents' house near Ottawa, so there was lots of family time and visiting and catching up and dog-walking through the fields. There was also A LOT of sleeping and eating cookies and chocolates and huge dinners. It was wonderful!

Now I can't honestly say that my New Year's Eve was very eventful - my sister and I spent the day driving back to Hamilton from Ottawa, bought some much-needed groceries and then made dinner and watched movies. I'm sad to report that neither one of us lasted until midnight. Whoops! But the sleeping was just SO good, we couldn't help it!

I'm not sure if most people have taken down their tree by now, but I love mine so much I try to leave it up until the last minute. Which I think will be this Sunday. But if you still have some packing up of holiday decor to do, WAIT!...

Relish is having a sale right now of all the beautiful holiday decor that is still in stock, so you can pack it away for a great surprise next year! That's right, all holiday decor is on sale!!!

There are lots of lovely things left - vintage ornaments, plate sets, vintage holiday glassware, handmade garlands, and cards and gift tags.

So get in here to Relish, quick!

Art Sale!!

For those of you who aren't aware yet, all art by Sarah Hollands that is currently in Relish is 20% off!!!! This is huge news. Her paintings and collages are amazing! Just have a look for yourselves.....

"Algonquin Park" - oil on wood

"Horizon 1" - oil on canvas

"Triptych" - oil on canvas

"Still Life with Pearls" - oil on canvas

"Stampede" - mixed media

"Deer" - mixed media

Any of these would make a great gift for that special someone who is impossible to buy for. Or for a holiday treat for yourself!

And don't forget Relish is open until 7pm on Thrusdays and Fridays in December.

Happy holidays!

New Vintage and Cleaning Update

First, you must check out the great new vintage I picked up for Relish this morning!

A lovely old wooden sled

Lots and lots of holiday glassware

And don't forget Art Crawl is tonight!! You can see a run-down here.

Now for the cleaning update - although I forgot to take any photos at all, I'm happy to report that I'm already into Day 3 and have been following the schedule to the letter. I think this could work! No more entire days dedicated to hours and hours of cleaning. Yay!!!

How About a Challenge?

Maybe I'm just feeling ambitious today, but I've just decided to take on a Cleaning Challenge. (This could possibly also be stemming from the fact that my disastrously messy dining room table has been driving me crazy all week, and I just can't seem to get it cleaned!)

I just came across this article on the Apartment Therapy blog - it's The 30 Day Cleaning Schedule.

If I can make myself do a few minutes of cleaning/tidying every day, then our house might actually stay clean! Sounds like it would require a miracle with all the dog and cat hair, but starting today, I'm taking on the challenge!

Now sadly, I did not find this article on December 1st which would be way too convenient, so by sometime in early January I should be done the first run-through of the list.

Stay tuned, and I'll let you know how this goes!!!

More Vintage Stools!

Don't worry, even though those gorgeous coral stools we had here at Relish are gone (they were certainly a hot item!) we have another pair of amazing vintage stools in stock.

These beautiful stools have a backrest and a footstool for comfort, a chrome base, and mottled green vinyl seats. And yes, they swivel. Awesome!

Vintage Desk!

We finally have room at Relish to bring out this lovely vintage desk - it's got a great silhouette, very stylish legs, and a matching chair! The desk is actually made in Sweden and features two shallow drawers across the top and a nice deep third drawer.

And have you seen the gorgeous fabric that we used to recover the chair seat?! Yummy!

I also just have to point out my most recent purchase.... this adorable folding metal card display rack in the shape of a Christmas tree! Look how great this works!

Hope to see you at Relish soon!

Vintage Barstools!

Ok, all you vintage-lovers, check out these incredible vintage barstools that just arrived at Relish this week. Chrome frame with coral vinyl seats that are flecked with gold. I mean, seriously!!

And don't forget our Open House starts today and lasts until 6pm tomorrow - 15% off the whole store!!!