Vitamin Daily

One of our favourite vintage shops has expanded—all the way into your living room.

When you next go a-window shopping along Queen West, linger a little longer at No. 1080, now the home of Silver Falls Antiques. A cool big sis to Silver Falls Vintage on Ossington, the recently-opened shop shares space with Katharine Mulherin's Art History and has the same recondite vibe. Its specialty: unexpected “objects of interest” from Victorian days to just-the-other-days. You can find a book on Picasso's cubism next to your Aunt Fran's punch bowl and a vintage beauty ad atop a Mennonite workshop unit ($395).

Pick up a spool of antique deadstock ribbon ($20), a female nude paint-by-number ($85), or any number of odd things you suddenly need. One of co-owner and curator (plus, artist) Jay Isaac's favourites this week? A black wooden flower display ($325), apparently snatched from a funeral home. We agree: it deserved life. —SNP

Silver Falls Antiques, 1080 Queen W., Toronto, 416-588-3500. Check out their galerie d'objets at www.theironchic.blogspot.com