Much too lovely for laundry, we first spied industrial-style canvas storage baskets displaying French baguette at an East Vancouver bakery. Next we discovered one in a photography studio bathroom in Toronto holding artfully arranged toilet paper rolls.

Now, we’ve found a local source in new-to-Vancouver design outpost Style Garage which stocks the original 1921 version. Sturdy enough for firewood, handy for kids toys, all we know the only place they won’t be hiding is the laundry room. —Sarah Bancroft

From $95 at Style Garage, 125 W Hastings St., Vancouver, 604-558-4343 and 938 Queen St. W., Toronto, 416-534-4343, www.stylegarage.com

Ever wish you had just one more room in your house?

Before you start weeping over MLS, if you’ve got property, you’ve got potential—for a prefab studio by North Vancouver’s inHabit Dwellings.

Starting at $12,500, the freestanding, modern structures can be used to store gear (like stinky hockey bags and unwieldy bikes), as a music room, studio space for your new greeting card company, or, might we suggest, as the perfect walk-in for your winter wardrobe.

http://inhabitdwellings.com