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Canstruction
I was honoured to be a judge of the Canstruction event at the DX (Nov 8, 2011). The concept of the competition is to raise awareness of the need for food banks and hunger in the world by building structural displays … Continue reading
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Get Organized for School
Summer comes and goes so fast. When August rolls around everyone knows it’s that “wonderful time of the year” again– Back to School. Most parents are counting down the days; but what if you’re a parent whose ‘child’ is all grown up … Continue reading
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home-grown window design
The May window is up. We wanted to feature one of our custom furniture pieces (to coincide with our promo) to be showcased. The red chair, and new Spring season sparked an idea. Have a look at our inspiration board in the previous post. So … Continue reading
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may window sneak peek
With only a couple of days left in April, The Umbra Store is preparing for our much-anticipated furniture promo. We will be offering our customers 25% off all our custom furniture during the month of May. With more sofa options to … Continue reading
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Umbra Designer Picks for 2011
The 2011 collection was launched earlier this year so we’ve been receiving new merch every week in the store. We’re still waiting on some new great products to ship out, but pop by the store often to see what’s new … Continue reading
national home show 2011
So The Umbra Store has wrapped up the 10 day long National Home Show at Exhibition Place. This was our second show; we started off with Fall Home Show and worked up to the National. With a bit of imagination and … Continue reading
trade show season
Trade show season is in full swing, and everyone at Umbra has been in show mode. So far Umbra’s been to Paris, Milan, Spain, UK, and Frankfurt, China, Japan, New York, and Chicago. We recently won best large booth at … Continue reading
the evolution of the umbra store
Almost 4 years ago, Umbra opened their flagship store in Toronto’s Queen West disctrict. So why Toronto? Well many may not know that Umbra is 100% Canadian, and as co-founder Paul Rowan put it, we started with a flagship store in “our backyard”. … Continue reading
welcome to the umbra store blog
hey umbra fans, we are happy to launch the umbra store blog. there’s going to be tons of great stuff to keep you in the loop of what’s going on over here at the big pink. subscribe to get new posts and join our … Continue reading
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