Top Furniture Stores for Small Spaces
Hit up these local hot spots for pieces scaled to fit tight quarters
Finding furniture for condos, apartments and small spaces that doesn’t compromise on style can be much easier if you hit the right shops and showrooms. Here’s our curated list for the best destinations for modern imports and made-in-Canada finds.
Photography by Ilaria Licci.
Calligaris
Italian furniture manufacturer Calligaris showroom in Toronto offers space-saving solutions, including beds with an inconspicuous, easy-to-operate vertical-lift storage system, allow you to maximize your space. See sofas from Ditre Italia and imaginative luminaires from Luceplan.
CB2
CB2 store in Toronto serves up cool, contemporary and condo-friendly furniture, lighting and accessories. Its collaborations with established designers and gifted newcomers provide furnishings with a little extra curb appeal like their GQ collection of tufted leather sofas.
Mjölk
Mjölk fully embraces mid-century modern across its well-curated shop in The Junction. Aligned with the modernism movement of that time, the furniture featured in this top shopping destination is usually sized toward Toronto dwellings that are smaller in scale. And no matter what the size of your home, Mjölk offers a collection of decor fit for any living space.
BoConcept
BoConcept Toronto retailer, one of Denmark’s largest, seamlessly blends functionality and modern luxury in residential staples at an affordable price point. Recreate the Copenhagen look at home with velvet-wrapped beds, Nordic-style sideboards, or desks.
Elte Mkt
Focused on contemporary furniture and design, Elte Mkt’s furniture showroom in Toronto caters to a modern clientele with an ever-changing inventory of urbane furnishings, perfect for small spaces. Explore sofas, beds and lighting in a variety of compact sizes – not to mention a strong selection of cowhide, vintage kilim and colourful silk rugs.
Mobilia
Contemporary furnishings and decorative accessories for large homes and small spaces fill Mobilia’s vignettes propped with lighting, rugs, throws – even a dash of office product. The furniture store popular items include modular leather sofas such as the Rockland II and Funktion sectionals.
EQ3
With an economical approach to design, EQ3 produces intelligently crafted and retro-sleek furniture and accessories ideal for modern design condo owners finding themselves pressed-for-space. They primarily tout made-in-Canada pieces, including bespoke sofas and sectionals which, thanks to a curated selection of materials.
Stylegarage
Stylegarage’s two-storey showroom features industrial-chic wares and made-to-order furniture supporting local craftspeople and suppliers that can suit, well, just about anywhere including shoebox-sized condo. The Toronto furniture store include a variety of pieces from the house brand Gus Modern.
The Chesterfield Shop
This classic Toronto furniture showroom boasts an expansive collection of sofa beds, ideal for transforming small spaces and doubling up your living room into a guest room on the fly. Family-owned since 1948, The Chesterfield Shop has six showrooms—its newest just opened in the heart of the King East Design District—offering acres of comfy sofas and recliner seating in multiple leather and fabric options.
