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Spring’s Hottest Hues: Soft Pinks, Mint Greens and Bright Blues

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Move over, Marsala. Here are six fresh picks of vibrant, tulip-toned modern furnishings to bring some serious flower power to your home

Muuto’s Balance vases

BALANCED BOUQUETS

Good things come in threes – including Muuto’s Balance vases. Magnets on the bottom of the porcelain sculptures secure them to a rectangular, powder-coated steel tray. $190, at Torp Inc.

Axo Light colourful light pendant

BIRDWATCHING

Axo layers fuchsia- and lime-green-coloured fabric diffusers atop a white steel frame, creating a punchy pendant that resembles a tropical bird’s puffed-up plumage. From $5050, at Lightform

Gus Modern tufted-seat Atwood sofa

REEF-Y RADNESS

Gus Modern unveils its tufted-seat Atwood sofa in a new colour: Berkeley coral. Walnut legs give the Cali-cool couch some mid-century-modern character. $2150, at Stylegarage

Calligaris’ ash Claire chair resembles the cupped curves of a blossoming flower

FLOWER POWER

Featuring a wraparound backrest, Calligaris’ ash Claire chair resembles the cupped curves of a blossoming flower. It’s also available in vernal tulip tones like yellow and red. From $460, at Calligaris

Paul Smith’s hand-knotted Tibetan wool and silk Oriental Birds carpet dazzles with its bright floral pattern

MIGRATORY PATTERN

Known as the most complex design the Rug Company has ever produced, Paul Smith’s hand-knotted Tibetan wool and silk Oriental Birds carpet dazzles with its bright floral pattern. Call for pricing, at Avenue Road

IKEA’s entryway organizer

ESCAPE PLAN

IKEA’s entryway organizer provides a place for your keys, coat and bag. A magnetic board puts notes at eye level, while an adjustable mirror allows for a last-minute spot check. $45, at IKEA

Originally featured in our Spring 2015 issue as In Bloom.

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Okay, but it clearly is

For the first 16 years of my life, the bat cave at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)—a reconstruction of an actual cave in Jamaica—was among my favourite places in the city. The cave was decorated with cast stalactites and wax bat models, which hung from the ceiling and threw jagged shadows on the walls. A few other features imbued it with spooky verisimilitude: the drip-drip-drip sound effects, the mirrors arranged to create the illusion of infinite depth, the strobe lights strategically placed to make the shadows flutter. When I visited as a five-year-old, the bat cave scared me. When I visited as a stoned fifteen-year-old, it scared me even more. Then came the renovation.

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