Mint Interiors Offers Distinct Furniture that Adds Character to Your Home
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The owners of Mint Interiors have their picks for the best pieces available in store | Terry Guscott
Mint Interiors, which opened last fall, offers Vancouverites unique pieces to spice up your home decor
Looking for a quirky piece to add a certain je ne sais quoi to your home? Say, a stool in the form of a lamb named Scotty?
Scotty is just one of many distinctive pieces you’ll find at Mint Interiors, which opened its doors in Vancouver’s up-and-coming Armoury District last fall.
Owners Michael McNamara and Rien Sharma honed their eye for design by dressing up high-end homes for their company Revamp Home Staging. And after eight years of hearing “Where can I buy this?” from delighted homeowners, they created Mint to share global finds. The resulting in-store display: “Cool one-of-a-kind and practical pieces,” says Sharma.
Michael McNamara and Rien Sharma (right), owners of Mint Interiors. (Image: Terry Guscott)
Top picks for fun and funky pieces from Mint Interiors
Splurge: Aviva Stanoff cushions
Handmade in Brooklyn, real botanical objects are pressed into luxurious fabrics (a “velvet memory” technique) to create tactile and evocative pillows like Eucalyptus on Fuji.
Steal: Wonderland candleholders
(As in Alice in Wonderland.) Made from ornaments found in English antique markets and then cast in iron, these porcelain-looking pieces are pure whimsy.
Quirky Pick: Diva ostrich console table
From French design house Ibride, this Diva makes a statement showing off her long avian gams. Or there’s Owen (sheep table) and the popular Scotty (lamb stool) …. It’s a coterie of creatures as furniture.
Favourite Find: Cuckoo clocks.
The Italian Cucú is a traditional cuckoo re-imagined in some very-now colours like magenta and orange, or mirrored for some unexpected sparkle.
Originally published in BC Home Magazine. For monthly updates, subscribe to the free BC Home e-newsletter, or purchase a subscription to the bi-monthly magazine.
The guys from MINT are opening a new store across the road called 'Armoury Interiors'. The location is 3rd and Fir in the old East India Carpets warehouse. Word on the street it will be along the lines of French Industrial Modern interiors. The area just gets better and better!
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