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Morba Corporation
Categories: Shopping Home & Garden Furniture Stores Shopping Home & Garden Home Decor Shopping Antiques Furniture Stores, Home Decor, Antiques [Edit]
667 Queen Street WestToronto, ON M6J 1E6
Neighbourhoods: Niagara, West Queen West, Trinity Bellwoods
(416) 364-5144
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 11 am - 6 pm
Sun 12 pm - 5 pm
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- By Appointment Only:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for Morba Corporation
6 reviews in English
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Review from Giordan B.
Kleinburg, ON
4/21/2012 1 Check-in Here
I love this store; they have an eclectic selection of both modern and retro chairs, lamps, miscellany etc, and I must say I've spent a huge chunk of my decorating budget here.
The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, which makes it even easier to keep coming back. One of the best in the city. -
Review from Tara F.
Montréal, QC
8/17/2011
Second hand vintage pieces meet their brand spankin' new counter parts here.
The front of the store sells high end reproduced retro furniture, while the back holds used vintage pieces.
I'm into the mix, and I always find something. It's furniture hound heaven. -
Review from Heather L.
Toronto, ON
3/9/2010
This place has really stepped their game up over the last year or two. It used to be piled so high and deep with "junk" (actually great pieces that looked junky just heaped together) that it was difficult to maneuver through it, let alone shop! They must have hired a new visual merchandiser (and rumor has it there is a new owner) because my visit there this past weekend was a real treat.
The formerly piled-up back room is now nicely edited, but by no means is the store sparse. They have managed to maintain that eclectic thrift-store look while giving the place the touch of professionalism it needed. Good thing too, as they risk alienating their current customer-base with a complete overhaul, IMHO.
The collection they were showing has stepped up in quality as well. They are showing a mixture of different styles, but mostly vintage and reproduction mid-century modern pieces. Walnut is really having a moment right now, and they certainly are capitalizing on it: walnut shelving; walnut headboards; walnut side table; walnut dining sets. It's beautiful (albeit a little dark for my taste), and the matching finishes really gives the store that "cohesive" look that it was lacking before.
It was my first time there on a Saturday, and boy -- was it busy! Still got a cheerful hello from the staff, but no direct hands-on help. I suppose that's typical, as we were obviously just browsing.
Past experience here (not this trip) allows me to pass this info on: if you are really interested in something, ask about it. It's likely a reproduction, and they can probably get it in another colour/finish/etc...
Not sure if the pricing of vintage pieces is firm. Going to attempt to haggle on a (vintage) piece of art I saw there. Look for an update! -
Review from Erin H.
Toronto, ON
9/18/2008
Not to be confused with Zorba, this place does not offer souvlaki on a stick or avgolemono soup, it's a furniture store after all.
Morba has a dreamy offering of deco pieces and I say dreamy because the prices are not for believing...in a bad way. When I go into the store I treat it like a museum whose art director is a curator's nightmare, unable to use any form of discernment and packing in every piece he can.
The store also has a selection of modern (not used) furniture which fits in with the deco designs and cute accoutrements (glassware, lamps, gift ideas etc.). -
Review from John F.
North York, ON
8/27/2009
I had to look at Chris and Erin's pictures so I could cut them a bit of slack when they called the resale offerings here "deco." They are both a generation younger than me so it is probably easy for them to confuse the styles of the 50's and 60's with those of the 20's and 30's. In any case, the vintage stuff here is not art deco, but mid-century modern (sometimes called "retro") for the most part. There are some lovely pieces but one can pick up similar by checking ebay or venturing into an antique mall in a rural area and spend a lot less.
The modern offerings are largely repros of classic designs from the same period, like Noguchi tables. If you are into this look, I'd suggest picking up a few modern offerings and only splurging on the vintage stuff if there was something really special you could not see elsewhere. -
Review from Chris P.
8/13/2009 1 photo
This place is an antique store meets deco furniture store with a hint of garage sale. There is no sense of organization to the store as it just seems that as they get a new piece they just add it to the pile. There are some really cool older pieces and some new pieces, but either way they are littered with scattered junk too. I think this store would feel more at home in Kensington Market.
Listed in: Queen West (around Bathurst)
