The decor days of summer: Five hot Canadian artisan picks to brighten your space

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Whether you’re a summer’s-half-over or a half-of-summer’s-left sort of person, there’s still plenty of time to adorn your home, cottage or campsite with some artfully made, season- inspired items from these five Canadian brands.

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The Family Welcome Sign. Photo: Advent Wood Products

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The Family Welcome Sign
Advent Wood Products
$88.50

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Born and raised in Scotland, Advent Wood Products founder Barry Thomson is an avid skier who eventually fell for and settled in B.C. When he’s off the slopes, he hand crafts solid wood into intricate items like The Family Welcome Sign, out of his workshop in Monashees, using locally sourced timber. Each farmhouse-style sign can be made in knotty pine, maple or North American ash and customized in one of eight sizes with your preferred colours, text and images.

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Double Bottle Rustic Wine Caddy. Photo: Rustic and Renewed Decor

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Double Bottle Rustic Wine Caddy
Rustic and Renewed Decor
$38

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Sarnia, Ont.-based woodworker Karen crafted this cutie caddie for transporting your vino from your fridge to the deck or a dinner party. Handmade with pine from Southwestern Ontario, the carrier can be customized with your choice of stain or a rope or wooden dowel handle. Rustic and Renewed Decor donates three per cent from each sale to Tree Canada, a non-profit that plants and nourishes trees from coast to coast.

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Sunflower Sunny Songbird. Photo: Dragonfly Treasures

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Sunflower Sunny Songbird
Dragonfly Treasures
$55

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Cold Lake, Alta., artist Heidi Gantz truly captures the natural world in the form of unique resin pieces like this hand-poured pressed flower bird. According to its description, “this piece is designed to hold onto that summer feeling all year round,” featuring a preserved, pressed sunflower and green botanical accents along with a hint of gold leaf to catch the sunlight. Gantz uses a high-quality resin that resembles glass so the colours of her hand-foraged forest botanicals shine through.

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Honeypot Mug. Photo: Bumpy Road Studio

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Honeypot Mug
Bumpy Road Studio
$40

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Founder and maker Marie-Josée Lévesque brought her passions for pottery and business to life by creating Bumpy Road Studios in 2020. The creative, collaborative space allows its artist and instructors to explore and teach, and a bonus for us is some of their finest goods are up for sale. The 12-ounce Honeypot Mug, crafted from white, wheel-thrown porcelain but available in five muted hues, features a glossy surface with tonal shifts meaning each piece is unique. Its wide belly design retains heat so you can slow-sip your morning java on the deck or your bedtime tea on the porch. Or both.

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Salish Sunset Pillow CoverPhoto: Native Northwest

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Salish Sunset Pillow Cover
Simone Diamond/Native By Northwest
$18.99

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The daughter of master carver Francis Horne Sr., Simone Diamond from Duncan, B.C., is a Coast Salish artist specializing in graphic design as well as painting and wood carving. Her bold design adorns this bright and summery polyester throw pillow cover from Native By Northwest, a B.C.-based organization that features Indigenous art on all of its products in an effort to build authentic cultural connections.

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