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Steal This Look: A Scandi Dining Room with Myriad Influences

December 11, 2018

Designers John Baker and Juli Daoust Baker are experts at integrating their love of Scandinavian design into Canadian interiors in an unforced and wholly original way. They’re owners of the Scandi-meets-Japanese housewares shop Mjölk, a longtime Remodelista favorite, and the recently opened Detour Café and Dear Grain in Dundas, a historic town outside of Toronto. Pairing Austrian midcentury furniture with Danish lighting and Swedish accessories, the café interior is an exemplary blend of influences. Here’s a list of resources to pick and choose from the look.

a banquette in pale green (by way of farrow & ball paint) is paired with au 17
Above: A banquette in pale green (by way of Farrow & Ball paint) is paired with Austrian caned chairs. Photograph by Juli Daoust Baker from Mjölk Made: A Canadian Cafe Gets a Scandi Revamp from Toronto’s Cult Design Couple.
a view of the dining room from the marble topped ordering counter. photogr 18
Above: A view of the dining room from the marble-topped ordering counter. Photograph by Juli Daoust Baker from Mjölk Made: A Canadian Cafe Gets a Scandi Revamp from Toronto’s Cult Design Couple.
symmetry is achieved with neatly spaced tables and chairs below and three coppe 19
Above: Symmetry is achieved with neatly spaced tables and chairs below and three copper-topped pendant lights above. Photograph by Juli Daoust Baker from Mjölk Made: A Canadian Cafe Gets a Scandi Revamp from Toronto’s Cult Design Couple.

Paint

the textured walls are painted with pure & original bone fresco paint. 20
Above: The textured walls are painted with Pure & Original Bone Fresco Paint.
the wood paneling by sandy todd from dundas based subfield renovation is painte 21
Above: The wood paneling by Sandy Todd from Dundas-based Subfield Renovation is painted with Farrow & Ball Vert de Terre paint.

Lighting

the copper topped pendant lights are norm architects mass pendant light; \$495 22
Above: The copper-topped pendant lights are Norm Architects Mass Pendant Light; $495 CAD from Mjölk.
the green pendant lights are the w\16\2 dalston pendants by sam hect & kim 23
Above: The green pendant lights are the W162 Dalston Pendants by Sam Hect & Kim Colin in Moss Green; $590 CAD.
the malin appelgren brass sconces wall are hand hammered in sweden by appelgren 24
Above: The Malin Appelgren Brass Sconces Wall are hand-hammered in Sweden by Appelgren whose grandfather produced the first Royal Sconce for Swedish royalty in the 1930’s; $335 for the Small size (left and right) at March.

Furniture

the vintage josef hoffmann cane seat chairs in the cafe were originally from th 25
Above: The vintage Josef Hoffmann cane-seat chairs in the cafe were originally from the Toronto Public Reference Library, but designers John and Juli bought them from Williams just down the street from Mjölk. A new Joseph Hoffmann Side Chair in Natural is $395 at Design Within Reach.
the maple tables were repurposed from the original space. for something similar 26
Above: The maple tables were repurposed from the original space. For something similar, the Inox Square Table Base Cast Iron can be paired with any wood top as shown; £82 each at Any Thornton.
the tabletops were finished with woca denmark master color oil, a tinted oil fo 27
Above: The tabletops were finished with WOCA Denmark Master Color Oil, a tinted oil for $65 per bottle at WOCA.

Accessories

the anderssen & voll min watering can in copper is \$475 cad at mjölk. 28
Above: The Anderssen & Voll Min Watering Can in Copper is $475 CAD at Mjölk.
the glass vase acorn is handblown by estrid ericson; \$\24 at svenskt tenn. 29
Above: The Glass Vase Acorn is handblown by Estrid Ericson; $24 at Svenskt Tenn.
the emma olbers brass pen holder designed for skultuna is \$\145 cad at mjö 30
Above: The Emma Olbers Brass Pen Holder designed for Skultuna is $145 CAD at Mjölk.
the frama fundament candle holders in brass comes in a set of three, as shown, 31
Above: The Frama Fundament Candle Holders in Brass comes in a set of three, as shown, for $290 CAD.
by stian korntved ruud, the long brass candle snuffer is \$80 cad at mjölk. 32
Above: By Stian Korntved Ruud, the Long Brass Candle Snuffer is $80 CAD at Mjölk.

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