Putti, Toronto, ON

Putti Fine Furnishings has grown from an antique store warehousing owner Linda Wade's unique finds, into a full-fledged home decor store, garnering world-wide media attention, an intensely loyal customer base and the 2001 CGTA Canadian Retailer of the Year Award.

Since their opening in 1995, the store has expanded several times and the product mix has evolved from strictly antiques to a decadent selection of items old and new. In fact, the store now offers customers a series of specialty department stores within one space, merchandised for the most part as rooms in a house: powder room, kitchen and dining room, linen closet, garden, den for gentleman's gifts and the chamber room for bedding.

Linda and Martin travel to New York, England, France and Italy several times a year to collect their stunning array of antique pieces, quality giftware and exclusive finds. Daily arrivals of new merchandise give even their most regular clients a reason to return every day.