Nicole & Kyle

We love Ikea (or at least Nicole does), and would like to do much of our shopping for future home accessories, decor, etc. from Ikea. However, Quebec City does not have an Ikea. Therefore, a gift card from Ikea only makes sense if it won't expire in the next 5 years!

To help us furnish and renovate our future home

To help purchase tools, lighting fixtures, and other accessories for our next place.

any monetary gift that specifies furniture fund will be deposited in our savings account specified for future furniture purchases.

any monetary gift that specifies moving fund will be used for our upcoming move to Quebec City this fall.

Here is an example of what we are looking for:

Pyrex Bake and Store Dish

You can find these dishes in most department stores. E.G. Zellers, Sears, Walmart.

Click here.

Needs to be able to handle ice and frozen fruit. Click here.

Here's a few examples:

Eco-friendly Bamboo

Ikea wood wine rack (Ikea usually uses Forest Stewardship Council certified wood)

Something like the one described here or here.

Can probably find in one of the international food/Asian markets in Windsor or Toronto, or purchase online:

Best Global Trade (~$25 with shipping [USD probably])

Ashton Green (~$25 Cdn before shipping)

Golda's Kitchen   (~$35 before tax and shipping [unsure whether Cdn or US])

Glass containers with plastic lids, for food storage and transport. Any shape. Any lunchbag size. Should be Microwavable, and Ovenable. Available at corningware outlet stores, probably Sears, Canadian Tire, Ikea, etc...

Example (corningware)

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3 (Pyrex)

Note we say we want 10 just because we have to put a number; we aren't necessarily requesting a specific # of dishes.  If you buy a set of multiple dishes, please enter the number of dishes in the set, not "1" for one set. This will prevent confusion and the possibility of us receiving 10 sets! Thanks!

For entertaining, etc. 2 or 3 different shapes/sizes would be ideal. 

Environmentaly friendly bamboo.

Non-electronic; one that twists. We're not picky on design. Simple = good. Ikea example here

Something like this.

Available at many stores including A&P/Metro, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Zellers, No Frills, Price Chopper, Costco, etc.

Environmentally friendly, either bamboo (Example, at 3R or Golda's Kitchen or lots of examples at GreenFeet), or made from materials that would otherwise have gone in the garbage (example, here - this one has matching coasters).

Recycled Wine Glasses made from windshields (Nicole likes these because they are stemless and she is a klutz)

Wine Glasses made from wine bottles

Recycled Glass Goblets

Pint or Half Pint (or better yet, 12 of each). Mismatched sets are OK, too.

For cooking (mmm, stir fries). The 1 under "Wants" indicates a set, not the number of pieces. Available at:

Golda's Kitchen

Time Well Spent Gifts

Zellers

The Bay

Bambu Boutique

With enough for 8 place-settings.  Nice enough to be used for guests, but durable enough to be used every day.

Can be bought from anywhere, so here are some designs we liked:

Bark-like (Nic's favourite) - Earthy Texture (Nic's 2nd favourite) - Swirls - Segments - Windows - Subtle Texture - Modern Circles - Simple wave - Ridge Textured - Wavey - Subtle Texture 2- Simple - DNA-like

We would like a good pepper mill. Below is one that we think is neat, but the mill does not have to be from this store.

Made from fallen tree branches. We like maple or dutch elm. in 8 or 10'. click Here

We would like a good sea salt mill. Below is one that we think is neat, but the mill does not have to be from this store.

Made from fallen tree branches. We like maple and dutch elm, in 8" or 10". Click here. (note: the salt and pepper mills don't need to match).

A set of 6-8 placemats for entertaining, made of eco-friendly materials. Example materials include bamboo, hemp, and organic cotton.  We are not too picky about colours, but prefer green and other earthy, neutral colours (beige, brownish, tan).  Here are some examples:

Vetiver (or also available here)

Etsy 1

Recycled Silk

A set of 6-8 eco-friendly napkins. Fabrics: hemp, organic cotton, bamboo, upcycled from "garbage". Colours preferred: greens, tan, beige, light brown. Other earthy colours. Some examples:

Organic Cotton

Fiberactive Quilts (in sage, chino, or bronze; call to order)

Nubius organics

Handmade Hemp (also, here)

Examples:

Organic Cotton (in cactus or pecan)

Bamboo (in green)

Either these ones, made from recycled materials.

Or these ones (in any colour but red).

These ones are really neat too (made from billboards), but we'd prefer to get 4 placemats from the same billboard, so they match at least a little bit!

Bath bombs from Lush. Any number up to 5 or so. Colours that match our bathroom colour scheme, and citrusy or jasmine scents like:

Green (Avobath, All That Jasmine,)

Yellow (Bon Bomb, The Sicilian, Lemon Days & Ginger Beer)

Orange (Uluru, The Happy Pill)

A full set of variously sized towels for every day use, plus guest towels. Preferably organic cotton, hemp, or bamboo. Colours to match bathroom colour scheme (e.g. lime green, darker green, orange, yellow, brown, etc). Note that the number wanted (1) indicates one set.

8 coasters that could be used for the kitchen and/or the living room. Made out of recycled (upcycled) materials.

Recycled wood - these ones have a matching cutting boards

Recycled fabric 1

Recycled fabric 2

Recycled fabric 3

A set of mini garden tools, like these, for example.

For picnics, birding trips, etc.  A soft one makes more sense so it can be collapsed for storage.  Available at Canadian Tire.

Queen Size.

A vacuum that can deal with copious amounts of pet hair. Here's one available at Canadian Tire .

Made of sustainable materials, and is recyclable. Available online here or here or  here or any of these places. Colour doesn't really matter to us.

A good quality battery tester, so we can tell when our batteries are dead!

Something like this:

Available at the Source (Example 1 and Example 2),

To help us save energy when heating our home.

Available at Canadian Tire.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Available at Future Shop

Something that allows us to give our two kitties food when we go away for a day or weekend.

Available at Petsmart.