Many of these offerings are exclusive pieces with price tags to match, although these, as the shop and gallery owner points out, often do not reflect the amount of labour that has gone into them. A $3.500 rectangular poplar-and-steel bench by Toronto's Graeme Marrs, with a hand-chiselled poplar storage drawer that runs the entire 7-foot length and rolls out from either side, represents more than 80 hours of sweat. The hand-polished, solid concrete chaise lounge from Christopher Oxner, selling for $5,300, took four months to complete.

There are less costly items as well: The Deadweight" concrete, glass and steel coffee table by Code blue's Jordie Ribas sells for just $650, and most showcased lights and small home decor pieces are small-budget affordable. For customers who believe with Cheveldeyoff that home furnishings should be art you can live with, who believe in establishing mood by mode, and who prefer amassing things of singular design and great craftsmanship - with solid collectable potential - there really is no place like Koma.