It all started with a dream.
Back in the early 80s when few Vancouverites were thinking about natural fibres, Dream Designs had already created a shop to celebrate them. Today it’s a top shop in town to find luxurious natural bedding, clothing and household textiles.
Walking into the flagship Commercial Drive boutique is like opening the door to a grownup candy store - it’s easy to become as obsessed about thread count, pesticide-free production and natural dyes as your 8-year-old self was about gummy bears, lollipops and toffee.
The spacious store brims with eco-temptations. Just to get to the bedding you have to weave through the clothing section filled with linen, soy and hemp garments beckoning your fingers to stroke their soft layers.
The bedding is irresistible. Organic cotton and bamboo sheets come in candy colours - pastel or punchy. You’ll have sweet dreams wrapped up in ethical, healthy, beautiful fabrics. Other goodies, like hand-blocked Indian bedspreads, buckwheat pillows and wool mattress pads lie in wait.
Pinch yourself because that’s only half the store. Float over to the other side for everything beyond textiles. Scratch and sniff your way through the bath section – all made from natural sources. Try out some of the yoga and meditation accessories and slip into sweet reverie. Visions of wood, clay and glass knick-knacks leave you imagining your dream home. Find them near the centre along with irresistible handcrafted baubles.
Pinch me.