With a day spent in the Junction (post to come) and hearing “Silver Speakers” getting played on CBC Radio (post to come on that too), I’m just about ready to kick back for a while… might as well slip on these brand-new bad boys and paddle ’round the ‘partment.

I’m not really a “slipper” guy, and though I haven’t been shy about lugging around a pair of Vans to people’s houses when it’s party-time, it was time. Normally, this isn’t something I’d normally write about either, but I wanted an excuse to write about John and Juli’s new “pure Scandinavian” shop, Mjolk. I’ve been reading their blog, “KITKA design toronto” for a while now, and it was nice to finally meet them in person.

Since starting their blog in order to enhance and compliment Toronto’s presence of all things design online (inspiring many readers to drop their own notes on interior design, myself included), they’ve now opened a shop crammed with some of the finest Scandinavian selections I have ever seen in the city before.

Despite being all the way out in Toronto’s Junction neighborhood (Dundas and Keele), it’s worth making the trip out there… even just to check out the unique charred wood exterior and stunning wood feature wall. I didn’t waste my time taking photos on my phone, you can check out Juli’s great shots here. (No, this is not an advertisement).

So I knew that when I made it down there for the shop’s first Saturday in business (it opened earlier this week), I knew I had to get something. This is a dangerous affliction I feel all of the time… it isn’t healthy.

What I ended up with were these awesome wool-felt slippers, created by Swedish designer Pia Wallen. Here’s a blurb from their site:

The Unisex slipper was first designed in 1992 for Progetto/Orgetto Cappelini. The slipper was inspired by the Scandinavian tradition of using wool linings inside boots, to survive the cold Swedish winters. Designed with the use of minimal pieces and a clever construction, the slipper reminds us of industrial materials updated with a fine level of finish and detail. Functionality, simplicity and comfort are why this model remains poplular today

Very cool! And this is going to sound strange, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the same price they are listed at on piawallen.se is only about 3 Canadian dollars less than what they were listed at in Mjolk. I figured that because many (if not all) of their items are imported from overseas, that they would be marked up like crazy… but that’s not the case.

And now that someone else in the apartment has discovered how nice and soft they are, it looks like we’ll be making a trip back for another pair.