The Home Front: Hardy home furnishings

Take a quick stroll around a city like Vancouver and you can’t help but spot increasing numbers of doggy daycares, pet boutiques and even pet portraiture services.
But with pets ever popular, there’s also a heightened demand for hard-wearing furniture and home furnishings that can survive our furry friends, small children and the guests who are likely to visit over the holiday season, says Maureen Welton, vice-president of creative and design at Vancouver home-furnishings company&nbs