Euro
Living was established by Brigitta Theimer in
2002 with the goal of bringing unique, high
quality gifts and decorative items from Germany
to Canada and the US. Brigitta met a
number of German manufacturers at various Trade
Shows in Toronto when she was working for the
Canadian German Chamber of Industry and
Commerce. In her capacity as a trade
officer she was responsible for facilitating
the entry of German companies into the Canadian
Market.
Since
then, EuroLiving has become the exclusive
distributor of a number of gift and toy lines
from Brigitta’s native
Germany.
We began
with the Black Forest line of
FINKBEINER FEINES
KUNSTHANDWERK
featuring Christmas décor,
decorative gift items and toys made uniquely
from wood, and added the modern and
sleek RAEDER
Collection
of gifts, home décor and seasonal items two
years later. Both lines quickly found
their place amongst retailers and customers
across Canada and the
US.
As
Canadians love wood items, the hand carved
animals from DER
LINDWURM were exhibited for the
first time at the 2008 Spring CGTA
Show.
As
customers were asking for quality toys that
were both beautiful and safe for their
children, several wooden toy lines were then
added over the years to Euro Living’s portfolio
(HEROS
,
ESTIA
and
later HESS
entered the
picture).
At the
trade shows in Frankfurt Brigitta always
detects interesting lines not yet available in
Canada and adds them to the assortment. In 2007
the adorable family of human and animal
characters from
LIVING
PUPPETS was added and
than in 2008 the plush little
LESCHI
animals filled
with organic
wheat.
While at
the2008 TENDENCE in Frankfurt, the finely
detailed and exquisitely laser cut cards
designed by HEIDE
KLINGMUELLER caught her
eye.
2009 will
see the launch of an exciting kids’ craft
line CALAFANT
. As
always the emphasis is on an unusual, high
quality product at a reasonable
price.
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