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Seated in a dark green barrel chair at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Goldwyn speaks animatedly about working with his best friend on his latest directorial outing and creating a heartfelt love letter to fathers and sons.

It's been a year and a half since I spent more than five minutes inside a coffee shop, so I park myself in a Dunkin'-orange pleather barrel chair near the register.

He still has a mystical attachment to inanimate objects, among them an aged barrel chair he once picked up in Bristol — a commode, in fact, that he covered with a fancy cushion.

Haskell explores local flea markets and refurbishes pieces for the store, including a pair of sling chairs from the '70s and a bright red cane-backed barrel chair from the '60s.

Photo Laurey W. Glenn   Barrel Chair After It took only 5 yards of velvet and a new seat cushion to revive this great hand-me-down.